The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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U.S. Mayors Adopt Postal Banking Resolutions – $1 Trillion Boost at Zero Taxpayer Cost
By offering inexpensive financial services, the U.S. Post Office can drive out financial predators, restore billions of dollars to low-income neighborhoods and generate thousands of jobs funding infrastructure projects.
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The Postal service blows! Why it is losing to Wal-Mart and Google
Postal Service has long resisted offering banking services. Here's why they - and we - could live to regret it
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Mayors Nationwide Build Support for Postal Banking As USPS Delays Action
Our nation's mayors are acutely aware of the impact of predatory lending.
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Bringing Bucks to Main Street With a State-Owned Bank of California
The Golden State can lead others down the path of debt peonage and keep paying for Wall Street's blunders – or we can be a model for establishing state economic sovereignty.
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Organized Labor, Public Banks and the Grassroots: Keys to a Worker-Owned Economy
Worker-owned cooperatives build economic democracy. But how do we build more worker-owned cooperatives?
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Prosecuting Wall Street: It's Time to Bring the Banks Before a California Jury
Sixteen of the world’s largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates – so why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel, and isn't it time someone prosecuted them?
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Vermont Votes for Public Banking
Fifteen towns approved a resolution that would establish a bank that works for people of Vermont, not Wall Street.
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How the Credit Card Gravy Train Is Running Over You
The credit card business is now the banking industry’s biggest cash cow, and it’s largely due to lucrative hidden fees.
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The Warren Proposal: Postal Banking Is Key Financial Reform In the Public Good
The postal financial services Senator Elizabeth Warren suggests are important first steps toward democratizing our economy.
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Elizabeth Warren: Coming to a Post Office Near You – Loans You Can Trust
The U.S. Postal Service is exploring offering basic banking services – bill paying, check cashing, small loans – to its customers and partnering with banks to serve tens of millions of Americans who lack checking or savings accounts.
