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    Bill McKibben & Akaya Windwood: Boomers, Big Banks & Solving the Climate Crisis

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    Participatory Budgeting Project: Full, Uncut Conversation

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    Dollars and Democracy: Participatory Budgeting

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    When the news broke of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, it was chilling to many people to learn that 40 percent of that small city’s budget was allocated to public safety...
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    Community Wealth Building: An Economic Reset

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    Low wages, precarious jobs, shuttered Main Streets and bleak futures — do towns have a way out of poverty that doesn't involve begging and bribing outside employers to invest? From Clevland, Ohio...
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    Collective Real Estate: Land Without Landlords?

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    Decades of discrimination have left millions of African Americans shut out of the housing market and at risk of being targeted by predatory lenders and exploitative loans. But capital collectives pool resources...
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    Your Neighborhood in Your Hands: A Model from the South Bronx

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    Real estate development conjures up images of gentrification with sleek buildings and polished store fronts often built under the guise of urban revitalization. Far too often, these projects displace long-standing residents and...
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    This New Cooperative Business Model Could Change Everything

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    Many of the world’s most successful businesses began as someone’s good idea. But the path from startup to conventional financial success typically involves going public, prioritizing shareholders’ interests, and ultimately selling to...
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    Heather McGhee: Racism Costs Everyone

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    Color of Change board chair Heather McGhee talks with Laura about her New York Times best-selling book, The Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How we can Prosper Together. She...
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    Stimulus Checks Every Month?

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    The Compton Pledge is paying 800 families up to $600 per month to give them a leg up. So far, unemployment is down 50% and life is looking up for recipients and...
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    You Can’t Deal with Capitalism Unless You Deal With Patriarchy

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    Achieving social justice is going to take much more than reforming our criminal justice system. Valuing all lives equally is going to require...
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