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Millions of ‘unbanked’ Americans lack adequate access to financial services
By Paul Solman & Diane Lincoln Estes, PBS News Hour | December 26, 2022 It’s not well known, but about 4.5% of U.S. households are unbanked, meaning no one in the house has a checking or savings account. The rate declined during the pandemic because...
Community-Owned Commercial Real Estate Is Having A Moment
By OSCAR PERRY ABELLO at NEXT CITY Earlier this year, Crystal Ortiz started walking up and down Kensington Avenue looking for a proper storefront she could rent out for her growing business. When she found it right down the street, she was delighted that she didn’t...
Daily Yonder Q&A: How Public Banks Can Keep Revenue Local and Support Small Communities
by Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder September 23, 2022 This article first appeared on The Daily Yonder and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. A public bank is a financial institution that is managed by the government in the public interest, which is...
Big City Mayoral Races Shine A New Light On Public Banking
NEXT CITY, by Oscar Perry Abello September 27, 2022 Public banking is already making headlines in one big city mayoral race slated for next year, and it’s bound to come up in at least one more. (photo: Philadelphia City Hall, by Jose Fontano / Unsplash) New Mexico...
Hear Us: Public Banking for Racial Justice
(Credit: Public Bank NYC) Op-Ed: At a time when unchecked corporate profiteering masquerades as inflation, a proposed NYC public bank would center the interests of, and fund projects for, Black and Brown communities. Next City Op-Ed | By Lebaron Sims, June 8, 2022...
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Episode: Everyone deserves a public bank
Join those who’ve endorsed a Public Bank for New Mexico
“I had the good fortune to work on this initiative before Bernie kidnapped all my time. This is one of those no-brainer initiatives that only the 1% could oppose. It has the potential to save the state millions of dollars by vastly reducing the cost of its bonds to improve infrastructure funding. in a public bank, our state funds can be used to build our local economy and our local infrastructure.”
– Paul Gibson
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