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Cash Relief for Black Moms: The Success of Guaranteed Income

Prefer to Listen? Subscribe to our podcast to listen to this week's episode on your favorite podcast platform. This Mother’s Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Since its enactment...

Laura & Stephanie Flanders Unpack Inflation, Silicon Valley Bank Crash and Democracy

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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

Pledge as little as $3/month for early access to the full, uncut conversation. For more full, uncut conversations, subscribe to The Laura Flanders Show podcast or support us on Patreon. When the news broke of the school shooting in...

Dollars and Democracy: Participatory Budgeting

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 - a...

Community Wealth Building: An Economic Reset

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 to Preston,...

Collective Real Estate: Land Without Landlords?

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 and reduce...
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Your Neighborhood in Your Hands: A Model from the South Bronx

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 communities of...

This New Cooperative Business Model Could Change Everything

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 a giant...

Heather McGhee: Racism Costs Everyone

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 shows how...

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