John Ikerd, an agricultural economist, sits down with Stacy Mitchell to discuss the consolidation of our food system and why he supports family farms as opposed to corporate mega-farms.… Read More
In our latest policy brief, we analyzed the actions of Internet Service Provider giant Comcast during this election season in two locations: Seattle, Wash. and Fort Collins, Colo. We found that Comcast is spending millions in the two locations to protect its monopoly.… Read More
In the News: Brenda Platt October 26, 2017 Media Outlet: WAMU 88.5FM – American University Radio With the growth of curbside composting in the United States over the last few years, WAMU’s Jacob Fenston took to investigate the challenges and opportunities cities have when implementing them. For some policy heft he spoke to ILSR’s co-director and … Read More
In the News: Christopher Mitchell October 26, 2017 Media Outlet: StateScoop In the run-up to Seattle’s mayoral election on November 7th, 2017 the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Community Broadband Networks initiative team pointed to the commitment Comcast is pouring into the race to buy favorable decisions by the local government. The publication StateScoop noticed. Shortly after this story was … Read More
In the News: Christopher Mitchell October 25, 2017 Media Outlet: Motherboard Vice For years, indeed since Colorado enacted SB 152 as part of a Comcast-funded effort to limit municipal broadband investment, we’ve seen Big Telecom’s interest in local elections grow. This year’s Fort Collins ballot question has been subject to hundreds of thousands in spending from the … Read More
Comcast is spending big to oppose broadband competition in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Colorado Cable Telecommunications Association is spending hundreds of thousands to deny residents a real choice in broadband Internet access by moving against a local pro-municipal broadband referendum.… Read More
In the News: Christopher Mitchell October 23, 2017 Media Outlet: International Business Times Due to the anti-municipal broadband bill introduced by Michigan state representative Michele Hoitenga, the International Business Times investigated the top donors to Hoitenga’s election bid and found that Big Telecom affiliates, such as the companies themselves and associations that lobby for their interests, sat … Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell October 20, 2017 Media Outlet: USA Today USA Today’s Elizabeth Weise delves into the growing strength of Amazon’s Prime subscription service, including survey results that suggest it is in 3/4 of American homes. In her coverage, Weise reached out to Stacy Mitchell, ILSR’s co-director and the director of the Community-Scaled Economies initiative … Read More
In the News: Christopher Mitchell October 20, 2017 Media Outlet: Telecompetitor Ideas are bubbling up in two major West Coast cities to invest in a municipal fiber network, MuniNetworks.org researchers have been covering these ideas for years now and Telecompetitor’s Joan Engebretson covered them in detail. For her story, Engebretson spoke to ILSR’s director of the Community … Read More
