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The century-old legal fiction costing America $35.5 billion a year
Article / 27th August 2026One of the stranger features of the modern economy is that we no longer disagree about what a multinational corporation is—until the conversation turns to tax.
World hunger and starvation have reached a crisis level
Blog / 26th August 2026Thanks to the collapse of traditional U.S. food assistance policy, world hunger and starvation have soared, reports Lawrence S. Wittner.
This UN Tax Conference might sound boring, but here is how we all have a stake in it
Article / 12th August 2026The decisions being made in this conference are simple yet consequential to our lives: will polluters profiting from the economic and climate crises—that the rest of us are paying for—be made to pay their share?
Hiroshima’s question: Will we continue to live under the nuclear shadow?
Article / 10th August 2026Hiroshima’s Peace Declaration and the U.N. secretary-general’s message set out two possible futures as the global nuclear order frays.
Is the United Nations about to be pushed off a cliff?
Article / 7th August 2026Could the irrationality, lack of knowledge, and limited vision of world leaders destroy the hopes that the world’s people have invested in the UN?
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
News / 6th August 2026About 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger before the end of next year by the rapidly developing El Niño weather system, according to forecasting.
Oil giants’ bonanza profits: Coalition urges stronger taxes of fossil fuel gains
News / 4th August 2026Ahead of BP’s profit announcement on 4th August, campaigners from the Make Polluters Pay Coalition urge governments to back permanent stronger taxes on fossil fuel profits and support strong UN tax talks.
Earth Overshoot Day 2026: Humanity is consuming resources 70% faster than Earth can regenerate them
News / 29th July 2026Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what Earth can regenerate during that year.
UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist
News / 23rd July 2026Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible according to the latest UN assessment.
Cut the Pentagon, save the planet: The $1.5 trillion climate solution we can’t ignore
Article / 21st July 2026The scale of the Pentagon’s environmental destruction and its financial power is unfathomable. Cutting it's budget could do wonders for the planet.