Stacy Mitchell on SiriusXM’s Tell Me Everything
Stacy Mitchell joined John Fugelsang on SiriusXM’s “Tell Me Everything” to talk about small businesses as critical allies with labor in the fight to check concentrated corporate power. … Read More
Small Businesses — Sign our Petition to Break Up Amazon
A Congressional committee spent a year investigating Amazon’s monopoly power. Its findings signal that it’s time for independent businesses to urge Congress to break up Amazon. Small Business Owners — Sign our Petition.… Read More
Florida’s Bay County Shuts Down Waste-to-Energy Facility
Bay County, Florida’s recent decision to shut down a local Waste-to-Energy facility reflects a general trend in the energy sector, but its decision to redirect all waste to a landfill raises concerns.… Read More
Policy Brief: Local and State Governments Have Marshalled $9.27 Billion for Small Business Relief
Our research has found that cities, counties, states, and community organizations have established more than 800 programs to provide financial assistance to small businesses in the wake of the pandemic. These programs have deployed more than $9.27 billion in grants and loans. Yet the funds are running out. Congress should address the unprecedented crisis facing small business by quickly providing the resources local governments need to do this important work.… Read More
In The New York Times: Stacy Mitchell Makes the Case to Break Up Jeff Bezos’s Empire
Through its marketplace, cloud division and voice interface, Amazon functions as essential infrastructure for an astonishing array of companies and industries. This gives it an extraordinary view into the activities of other businesses and an unparalleled ability to manipulate markets to its own advantage.… Read More
In the American Prospect: Revoking Big Tech’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card
As debates ramp up about how Congress and watchdog agencies should address the monopoly power of Big Tech, ILSR legal fellow Shaoul Sussman argues in the American Prospect that we must prioritize revoking the liability shield these platforms enjoy.… Read More
ILSR Statement on Breonna Taylor
The lack of charges in Breonna Taylor’s killing is yet another dispiriting — and infuriating — reminder of the profound inequalities that plague America’s justice and policing systems.… Read More
Now is the Moment to Advocate for Small Business: A Kauffman Conversation
Stacy Mitchell joined an online discussion with Jason Wiens, policy director for the Kauffman Foundation, and Brandy Bynum Dawson, director of Advocacy for the NC Rural Center about the critical role policy plays for small businesses – especially given the confluence of factors in 2020.… Read More
New Article Provides Insights on Glass Recycling
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25 Aug 2020 |
posted in: agriculture, waste - recycling, waste - recycling based economic development, Waste to Wealth
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Waste360 Magazine breaks down the myths and realities of glass recycling in the U.S.… Read More
