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Halima Gordana, a participant in the drought response cash support project for affected families in Marsabit County, Kenya, carries a sack of building stones on her back across a dry and cracked landscape

29 Oct 2025

Why it's time to make rich polluters pay
A stylised illustration of a private jet flying above a grayscale Earth, with messy black loops encircling the planet, all set against a textured green background.

29 Oct 2025

Carbon inequality exposed: Scotland must act
A bookstore interior with shelves filled with books, some display racks in the center, and wall signs above the shelves. A large message in pink letters reads "MAKE THE FUTURE FAIRER REWRITE THE STORY."

27 Oct 2025

Oxfam Byres Road Bookshop begins new chapter
Alarm clock with text reading time to tax

5 Oct 2025

Fair tax for a fairer Scotland
Stack of three Oxfam Scotland reports titled “A Vision for a Just Scotland: How the Scottish Parliament can fight injustice and inequality while protecting people and planet.” The cover design features green and yellow blocks with images including raised

25 Sep 2025

A Vision for a Just Scotland
Illustration of woman holding sign saying People and Planet over profit

16 Sep 2025

Fairness in the face of climate costs
People walk in between destroyed buildings, turned to rubble

4 Sep 2025

Scotland to halt new funding to Gaza arms firms
A person stands in the aisle of a secondhand clothing store, surrounded by racks filled with assorted garments like jackets, jeans, shirts, and colorful dresses. The individual is wearing a cream-colored dress with a check tie, black tights, and tan boots

1 Sep 2025

Global fashion industry produces enough unworn clothes each year to provide every Scot with 2,200 outfits
Children and their families walking in single file through the rubble of destroed buildings in Northern Gaza

28 Jul 2025

Scotland must raise its voice for those being starved and silenced

22 Jul 2025

Fair tax is part of the solution
Paul sitting behind a book signing table, holding a copy of his book

14 Jul 2025

From raffle to reality: meet the star of a new Scottish crime novel
Kahindo wearing an orange dress with white floral patterns sits on a wooden chair outdoors, surrounded by lush green vegetation and banana trees, with a thatched hut visible in the background.

26 Jun 2025

Scottish Government funding delivers vital lifeline as conflict and hunger grip the Democratic Republic of Congo