In Nonprofit Quarterly, ILSR Senior Researcher Kennedy Smith describes the federal Equitable Lending Leaders program and some of its biggest lessons.… Read More
Kennedy Smith joined The Morning Show on Wisconsin Public Radio to talk about how the largest, Wall-Street-fueled delivery apps are using their market power to...
In 1982, the two agencies charged with overseeing America’s antimonopoly laws — the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission — radically weakened their...
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...
In Governing, ILSR Senior Researcher Kennedy Smith and Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty examine how cities and towns can create affordable space for local...
West Virginia addresses composting in a novel way: it categorizes acceptable farm and facility feedstock types more broadly than most states. Since 1997, it has...
President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order aimed at undoing concentrated corporate control and ending decades of consolidation across the economy. The order’s provisions reflect...
In 2011, the City of Austin set a goal of a 75% diversion rate for solid waste by 2020 and a 90% diversion rate by...
Biden’s executive order marks a major turning point in the fight to check monopoly power. It includes more than 70 specific provisions, many of which...
Unlike the predatory Wall Street-backed apps, local delivery services charge lower fees, support restaurants, keep wealth in the community, and demonstrate that when it comes...
In this policy brief, we argue that moving aggressively to rebuild small, independent businesses and reverse the concentration of corporate power would produce a more...