by Leila Salim | Feb 19, 2024 | Commercial Banking, Economics, Equity, National, News, Sidebar Blog
By C.J. Polychroniou for Truthout | February 17, 2024 (Photo: LEONARDO MUNOZ / VIEWPRESS / GETTY IMAGES) Progressive economist Gerald Epstein explains how we can build a banking system that puts people over profit. Our current banking and financial system has...
by Leila Salim | Dec 13, 2023 | Commercial Banking, Economics, Equity, National, News, Sidebar Blog
By Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams | December 13, 2023 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks while Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) looks on (Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images) “Wall Street-run banks are failing to serve many of my residents who are struggling...
by Leila Salim | Nov 3, 2023 | Commercial Banking, Economics, Equity, National, News, Sidebar Blog
By David Brand for Gothamist | November 1, 2023 (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images) New York Attorney General Letitia James is calling on state lawmakers to tackle unfair credit and lending practices that fuel a staggering racial gap in homeownership and force New...
by Leila Salim | Jun 1, 2023 | AFLEP in New Mexico, New Mexico, Sidebar Blog
by Angela Merkert, Executive Director, AFLEP — With the challenges in the financial system—banks closing, fintech gaining market space, interest rates rising—lending for small businesses is decreasing. One recent business article reported that the U.S. loan approval...
by Leila Salim | May 22, 2023 | Economics, Equity, National, News, Sidebar Blog
By AALLYAH WRIGHT for Capital B News | MAY 17, 2023 — Some say the stores—disproportionately found in low-income, rural, and Black areas—stifle economic growth and job creation and exacerbate food insecurity. For years, the Rev. Donald Perryman wondered why the...