In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 15th, 2018 Media Outlet: Alternet Cities and states across the country are angry at the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to repeal net neutrality protections guaranteeing Americans access to an Internet unthrottled by giant Internet companies. This decision comes on the heels of a massively important vote held by Fort Collins to change their city … Read More
In September of 2017, ILSR Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell spoke in front of the Minnesota Solar Energy Industry Association’s Midwest Gateway to Solar event. In his talk he spoke about the importance of sound renewable energy policies that enable growth in locally-owned solar energy and how massive electric utilities are doing their best to harm locally-owned renewable energy like solar.… Read More
In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 12th, 2018 Media Outlet: Telecompetitor Recently, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society released a study detailing the pricing in municipal broadband networks versus large-scale Internet service providers. Joan Engebretson of Telecompetitor took up the story to dig into the findings of the study that munis are more competitive on … Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell January 12th, 2018 Media Outlet: The New York Times As the power of Amazon grows, so grows the power of the worlds richest person (or second richest person depending the stock surges), Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Nick Wingfield and Nellie Bowles’ profile of Bezos in the New York Times details how Bezos … Read More
In this episode of ILSR’s Building Local Power podcast, Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns sits down with Stacy Mitchell to discuss why the conventional wisdom about economic growth often leads communities down a dark path of decay. … Read More
In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 11th, 2018 Media Outlet: KETR 88.9 – Northeast Texas Public Radio On January 8th, President Trump released executive orders aimed at improving rural broadband, however, these orders are largely ceremonial, not effective for improving rural broadband access. KETR — or Northeast Texas Public Radio — was interested in covering this issue … Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell January 9th, 2018 Media Outlet: The New Republic David Dayen, a prominent anti-monopoly thinker and reporter, has taken on a number of different industries in his reporting. In this piece for The New Republic, Dayen delves into Amazon’s history of public subsidies to build its prominent infrastructure network. As our comprehensive Amazon’s Stranglehold report methodically … Read More
In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 5th, 2018 Media Outlet: ArsTechnica Recently, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society released a study detailing the pricing in municipal broadband networks versus large-scale Internet service providers. ArsTechnica technology reporter Jon Brodkin covered the study and its outcomes that municipal broadband networks often have more transparent and are cheaper. Here’s ILSR’s contribution: … Read More
This roundtable discussion between ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell, John Farrell, and Christopher Mitchell delves into the growing movement against monopoly power in the political economy.… Read More
