In the Wall Street Journal: Rural Families Struggle With Work and School With No Home Internet
In the WSJ, ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell also explains the failures of US broadband policy that has kept communities from getting connected.… Read More
On the “Who Is?” Podcast: Stacy Mitchell Explains How Jeff Bezos has Leveraged Government Favors to Amass Alarming Power
On the “Who Is?” podcast, ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell explains how Jeff Bezos built Amazon into the empire it is today by exploiting fractures in economic policy and then leveraging the company’s political influence to dominate our economy. … Read More
In the Des Moines Register: West Des Moines Broadband Plan Shows Innovation
In the Des Moines Register, ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell discusses Iowa’s leadership in broadband and West Des Moines’ innovative partnership with Google Fiber which will provide high-quality Internet service at an affordable price for all residents.… Read More
In Bloomberg: Amazon Makes It Harder for Sellers to Avoid Shipping Service
In Bloomberg, ILSR Legal Fellow Shaoul Sussman explains the antitrust implications of Amazon’s latest shipping requirements for third-party vendors.… Read More
In MinnPost: Xcel Energy’s Resource Plan Doesn’t Make the Grade
In MinnPost, ILSR Co-Director John Farrell and Patty O’Keefe, organizing representative at the Sierra Club North Star Chapter, published an op-ed regarding Xcel Energy’s 15-year resource plan.… Read More
In The Atlantic: Amazon Is a Private Government. Congress Needs to Step Up.
In The Atlantic, Stacy Mitchell explains why Congress must reign in the monopoly power of these companies in order to restore balance to both our economy and our democracy.… Read More
In Politico: Why Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple are Bad for America
In advance of the CEOs of the four Big Tech giants testifying before the House Antitrust Subcommittee, ILSR legal fellow Shaoul Sussman and monopoly expert Matt Stoller articulate the implications of this investigation.… Read More
Why Washington, D.C., Is Losing Money on Garbage
Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR’s Waste to Wealth initiative, was interviewed as part of the Washington City Paper’s investigation into how much money Washington, D.C., has lost in processing trash for private waste haulers. … Read More
In The Nation: How Amazon Used the Pandemic to Amass More Monopoly Power
Amazon has a long history of using its monopoly power to squeeze its workers and the small businesses that depend on its platform. Now, under the strains of Covid-19, Amazon has begun to turn its quest for dominance against its own customers.… Read More