Social Investment
Using our resources to strengthen our communities.
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5 Ways to Make Your Dollars Make Sense
by Michael Shumanposted Feb 14, 2012 - Concerned about Wall Street’s devastating impact on communities? Then invest in yourself—the most local investment of all.
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A Separation of Church and Bank
posted Feb 13, 2012 - Video: After Bank of America foreclosed on thousands of homes in their San Jose parish, the members of this Catholic church bid it goodbye—and took $3 million with them.
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California’s New Triple Bottom Line
by Sven Eberlein, Debra Baidaposted Feb 09, 2012 - Best in the world? Try best FOR the world. The Golden State welcomes a new kind of corporation.
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Big News on Bank Transfers
by Brooke Jarvisposted Feb 03, 2012 - The Occupy effect? In the last 3 months, Americans switched banks at three times the normal rate.
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Beyond the Bubble Economy
by David Kortenposted Feb 02, 2012 - We’ve finally learned that a growing financial sector isn’t the same thing as actual economic improvement. So how can we stimulate the real economy?
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2012: The Year of the Cooperative
by Jessica Reederposted Feb 01, 2012 - How an old business model is finding new relevance all over the world.
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The State of the 99 Percent
by Sarah Anderson, John Cavanaghposted Jan 25, 2012 - The Occupy movement is clearly affecting political rhetoric ... but what about real action?
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Why Equality is Better for Everyone
by Kristy Leissleposted Dec 27, 2011 - Book Review: Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's "The Spirit Level" shows how inequality—and misery—trickle up.
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Grace Boggs: Reviving the Lost City
by Larry Gabrielposted Dec 07, 2011 - The YES! Breakthrough 15: A decades-long revolution to rekindle the soul of urban neighborhoods.
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Will Allen: Growing Justice in Food Deserts
by Doug Pibelposted Dec 06, 2011 - The YES! Breakthrough 15: Creating access to affordable fresh food in low-income neighborhoods.
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Jobs Not Cuts: UK Strikes Against Austerity
by Ari Bermanposted Dec 01, 2011 - In Britain, two million public sector workers launched the largest strike in three decades.
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7 Ways to Support the Real Job Creator: Main Street
by John Cavanagh, David Kortenposted Nov 29, 2011 - Turns out most job creation comes from the 99 percent, not the one percent.
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The Case for Taxing the Wealthy
posted Nov 28, 2011 - The 1% didn’t get there by themselves. Chuck Collins offers a TED Talk on why the wealthy should pay it forward.
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Painting the Town Prosperous
by James Trimarcoposted Nov 16, 2011 - Urban artists revive our neighborhoods and show us how to share our gifts.
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We Are the 1% ... And We Stand With the 99%
by Jesse Estrinposted Nov 09, 2011 - Not everyone at the top of the economic system thinks it's a fair one. Why Jesse Estrin—and many others—decided to stand with the rest of us.
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