The co-operative ideals emerged in a time of oppression and economic hardship, aiming to create better business practices through collective ownership and social responsibility.
Jaime Gloshay discusses how her early experiences at a CDFI revealed the nuances of financial trauma and distrust within communities towards traditional financial institutions.
These articles spotlight communities organizing to build a more just economy, challenging corporate power and advocating for economic democracy, equity, and empowerment.
Mali, having been under French colonial rule for 68 years, still grapples with the legacy of colonial exploitation, which continued post-independence with foreign companies extracting wealth without providing adequate returns to the nation.
Maurice Mitchell notes, 'Elections can be brutal. At least as structured in the United States—really, there are far better, more representative ways to make collective voting decisions!' This highlights the need for reforms in election processes to improve representation and reduce the binary nature of current electoral systems, which often simplifies complex social issues into two opposing choices that fail to capture the diversity of public opinion.
