The digital divide has only become more pronounced with the pandemic, prompting Baltimore officials to make moves in the direction of something exciting: building a...
Beginning in the late 1970s, a series of Supreme Court cases upended U.S. antitrust laws — laws that were once the linchpin of a comprehensive,...
Ron Knox was featured on The Heartland Labor Forum on KKFI, where he discussed his recent reporting detailing how corporate mergers helped create monopolies that...
In February 2022, ILSR filed comments to FERC on utility rate recovery and industry association dues. These comments argue that monopoly utilities must prove they...
We wrote a letter in response to Melinda Cooper’s arguments in Dissent Magazine linking Trumpism with small business owners.… Read More
In this virtual event, key leaders and advocates, including Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and White House Advisor Tim Wu, discuss the importance of small business to...
ILSR issued a report that shows how local communities can seize the opportunity presented by the American Rescue Plan Act’s funding to rethink their local...
One of the biggest challenges facing America’s towns and cities is leveling the playing field for small businesses. Our new report shows how civic leaders...
On February 10th, 2022, ILSR and Main Street America hosted a conversation about how communities can use some of their federal American Rescue Plan Act...
A statement from ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. … Read More
After two decades of a headlong rush to single stream recycling collection programs across the US, are they still the best positioned to take us...
Senior Policy Advocate Katy Milani writes for Phoenix’s Eculeus newspaper group on how local businesses create a strong community, offer quality career opportunities, and cultivate...
Stacy Mitchell joined Teddy Downey on the Capitol Forum’s podcast to discuss ILSR’s new Amazon’s Toll Road report, which finds that Amazon is exploiting its...
The Missoula Valley Internet Cooperative has successfully raised funds and designed, deployed, and launched a wireless mesh network delivering 150 Megabit per second (Mbps) symmetrical service to more than...
Amazon is exploiting its position as a gatekeeper to impose steep and growing fees on the small businesses that must rely on its site to...