by Michelle Mosser | Aug 5, 2021 | New Mexico, New Mexico News, News
Roxanne Swentzell gently blows on a red amaranth pod to release seeds in a process known as winnowing at Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute’s San Pedro Homesite while her granddaughter, Cedar Rain, plays a game about meal assembly behind her. (Gabriela...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 4, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Public Banking Act with Rep. Rashida Tlaib. (nrkbeta/Flickr) By Julian Larosa, Jacobin | August 2, 2021 The basic functions of investment are too important to be left in the hands of private banks only interested in...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, News
Grant County, New Mexico. Photo by Jay Hemphill By Noah Greenspan, The Daily Yonder | July 29, 2021 A Public Bank of New Mexico can be a tool that would add more financing support for rural infrastructure and community development As a child growing up...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 31, 2021 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Seal of Anchorage, Alaska. Wikimedia Commons. By National Infrastructure Bank Coalition | July 29, 2021 The Anchorage Municipal Assembly has recently passed a resolution supporting HR3339 and the creation of an NIB. The resolution states in part:...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 31, 2021 | Bank of North Dakota, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Grazing cattle in North Dakota. Photo by USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) By Staff, Jamestown Sun | July 29, 2021 A state-owned public bank can help an agriculturally-oriented state prosper during a drought; the Bank of North Dakota shows us how with...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 19, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
New Yorkers rallied at City Hall in 2018 to call on NYC to divest from banks that fuel climate change and to establish a municipal public bank to fund the transition to a just, sustainable economy. Photo via Public Bank NYC Facebook page By Michelle Chen, The Nation |...