Our featured interview this week is with Thom Hartmann, arguably the top progressive talk-radio DJ in the country.| The Main Street Journal
A book that describes regular folks serving justice to slimeball authorities, damaging their communities.| The Main Street Journal
How Canadians Finance the Change They Want to See With Community Bonds| The Main Street Journal
Since 2018, the Dream Exchange has been raising funds from do-gooders across the country to create a public marketplace for minority-owned businesses.| The Main Street Journal
As PBS stations lose funding for local broadcast journalism, they'll air a new documentary about the demise of local print journalism| The Main Street Journal
Delivering financial solutions that support a Just Transition to a regenerative economy| The Main Street Journal
Our featured interview this week is Lyneir Richardson, whose real estate company, Chicago TREND, has helped redevelop shopping centers in black neighborhoods in Chicago and Baltimore.| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
Crypto-enabled hardware products tap into decentralized networks that save (or make) money| The Main Street Journal
I’m still working my way through Ezra Klein’s and Derek Thompson’s book Abundance, which urges liberals to embrace a world where they do “big things.” If we want more housing, for example, we need to combine more government money pouring into the housing sector with regulatory reforms that speed up the projects.| The Main Street Journal
Will adding local investing concepts to a financial industry standard reference help make good things happen?| The Main Street Journal
Partners in Equity and Fair Finance Fund| The Main Street Journal
Strengthening Ontario, Canada’s local food and farm sector through accessible capital loans and mentorship| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
Mid-Hudson Energy Transition’s HELP Fund on Wednesday, August 27| The Main Street Journal
Fifteen years ago, local business networks were spreading like wildfire across the country. Now...| The Main Street Journal
The “killer app” approach kills local innovation and optimization| The Main Street Journal
Mid-Hudson Energy Transition’s HELP Fund| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
The principles of the “Tupelo Model,” such as “local people must address local problems,” “build teams and use a team approach,” and “meet the needs of the whole community by starting with its poorest members,” remain gospel for students of community development.| The Main Street Journal
Attention philanthropy in our attention economy| The Main Street Journal
August 13, 2 pm ET| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
Pitting cities against each other to meet climate goals| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
“Not for Sale,” argues Oscar Perry Abello, is the new rallying cry for neighborhoods around the country reclaiming their economies and their futures.| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
Consciousness-raising through terminology alignment| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
Adopting and civilizing a scary term| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
V.3, N.32 - This week’s interview is with John Abrams, who shares his history and his hopes for expanded worker ownership models in the future.| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
V.3, N.27 - This week, we’re pleased to feature an interview with Hunter Lovins. Hunter currently runs a nonprofit called Natural Capitalism Solution and is now launching an important new project called COPx, which aims to become a global compendium of climate solutions.| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
V.2, N.39 - Only by steering more of money away from Wall Street and into our communities can we solve fundamental problems. Let's create at least one investment fund in every community--about 36,000 cities, towns, and villages.| mainstreetjournal.substack.com
