Picks: Dayton’s Public Library, Philly’s Progressive DA; Tenn.’s Victorious Workers, Libertarian Socialism and more (1st Edition)
In this first issue of the Weekly Picks from the Desk of David Morris, ILSR’s co-founder details stories of public library system from Dayton, Ohio;...
Percent of population making under $50,000 in 2014: 48 percent. Percent of those voting making under $50,000: 36 percent. Percent of population making over $100,000:...
1947-1979 change in real income of poorest 20 percent of population: 122 percent. Of richest 20 percent: 99 percent. Change of richest 1 percent: 39...
Pell grants, awarded solely on need, are the largest single source of non-loan assistance to postsecondary education. Two thirds of Pell recipients enroll in public...
In October FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced, ““We’ve been energetic in advancing the public interest…over the past nine months…” Energetic? You bet. In the public...
In 2015, President Obama proposed making community college free nationwide. He pointed to a pilot free tuition program just being launched by Tennessee for recent...
This article was originally published in our The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (October 26, 2017), available here. Florida produces 90 percent of our winter tomatoes. The...
The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (October 26, 2017)
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Free School Meals for Everyone | Farmworkers of the World: Unite | Reagan,...
We have a workable model for making housing affordable and protecting neighborhood residents from displacement: a Community Land Trust. Only one city to date has...
A Thoroughly Modern Way to Fleece the Customer, Dynamic Pricing
This article was originally published in our The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (September 27, 2017), available here. In the beginning there were...
This article was originally published in our The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (September 27, 2017), available here. In the 1980s, leveraged buyouts...
