In this commentary from the Minneapolis StarTribune, John Farrell makes a case against monopoly utilities using customer funds for political lobbying. Compelling captive customers to pay for political speech is a violation of their first amendment right, says Farrell.… Read More
ILSR’s Clarissa Libertelli authored an article in BioCycle on the Composting for Community initiative’s first-ever Community Composter Census…… Read More
The community composting sector could create nearly as many new jobs as currently exists in the coal mining industry, according to the new report released by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR).… Read More
On the local NPR affiliate, Stacy explains how dollar stores prey on communities. … Read More
The New York Times reported on the growing opposition to chain dollar stores in communities across the U.S., drawing extensively from ILSR’s recent report, The Dollar Store Invasion.… Read More
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell and Senior Policy Advocate Katy Milani are interviewed on the rise of credit card swipe fees and the growing grassroots opposition.… Read More
ILSR’s Sean Gonsalves joined the City Cast Las Vegas podcast to discuss Las Vegas’ subpar Internet offerings and the advantages of city-owned broadband networks…… Read More
Mitchell proclaims in the statement, “Google actively extracts resources from communities that need them most and threatens a free, local press that lies at the heart of our democracy.”… Read More
Two members of ILSR’s Community Broadband Networks Team—Sean Gonsalves, Senior Reporter, Editor, and Communications Team Lead, and Christine Parker, GIS and Data Visualization Specialist—contributed an editorial…… Read More
