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Headlines from the latest news about public banking and the economy:

Public banking

Why Chicago should start a public bank | Daniel La Spata, Matt Martin, Robert Peters and Ameya Pawar, Chicago Sun-Times

Public banks offer advantages to customers | Frank Sanitate, Santa Barbara News-Press

Murphy ordered plans for a state bank to be ready by now. Why COVID-19 set progress back. | Dustin Racioppi, NorthJersey.com

It’s Time for Public Banking in New York City | Bob Master and Mark Levine, The Nation

Prop. 15 isn’t California’s last opportunity to restore our social contract | Guillermo Mayer and Sara Nelson, Cal Matters

A public bank for New Mexico gains interest | Michael Tashji, Taos News

A public bank would benefit New Mexico | Clifton Chadwick, Santa Fe New Mexican

How a New RFC Connects to a Green New Deal | Ilmi Granoff, Douglass E. Sims, Todd N. Tucker, The American Prospect

Las Cruces City Council Discusses Formation Of A Public Bank In New Mexico | Madison Staten, KRWG Public Media

Letter to the Editor: Back public bank | Sally Sabo, Santa Fe New Mexican

Economy

Public Dollars and Private Investors in Chicago | Oscar Perry Abello, Next City

World Bank Urges Governments to Guarantee Private Profits | Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury, Other News

250 million Indian workers and farmers strike, breaking world record | Peoples Dispatch, People’s World

Pandemic Villains: Robinhood | Matt Taibbi, TK News

New York Becomes The First State To Divest From Oil And Gas | Alexander C. Kaufman, HuffPost

Hundreds Of Pure Gold Roman Coins Found in Italy | Ian Harvey, The Vintage News