How Activists Are Trying to Change the Way Banking Gets Done A public bank would allow the state of New York to keep its money closer to home, and put it to good work. Syris Valentine | Nov 9, 2022
Analysis | Local economies Why Public Banking Is a Step Toward Revolutionizing Our Economy The public banking movement is creating an opening wedge for the transfer of our financial system from private to public control. Pamela Haines | Nov 18, 2021
Analysis | Pandemic Why Public Banking Is Now Gaining Traction in the U.S. Bills have been introduced in several states that saw the pandemic recession as a clarion call for keeping their money at home. Ellen Brown | Mar 17, 2021
To Keep the Economy Afloat, the Fed Turns to North Dakota 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. Oscar Perry Abello | Apr 29, 2020
Infographic Public Banking Takes Hold States and cities have introduced legislation to allow public banking. Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | Mar 12, 2020
What a Public Bank Can Do for Real People 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. Oscar Perry Abello | Feb 19, 2020
Excerpt The Sustainable Future Town of Your Imagination A walk into the future, in a British city where housing is sustainable, energy is locally owned, food is abundant, and the work week is just three days long. Rob Hopkins | Oct 16, 2019
California Just Legalized Public Banks. Will the Rest of the Nation Follow Suit? The new law promises to take taxpayer money back from Wall Street and reinvest it in communities. Ananya Garg | Oct 4, 2019