The real estate industry has long had a Whiteness problem. An emerging Black developer in Baltimore is challenging the state to help fix the appraisal gap and other injustices.
Money has become concentrated in very few hands. Now some experts are considering that money itself may be part of the problem.
Because of their unorthodox ownership structures, cooperatively owned businesses don’t fit neatly into most lenders’ boxes. So one group decided to build their own source of funding.
New York’s immigrant communities turn to the tools of civic life to protect their rights.
The nation’s only state-owned bank serves as a model for how the U.S. is fighting the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic.
North Dakota has the only state-owned bank in the nation. Advocates say it’s a model for getting state tax money invested in communities.