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This case study highlights how New Economy Project and the Public Bank NYC coalition are pressing for the creation of a public bank for New York City, as part of a broader vision for economic and racial justice.

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Rusty water faucet
8 Years after Flint and more recently in Pittsburgh, we’re reminded of the dangers of water privatization and why we need to keep water as a public good.
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Daniella Zessoules
Congress still has an opportunity to craft another legislative package and resuscitate crucial elements of the Build Back Better package.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Houses flooded from Hurricane Harvey in Texas
Grassroots organizers in Texas offer a blueprint for cementing equity into local recovery efforts.
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Daniella Zessoules

The Economic Democracy Project aims to highlight and develop strategies that Black and brown communities can use to build economic and political power—beginning with four case studies spotlighting community campaigns across the U.S.

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson with the White House and US Supreme Court in the background
Why the Senate should confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson without delay
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Taifa Smith Butler

This case study follows the Texas Organizing Project as it worked to build power and equity for working-class Black & Latino communities in greater Houston after Hurricane Harvey—ultimately implementing a winning 3-part inside-outside strategy. 

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Detail view of the US Capitol east facade in the early morning sun.
Four executive and legislative actions President Biden should address in his speech
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Taifa Smith Butler

This case study examines how community leaders forced the city of Pittsburgh to provide safe, accessible, and affordable water—and developed an accountability model in the process, by which ordinary people can oversee the public water utility. 

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DC Capitol building at a distance in the day with cars in the foreground driving toward it
This urgent, defining moment in America calls for The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.
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Taifa Smith Butler