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Taking on the 'green monster'
In the tobacco fields of North Carolina, workers put in long days under grueling conditions. Baldemar Velasquez finds out just how hard the job is.
Oxfam, CIW celebrate Burger King's promise of a wage hike
A penny a pound more for the tomatoes they pick could mean a near doubling of wages for Florida field laborers.
Oxfam builds support for human rights at meat processing plant
Oxfam America is concerned about the human rights of the thousands of employees who work at a blinding pace at the facility without any of the protections a ...
New report documents the fading of the American dream
New index is a single measure of well-being for all Americans based on indicators in three key areas: health, education and income.
Group lives up to its name: Coastal Women for Change
Gulf Coast women join together to talk about what was happening in their community, what issues and problems they faced, and how these could be addressed.
From the US and Senegal, stories of climate survival
An Oxfam America speaking tour brings together two women who are leading the fight against climate change.
Farmers in the US speak out
Farmers in the US and Central America had similar concerns about DR-CAFTA.
Emerging artist paints with a purpose
For Ashley Cecil, each work of art means a chance to make a difference.
Designed to last, new "Lift House" holds promise for Louisiana
A new concept takes shape and offers hope for residents of the Gulf that future hurricanes might inflict less, if any, property damage.
¡Miembro!
A historic contract for members of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee provides a host of protections for immigrant workers.
A force of nature
Three years after losing everything in Hurricane Katrina, one grassroots leader is harnessing the power of community.
Women of influence get results on Capitol Hill
Oxfam's Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors generate Congressional support for women who face the devastating effects of climate change.
The struggle of Carrie and Mary Dann, two Western Shoshone elders, to address the threat mining development poses to the sacred and environmentally sensitive ...
Oxfam Impact September/October 2006
Rebuilding the Gulf Coast: A Year Later
Oxfam Impact April 2007
MIRA makes a difference
Cultivating Poverty
The impact of US cotton subsidies on Africa
Investing in Destruction: Glamis Gold
Forgotten Communities, Unmet Promises
An unfolding tragedy on the Gulf Coast
Fairness in the Fields
A vision for the 2007 Farm Bill
How Does the USDA Farm Bill Proposal Measure Up?
US Gulf Coast Recovery Program Fact Sheet
An overview of Oxfam America's continuing effort to rebuild the Gulf Coast
Mirror on America
How the state of Gulf Coast recovery reflects on us all—Oxfam's report on the status of Gulf Coast recovery three years later.
A Portrait of Mississippi
Mississippi Human Development Report 2009
West Africa asks, "Where is my gold?"
Oxfam America and leading civil society organizations in West Africa are launching a week of action aimed at raising public awareness about the mining industry ...
In Congo, women face sexual violence and legacy of shame
Spilling beyond the conflict that has swept the region, sexual violence is now beginning to corrode the core of traditional Congolese communities.
Oxfam's striking short film, shot in eastern Congo in 2008, elevates the stories of women working to overcome brutality and asks viewers to take action by ...
Women are key to solving AIDS crisis in Southern Africa
Discrimination is at the root of the disproportionate burden of the disease on women.
Bolivian indigenous groups attacked
Oxfam expresses solidarity with Chiquitano indigenous people in eastern Bolivia after their offices are ransacked and leaders are threatened.
"Without land there is no life"
Elba Flores, head of research at the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS), describes the struggle of the Chiquitano people to overcome racism.
Defending the people, and Lake Izabal
Despite threats to her life, Eloyda Mejía raises awareness about industrial mining near a beautiful lake in eastern Guatemala.
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