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Wesleyan University students wait as a delivery of shares of cheese in a cheese co-op are unloaded and shared in Middletown, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Co‑operatives empower people — and students need to know about them

Universities need to move away from competing over rankings, and instead focus on building a collaborative educational system that puts collective well-being first.
The Postal Service has over 30,000 retail locations in the U.S, including off the Appalachian Trail in Caratunk, Me. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

Postal banking could provide free accounts to 21 million Americans who don’t have access to a credit union or community bank

About a quarter of census tracts with a post office lack a credit union or community bank, making the US Postal Service an efficient way to help more Americans get low-cost bank accounts.
Cooperatives are among the largest and oldest businesses in Australia. But the structure is often misunderstood. Flickr

The misunderstood world of the co‑operative enterprise

2012 is the United Nation’s International Year of the Co-operative. This is a once in 25 year opportunity to acknowledge these important but often misunderstood businesses. What is a co-operative or mutual…

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