Financial Reform
Five Trends That Made Banking More Equitable in 2024
Overall, 2024 saw the banking industry make notable shifts toward more equitable, inclusive, and community-centered…
Beneficial State Foundation
November 19, 2024
Beneficial State Foundation Perspectives
Our thoughts on changing the banking system for good and building the new economy
Bank Accountability
The Capitol Hill takeover was an attack on our communities
Banks must acknowledge their role and divest from racism. Not for the first time under…
Beneficial State Foundation
January 8, 2021
Financial Reform
5 moments that give us hope for the future
In a year that challenged us as a society, let’s take a moment to recognize…
Beneficial State Foundation
December 15, 2020
Divestment
Wildfires make the case for investing in environmental and social justice
Over the last two weeks, wildfires in California have burned almost 1.5 million acres of…
Beneficial State Bank
September 8, 2020
Impact
Employee-led initiative moved operating funds to COVID-19 response programs
Like many other organizations doing justice work, we took a close look at our annual…
Beneficial State Foundation
August 20, 2020
Bank Accountability
The role of banks in building post-pandemic resilience
What role should banks play to build post-pandemic resilience? Customers all over the world are…
Quinn Williams
July 17, 2020
Financial Reform
OCC going alone with CRA rulemaking is cruel and inappropriate
While it’s shocking that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its…
Emma Guttman-Slater
June 5, 2020
Racial Justice
We stand in solidarity with Black communities demanding an end to police violence
We stand in solidarity with Black communities demanding an end to police violence. Police are…
Beneficial State Foundation
May 30, 2020
Bank Accountability
Why we need responsible banking commitments — and more
Last fall, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) announced its launch of the Principles for…
Emma Guttman-Slater
April 29, 2020
Financial Reform
We can emerge from COVID-19 with a more just economy. Here’s how.
We can emerge from COVID-19 with a more just economy. Here’s how. In this painful…
Beneficial State Foundation
March 27, 2020
New Economy
The best social justice conferences of 2020
A new decade, a new moment to plan ahead! This year’s a big one, with…
Emma Guttman-Slater
January 23, 2020
Bank Accountability
Building a popular education movement to take on Wall Street
It's no secret that Wall Street has profited from harming communities. That's why Take On…
Diop Harris II
December 19, 2019
New Economy
Dreaming of a new economy
We all know and hate the mainstream extractive economy… So, how many of us are…
Quinn Williams
October 28, 2019
Bank Accountability
From the great recession to triple bottom line banking
A Rigged Economy If you told me a year ago that I’d work in the…
Ben Lee
September 30, 2019
Financial Reform
What role can banks play in stopping gun violence?
From gun violence to massive raids targeting immigrants, the last several weeks have been especially…
Symone Jackson and Emma Guttman-Slater
August 16, 2019
Impact
Banking on our summer fellows
This summer, ten Beneficial Banking Fellows worked on a variety of research projects to help…
Symone Jackson
August 12, 2019
Cooperative Economics
Exploring the Mondragon cooperative system
I recently had the opportunity to visit Mondragon, Spain to immerse myself into the world…
Crystal Tang
July 12, 2019
Racial Justice
Unpacking the model minority myth
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is a celebration of the various cultures,…
Crystal Tang
June 4, 2019
Bank Accountability
Banks’ hiring practices contribute to gender and racial inequality
During a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, Democratic Representative Al Green asked the…
Symone Jackson
April 15, 2019
Policy
We need retirement systems and public benefits that don’t exclude immigrants
Symone is Beneficial State Foundation's Digital Engagement Manager based in Oakland, CA. Immediately following the…
Symone Jackson
March 26, 2019
Bank Accountability
The Green New Deal is a chance to address big banks who are financing climate destruction and mass incarceration
There has been a lot of conversation around what a Green New Deal should look…
Symone Jackson
March 5, 2019
Financial Reform
Five Trends That Made Banking More Equitable in 2024
Overall, 2024 saw the banking industry make notable shifts toward more equitable, inclusive, and community-centered…
Beneficial State Foundation
November 19, 2024
Bank Accountability
Reflecting on the ongoing struggle for racial justice: a Juneteenth interview with financial advocate Stephone Coward II
In honor of Juneteenth, we are proud to feature an interview with Stephone Coward II,…
Beneficial State Foundation
June 19, 2024
Financial Reform
2023: Five trends making banking more equitable for all
As we look ahead to 2024, we are reflecting on the biggest trends from 2023…
Beneficial State Foundation
December 12, 2023
Financial Reform
We can emerge from COVID-19 with a more just economy. Here’s how.
We can emerge from COVID-19 with a more just economy. Here’s how. In this painful…
Beneficial State Foundation
March 27, 2020
Financial Reform
What role can banks play in stopping gun violence?
From gun violence to massive raids targeting immigrants, the last several weeks have been especially…
Symone Jackson and Emma Guttman-Slater
August 16, 2019
Bank Accountability
The Green New Deal is a chance to address big banks who are financing climate destruction and mass incarceration
There has been a lot of conversation around what a Green New Deal should look…
Symone Jackson
March 5, 2019
New Economy
The best social justice conferences in 2019
Emma is the Strategic Communications Director at Beneficial State Foundation based in Oakland, CA, and…
Emma Guttman-Slater
January 24, 2019
Bank Accountability
A bank CEO’s perspective: “Even a $1 billion fine is not enough to change corporate behaviors.”
Kat Taylor is CEO and Co-Founder of Beneficial State Bank. Here we go again. On…
Kat Taylor
April 24, 2018