by Michelle Mosser | Jun 1, 2021 | Commercial Banking, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wall Street (photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) By Andy Morrison, Gotham Gazette | May 31,2021 This past week, an obscure public body, the New York City Banking Commission, decided that the city can resume banking...
by Michelle Mosser | May 27, 2021 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
George Floyd rally at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Mobilus In Mobili, Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) By Kevin Wack, Polo Rocha, Laura Alix, Allissa Kline & Jon Prior, American Banker | May 25, 2021 One year ago today, Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was...
by Michelle Mosser | May 27, 2021 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, The Unbanked
The Biden administration estimates that 80 percent of eligible households for the child tax credit will receive those funds directly in their bank account. (Image by Standsome from Pixabay) By Claire Williams, Morning Consult | May 26, 2021 A NM Public Bank...
by Michelle Mosser | May 20, 2021 | Economics, National, News, Small Business
Jeff Bezos is one of the biggest winners of this new techno-feudalist system. [Daniel Oberhaus / CC BY 2.0] By Ellen Brown, Scheerpost | May 18, 2021 The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy...
by Michelle Mosser | May 17, 2021 | Commercial Banking, Environment, National, News, Renewable Energy
Photo by Brian Gratwicke, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City | May 17, 2021 A small bank’s enduring legacy begins with the mission-driven question, “Where does your money spend the night?” You could chronicle the history of New Resource...
by Michelle Mosser | May 14, 2021 | National, News, Postal Banking
Photo by Brian Lipiner, myrecorujournal.com By Editorial Board, Bloomberg | May 13, 2021 The right kind of arrangement would help the USPS as well as millions of unbanked Americans. Should U.S. post offices also be banks? Lately, a group of legislators...