Beneficial State Foundation Perspectives
Our thoughts on changing the banking system for good and building the new economy
Cooperative Economics
Exploring the Mondragon cooperative system
Crystal Tang
July 12, 2019
Racial Justice
Unpacking the model minority myth
Crystal Tang
June 4, 2019
Bank Accountability
Banks’ hiring practices contribute to gender and racial inequality
Symone Jackson
April 15, 2019
Policy
We need retirement systems and public benefits that don’t exclude immigrants
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
Symone Jackson
March 5, 2019
Divestment
Real Money Moves: divesting from prisons to invest in communities
Symone Jackson
February 19, 2019
Financial Reform
What consumer debt in Oregon tells us about the potential of “mini CFPBs”
Symone Jackson
February 1, 2019
New Economy
The best social justice conferences in 2019
Emma Guttman-Slater
January 24, 2019
Financial Reform
The potential for business banking in the US credit union industry
Adam Szymanski and Donnie Maclurcan
January 16, 2019
Bank Accountability
Bringing beneficial banking to Santa Rosa
Nancy Calderon
December 20, 2018
Cooperative Economics
New year, new power dynamics
Symone Jackson and Rebecca Fisher McGinty
December 15, 2018
Policy
Credit scores have nothing to do with citizenship
Beneficial State Foundation
December 7, 2018
Impact
Closing the gap in clean transportation
Sean Newlin
December 3, 2018
Financial Reform
Regulatory comment on CRA reform
Emma Guttman-Slater
November 16, 2018
Policy
I vote for my dad and I vote you
Maritessa Bravo Ares
November 6, 2018
Racial Justice
Is a zip code really just a number?
Lauren Glasby
November 1, 2018
Impact
Tis the season – Give!Guide 2018
Kate Rood
November 15, 2018
Cooperative Economics
How a rural Oregon boat manufacturer made the bold decision to convert to an ESOP
Allison Sackett
October 15, 2018
Policy
Beware of bubbles—signals of an economic downtown and how to prevent one
Jennifer Finger
September 25, 2018
Bank Accountability
The hidden factors that impact your financial decisions
Tuck Brofft
September 18, 2018
Financial Reform
Five Trends That Made Banking More Equitable in 2024
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
Beneficial State Foundation
June 19, 2024
Financial Reform
2023: Five trends making banking more equitable for all
Beneficial State Foundation
December 12, 2023
Financial Reform
We can emerge from COVID-19 with a more just economy. Here’s how.
Beneficial State Foundation
March 27, 2020
Financial Reform
What role can banks play in stopping gun violence?
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
Symone Jackson
March 5, 2019
New Economy
The best social justice conferences in 2019
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
April 24, 2018