by Michelle Mosser | Sep 21, 2020 | News, National, Postal Banking
Photo: Rural NM post office, by Joanna Poe (CC BY-SA 2.0) By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams | September 17, 2020 Postal banking would offer fair, affordable and highly available public banking options for private citizens. “No one in America should...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 17, 2020 | Environment, New Mexico, New Mexico News, News, Santa Fe
Santa Cruz Lake reservoir supplies acequias in the valley. Photo by Leah Cantor, Santa Fe Reporter. By Leah Cantor, Santa Fe Reporter | September 16, 2020 As NM faces increasingly dry conditions, the need for better water infrastructure becomes increasingly...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 15, 2020 | News, Commercial Banking
Photo by Oscar Perry Abello By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City | September 15, 2020 When two banks merge, it’s often bad news for at least one of those bank’s communities. They could be merging because one of the two banks has failed, and regulators from the...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 14, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Small Business
Photo courtesy Civil Eats By Lisa Held, Civil Eats | September 14, 2020 NM relies on farming as an industry and as a source of local, healthy food. A NM public bank could provide more support to farmers across the state When their buyers closed up shop,...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 14, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Economics, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News
A mural in Albuquerque advocating for Mount Taylor to be protected from mining. Mount Taylor, which was mined for uranium for decades, is a pilgrimage destination for at least 30 indigenous communities, including the Navajo Nation, the Hopi and Zuni peoples, and the...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 9, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Economics
Photo by Caleb Minear on Unsplash By 20/20 Vision | September 4, 2020 Even before COVID-19, millennials were struggling to accumulate wealth. A NM Public Bank could help New Mexicans overcome by debt and lacking opportunity by creating a more equitable economic...