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How to Get Away With Merger

Sparking a Community Broadband Revolution
November 30, 2023

Sparklight monopolization of East Carroll Parrish prompts leaders to build a fiber-to-the-home network for fast,...

Consolidation in the Cord-Cutting Era
November 16, 2023

From the Capitol to K Street, a Wisconsin native finds a home at Consumer Reports...

Investment Funds v. A Democratic Future
November 2, 2023

A community advocacy organization fought to transfer power from a fossil fuel-backed investment firm to...

New Mexicans v. Fossil Fuel Giants
October 19, 2023

A determined coalition fights to block a private takeover of the state’s largest utility. …...

BlackRock v. Black Gold
October 5, 2023

A NYC composter fights to fend off Wall Street and invest in the land and...

A Rotten Waste Merger
September 21, 2023

An environmental lawyer and activist calls bigness the most pressing issue in the waste industry....

Beer Mergers Brew Disaster
September 7, 2023

A brewer details the struggles faced by smaller breweries in a consolidated beer industry, and...

How To Get Away With Merger (Season Preview)
August 31, 2023

Our new season shatters the deceptive facade often employed by merging companies that claim their...

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Keeping My Public Options Open
July 6, 2023

Two advocates for affordable life-saving drugs share their stories exposing America's healthcare woes…

Housing Is Where the Heart Is
May 18, 2023

A tenant organizer battles profit-focused private equity firms for safe, affordable housing…

A Food Oasis in North Tulsa
March 16, 2023

A grocery store owner transforms a food desert into a food oasis…

Frontline Stories in the Fight Against Monopoly Power

Keeping My Public Options Open
July 6, 2023

Two advocates for affordable life-saving drugs share their stories exposing America's healthcare woes…

Broadband is Good for Your Health
June 20, 2023

A Georgian devotes herself to expanding the rural South's broadband for better healthcare access…

Left Out in the Coal
June 10, 2023

An activist mobilizes hundreds of residents in an effort to shut down a coal plant…...

Housing Is Where the Heart Is
May 18, 2023

A tenant organizer battles profit-focused private equity firms for safe, affordable housing…

Composters Dreaming, Investors Scheming
May 3, 2023

Three composters face funding challenges in an effort to foster land stewardship…

Graying of the Fleet
April 18, 2023

A fisherman explains how corporations are displacing independent fisherfolk…

A Country with No Farmers
March 30, 2023

"The Onion Man" gives a first-hand account of what is driving farmers to extinction…

A Food Oasis in North Tulsa
March 16, 2023

A grocery store owner transforms a food desert into a food oasis…

Toledo Takes Dollar Stores to Church
February 28, 2023

An Ohio pastor leads the charge against the dollar store invasion in his community…

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