by Michelle Mosser | Oct 30, 2020 | Public Bank, Bank of North Dakota, California, Economics, Local Economies, Postal Banking, Public Banking
Photo by Greg Nash By Emily Stewart, Vox | October 30, 2020 A public option, but for banking. That’s what Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are proposing in a new bill unveiled on Friday. The Public Banking Act, first shared with Vox, wouldn’t...
by Michelle Mosser | Oct 29, 2020 | News, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Santa Fe
Food Depot warehouse in Santa Fe. Photo by Anson Stevens-Bollen By Katherine Lewin, Santa Fe Reporter | October 28, 2020 A New Mexico public bank could reduce the cost of expanding the state’s agricultural infrastructure County commission passes...
by Michelle Mosser | Oct 29, 2020 | News, Local Economies, Public Bank, Public Banking
Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation recently obtained a loan from Virginia Community Capital to purchase this building and the vacant lot next door to provide rental units for prospective first-time homebuyers. (Photo courtesy Dianna Bowser) By...
by Michelle Mosser | Oct 2, 2020 | News, Commercial Banking, Economics, Local Economies, National
Image by Eric Perlin from Pixabay By Saqib Bhatti and Brittany Alston, Action Center on Race & the Economy | September 4, 2020 As the nation adjusts to the new reality of life in a pandemic, it has become clearer than ever before that a robust social safety...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 30, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Small Business
Yvonne Sandoval and youth at Bueno Para Todos. Courtesy of BPT social media. By Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth | September 28. 2020 A New Mexico public bank could help our small farmers by providing low-interest loans through local banks and funding broad water...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 21, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News
Photo courtesy Public News Service By New Mexico Voices for Children, Los Alamos Reporter | September 17, 2020 A NM Public Bank could help NM recover from the economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic by assuring that all New Mexicans have access to the...