Rebecca Riddell
@rebeccariddell.bsky.social
Human rights + economic justice. Senior policy lead at Oxfam America. Texan in Brooklyn. She/her and views my own.
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NEW: @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's US inequality report🧵
10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in the past year.
As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes.
We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed.
oxfamamerica.org/unequal
10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in the past year.
As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes.
We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed.
oxfamamerica.org/unequal
A pleasure to speak with @cnn.com's Tami Luhby about:
📈rapidly rising billionaire wealth
⚖️the corrosive effects of extreme wealth on politics today
😱the likelihood of the world's first trillionaire by Davos next year
Check out her great coverage of Oxfam's latest report.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/e...
📈rapidly rising billionaire wealth
⚖️the corrosive effects of extreme wealth on politics today
😱the likelihood of the world's first trillionaire by Davos next year
Check out her great coverage of Oxfam's latest report.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/e...
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold public office | CNN Business
The richest people on the planet are far more likely to be in power politically than everyone else, Oxfam’s annual inequality report found.
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
A pleasure to speak with @cnn.com's Tami Luhby about:
📈rapidly rising billionaire wealth
⚖️the corrosive effects of extreme wealth on politics today
😱the likelihood of the world's first trillionaire by Davos next year
Check out her great coverage of Oxfam's latest report.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/e...
📈rapidly rising billionaire wealth
⚖️the corrosive effects of extreme wealth on politics today
😱the likelihood of the world's first trillionaire by Davos next year
Check out her great coverage of Oxfam's latest report.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/e...
NEW: @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's global inequality report🌏
Billionaire wealth⬆️3x faster in '25 than previous years
This year we dive deep on the link between economic & political inequality. Billionaires are 4000x more likely to hold office than you or me www.oxfamamerica.org/press/billio...
Billionaire wealth⬆️3x faster in '25 than previous years
This year we dive deep on the link between economic & political inequality. Billionaires are 4000x more likely to hold office than you or me www.oxfamamerica.org/press/billio...
www.oxfamamerica.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
NEW: @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's global inequality report🌏
Billionaire wealth⬆️3x faster in '25 than previous years
This year we dive deep on the link between economic & political inequality. Billionaires are 4000x more likely to hold office than you or me www.oxfamamerica.org/press/billio...
Billionaire wealth⬆️3x faster in '25 than previous years
This year we dive deep on the link between economic & political inequality. Billionaires are 4000x more likely to hold office than you or me www.oxfamamerica.org/press/billio...
A G20 for the billionaires?
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's latest on what's at stake as the US assumes the G20 presidency.
Given Trump’s inequality agenda at home and globally, US leadership could rapidly undermine the group’s limited progress on critical issues. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's latest on what's at stake as the US assumes the G20 presidency.
Given Trump’s inequality agenda at home and globally, US leadership could rapidly undermine the group’s limited progress on critical issues. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
A G20 for the billionaires?
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's latest on what's at stake as the US assumes the G20 presidency.
Given Trump’s inequality agenda at home and globally, US leadership could rapidly undermine the group’s limited progress on critical issues. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's latest on what's at stake as the US assumes the G20 presidency.
Given Trump’s inequality agenda at home and globally, US leadership could rapidly undermine the group’s limited progress on critical issues. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
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NEW📰: Democracy requires both an informed citizenry and a free press. But how do these ideals show up in public policy?
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW📰: Democracy requires both an informed citizenry and a free press. But how do these ideals show up in public policy?
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
It's been quite a year! Really looking forward to being in conversation with @abbymaxman.bsky.social next week as she reflects on @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's work in 2025.
Registration info👇
Registration info👇
On December 9th, join Oxfam President and CEO @abbymaxman.bsky.social , for a reflection on 2025 and a look forward at what’s next for 2026.
Our work is made possible with your support and we’d love to see you there as we continue to work towards a more equal world.
oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our work is made possible with your support and we’d love to see you there as we continue to work towards a more equal world.
oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's been quite a year! Really looking forward to being in conversation with @abbymaxman.bsky.social next week as she reflects on @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's work in 2025.
Registration info👇
Registration info👇
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
On December 9th, join Oxfam President and CEO @abbymaxman.bsky.social , for a reflection on 2025 and a look forward at what’s next for 2026.
Our work is made possible with your support and we’d love to see you there as we continue to work towards a more equal world.
oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our work is made possible with your support and we’d love to see you there as we continue to work towards a more equal world.
oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On December 9th, join Oxfam President and CEO @abbymaxman.bsky.social , for a reflection on 2025 and a look forward at what’s next for 2026.
Our work is made possible with your support and we’d love to see you there as we continue to work towards a more equal world.
oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our work is made possible with your support and we’d love to see you there as we continue to work towards a more equal world.
oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
As the US assumes the G20 presidency and attempts to unilaterally exclude South Africa, @oxfamamerica.bsky.social is calling on all other #G20 countries to refuse to participate until SA is invited.
Our reaction here www.oxfamamerica.org/press/g20-co...
Our reaction here www.oxfamamerica.org/press/g20-co...
G20 countries should oppose ‘geopolitical bullying’ and refuse to participate in US-led G20 until South Africa invited, says Oxfam
In response to the State Department’s announcement that the United States will not extend an invitation to the South African g
www.oxfamamerica.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
As the US assumes the G20 presidency and attempts to unilaterally exclude South Africa, @oxfamamerica.bsky.social is calling on all other #G20 countries to refuse to participate until SA is invited.
Our reaction here www.oxfamamerica.org/press/g20-co...
Our reaction here www.oxfamamerica.org/press/g20-co...
There's a real risk the Trump administration tries to internationalize harmful, inequality-fueling economic policies via its G20 presidency.
But other countries can cooperate to put people first, as the South Africa-led G20 shows. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
But other countries can cooperate to put people first, as the South Africa-led G20 shows. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Today is day 1 of the US G20 presidency
The Trump admin takeover of the G20 website is...something g20.org
It's going to be an interesting year
The Trump admin takeover of the G20 website is...something g20.org
It's going to be an interesting year
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
There's a real risk the Trump administration tries to internationalize harmful, inequality-fueling economic policies via its G20 presidency.
But other countries can cooperate to put people first, as the South Africa-led G20 shows. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
But other countries can cooperate to put people first, as the South Africa-led G20 shows. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Today is day 1 of the US G20 presidency
The Trump admin takeover of the G20 website is...something g20.org
It's going to be an interesting year
The Trump admin takeover of the G20 website is...something g20.org
It's going to be an interesting year
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today is day 1 of the US G20 presidency
The Trump admin takeover of the G20 website is...something g20.org
It's going to be an interesting year
The Trump admin takeover of the G20 website is...something g20.org
It's going to be an interesting year
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Since President Trump took office, the ultra-wealthy and well-connected have made out like bandits, while the working class has faced relentless attacks.
@rebeccariddell.bsky.social on exploding inequality in Trump's gilded age—and the change that's needed.
www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
@rebeccariddell.bsky.social on exploding inequality in Trump's gilded age—and the change that's needed.
www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
A ‘Golden Age of America’? More Like Trump’s Gilded Age | Opinion
The rights of some 900 U.S. billionaires do not take precedence over 340 million non-billionaires.
www.newsweek.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Since President Trump took office, the ultra-wealthy and well-connected have made out like bandits, while the working class has faced relentless attacks.
@rebeccariddell.bsky.social on exploding inequality in Trump's gilded age—and the change that's needed.
www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
@rebeccariddell.bsky.social on exploding inequality in Trump's gilded age—and the change that's needed.
www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
What does Trump's promised 'Golden Age' look like?
1 in 2 kids living in a poor or low-income household and the 10 richest billionaires gaining $70 billion each in a year.
My latest in @newsweek.com on spiraling US inequality & how this second Gilded Age can end. www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
1 in 2 kids living in a poor or low-income household and the 10 richest billionaires gaining $70 billion each in a year.
My latest in @newsweek.com on spiraling US inequality & how this second Gilded Age can end. www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
A ‘Golden Age of America’? More Like Trump’s Gilded Age | Opinion
The rights of some 900 U.S. billionaires do not take precedence over 340 million non-billionaires.
www.newsweek.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What does Trump's promised 'Golden Age' look like?
1 in 2 kids living in a poor or low-income household and the 10 richest billionaires gaining $70 billion each in a year.
My latest in @newsweek.com on spiraling US inequality & how this second Gilded Age can end. www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
1 in 2 kids living in a poor or low-income household and the 10 richest billionaires gaining $70 billion each in a year.
My latest in @newsweek.com on spiraling US inequality & how this second Gilded Age can end. www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.
People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
The wealth of the 10 richest Americans surged $698B in the past year.
Trump’s tax handouts to billionaires and cuts to health care will only make inequality worse.
We need an economy that works for everyone – not one that works for the 1% and hangs everyone else out to dry.
Trump’s tax handouts to billionaires and cuts to health care will only make inequality worse.
We need an economy that works for everyone – not one that works for the 1% and hangs everyone else out to dry.
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The wealth of the 10 richest Americans surged $698B in the past year.
Trump’s tax handouts to billionaires and cuts to health care will only make inequality worse.
We need an economy that works for everyone – not one that works for the 1% and hangs everyone else out to dry.
Trump’s tax handouts to billionaires and cuts to health care will only make inequality worse.
We need an economy that works for everyone – not one that works for the 1% and hangs everyone else out to dry.
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
The combined wealth of the 10 richest people in America jumped $698 billion over the past year.
This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.
www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.
www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
Wealth of America’s Richest Billionaires Rockets Under Trump
“The rise of a new American oligarchy” is underway, according to an Oxfam study.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The combined wealth of the 10 richest people in America jumped $698 billion over the past year.
This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.
www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.
www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
The US is in an inequality emergency.
This is no accident.
It’s the result of political choices that consistently favor the ultra-rich and powerful over workers and ordinary families.
New report on how we loosen this grip, with a foreword from @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social
This is no accident.
It’s the result of political choices that consistently favor the ultra-rich and powerful over workers and ordinary families.
New report on how we loosen this grip, with a foreword from @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social
NEW: @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's US inequality report🧵
10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in the past year.
As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes.
We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed.
oxfamamerica.org/unequal
10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in the past year.
As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes.
We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed.
oxfamamerica.org/unequal
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The US is in an inequality emergency.
This is no accident.
It’s the result of political choices that consistently favor the ultra-rich and powerful over workers and ordinary families.
New report on how we loosen this grip, with a foreword from @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social
This is no accident.
It’s the result of political choices that consistently favor the ultra-rich and powerful over workers and ordinary families.
New report on how we loosen this grip, with a foreword from @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social
NEW: @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's US inequality report🧵
10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in the past year.
As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes.
We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed.
oxfamamerica.org/unequal
10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in the past year.
As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes.
We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed.
oxfamamerica.org/unequal
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
NEW: @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's US inequality report🧵
10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in the past year.
As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes.
We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed.
oxfamamerica.org/unequal
10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in the past year.
As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes.
We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed.
oxfamamerica.org/unequal
Journos: on Monday November 3 @oxfamamerica.bsky.social is releasing a new report on #inequality in the #USA.
Contact me regarding interview requests or for an embargoed copy of the press release and report. Thanks!
Contact me regarding interview requests or for an embargoed copy of the press release and report. Thanks!
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Journos: on Monday November 3 @oxfamamerica.bsky.social is releasing a new report on #inequality in the #USA.
Contact me regarding interview requests or for an embargoed copy of the press release and report. Thanks!
Contact me regarding interview requests or for an embargoed copy of the press release and report. Thanks!
A pleasure to speak with @fastcompany.com's Kristin Toussaint about how big shareholder payouts are fueling inequality - and what we can do about it. www.fastcompany.com/91422684/sto...
www.fastcompany.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A pleasure to speak with @fastcompany.com's Kristin Toussaint about how big shareholder payouts are fueling inequality - and what we can do about it. www.fastcompany.com/91422684/sto...
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Sri Lanka: Ruinous Tax Policies Stoke Inequality
Sri Lanka’s tax policies played a driving role in the country’s devastating 2022 economic crisis and have contributed to the chronic underfunding of education and other public services.
www.hrw.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
Latina workers lose about $1.2 million over the course of a 40-year career due to the wage gap.
This isn’t equity—it’s injustice. Latinas deserve fair pay now. #LatinaEqualPay
This isn’t equity—it’s injustice. Latinas deserve fair pay now. #LatinaEqualPay
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Latina workers lose about $1.2 million over the course of a 40-year career due to the wage gap.
This isn’t equity—it’s injustice. Latinas deserve fair pay now. #LatinaEqualPay
This isn’t equity—it’s injustice. Latinas deserve fair pay now. #LatinaEqualPay
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
‼️New Oxfam Tax Report: "A European Agenda to Tax the Super-Rich".
📆9 October.
The report delves into wealth concentration in the EU, examines the different tax regimes that drive this, and presents a roadmap for taxing the super-rich.
Write to eumedia@oxfam.org for an embargoed copy.
📆9 October.
The report delves into wealth concentration in the EU, examines the different tax regimes that drive this, and presents a roadmap for taxing the super-rich.
Write to eumedia@oxfam.org for an embargoed copy.
October 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
‼️New Oxfam Tax Report: "A European Agenda to Tax the Super-Rich".
📆9 October.
The report delves into wealth concentration in the EU, examines the different tax regimes that drive this, and presents a roadmap for taxing the super-rich.
Write to eumedia@oxfam.org for an embargoed copy.
📆9 October.
The report delves into wealth concentration in the EU, examines the different tax regimes that drive this, and presents a roadmap for taxing the super-rich.
Write to eumedia@oxfam.org for an embargoed copy.
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
Oxfam mourns our partner colleague Tasneem (27), killed with her 2 young children in an Israeli airstrike in #Gaza. Partner clinics providing life-saving care have also been destroyed. Aid workers must never be targets.
👉🏾Full statement: oxf.am/gaza-partner...
#NotATarget
👉🏾Full statement: oxf.am/gaza-partner...
#NotATarget
September 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Oxfam mourns our partner colleague Tasneem (27), killed with her 2 young children in an Israeli airstrike in #Gaza. Partner clinics providing life-saving care have also been destroyed. Aid workers must never be targets.
👉🏾Full statement: oxf.am/gaza-partner...
#NotATarget
👉🏾Full statement: oxf.am/gaza-partner...
#NotATarget
New poverty data just out affirms a shameful fact:
The US is one of the most unequal rich countries in the world.
Home to more billionaires than any other country, and 43.7 million ppl in poverty. Trump's agenda is set to make things worse.
Our take👇 www.oxfamamerica.org/press/new-us...
The US is one of the most unequal rich countries in the world.
Home to more billionaires than any other country, and 43.7 million ppl in poverty. Trump's agenda is set to make things worse.
Our take👇 www.oxfamamerica.org/press/new-us...
New US data shows 43.7 million people in poverty, with "President Trump's agenda set to further impoverish families and inflame inequality" — Oxfam
In response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of new data on poverty and incomes in 2024, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America’s E
www.oxfamamerica.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New poverty data just out affirms a shameful fact:
The US is one of the most unequal rich countries in the world.
Home to more billionaires than any other country, and 43.7 million ppl in poverty. Trump's agenda is set to make things worse.
Our take👇 www.oxfamamerica.org/press/new-us...
The US is one of the most unequal rich countries in the world.
Home to more billionaires than any other country, and 43.7 million ppl in poverty. Trump's agenda is set to make things worse.
Our take👇 www.oxfamamerica.org/press/new-us...
Reposted by Rebecca Riddell
Looking for the best states to work in? These are the top 5 states for workers!
Oxfam’s research has found these states all have the country’s strongest minimum wages, paid leave, fair schedules, and protected rights to organize. Did your state make the top 5?
Oxfam’s research has found these states all have the country’s strongest minimum wages, paid leave, fair schedules, and protected rights to organize. Did your state make the top 5?
August 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Looking for the best states to work in? These are the top 5 states for workers!
Oxfam’s research has found these states all have the country’s strongest minimum wages, paid leave, fair schedules, and protected rights to organize. Did your state make the top 5?
Oxfam’s research has found these states all have the country’s strongest minimum wages, paid leave, fair schedules, and protected rights to organize. Did your state make the top 5?
Countries have started negotiating a new tax treaty
The US? Not in the room
Trump's unilateralism hurts ordinary people in the US and (no surprise) helps profitable corps & wealthy individuals who pay too little in tax
My take from negotiations👇 politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/the-most-hop...
The US? Not in the room
Trump's unilateralism hurts ordinary people in the US and (no surprise) helps profitable corps & wealthy individuals who pay too little in tax
My take from negotiations👇 politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/the-most-hop...
The Most Hopeful Economic Story That’s Not in the News
A new tax treaty is a chance for needed change.
politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org
August 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Countries have started negotiating a new tax treaty
The US? Not in the room
Trump's unilateralism hurts ordinary people in the US and (no surprise) helps profitable corps & wealthy individuals who pay too little in tax
My take from negotiations👇 politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/the-most-hop...
The US? Not in the room
Trump's unilateralism hurts ordinary people in the US and (no surprise) helps profitable corps & wealthy individuals who pay too little in tax
My take from negotiations👇 politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/the-most-hop...