In a policy briefing paper released today, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance forcefully argues that the immediate federal response to the Covid-19 crisis must focus on enabling small, independent businesses to weather the economic collapse, while longer term federal efforts need to tackle the larger structural obstacles that have long impeded small businesses and left them vulnerable to the current crisis.… Read More
A statement from ILSR leadership on the 2020 election. … Read More
This investigation has uncovered extensive and detailed evidence that Amazon has amassed outsized market power and is exploiting its dominance to crush competitors and monopolize markets.… Read More
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
If each U.S. state took full advantage of its own renewable energy resources, would it be sufficient to satisfy that state’s electricity consumption? The answer, in almost every state, is a resounding yes.… Read More
A coalition of 35 independent restaurants and economic justice organizations, including ILSR, today launched Protect Our Restaurants, a new organizing campaign aimed at exposing the unfair and uncompetitive practices used by dominant delivery apps to exploit small businesses, workers, and consumers.… Read More
This report investigates broadband competition in communities across the country.… Read More
ILSR research was cited in the congressional hearing to investigate monopoly power in Big Tech. … Read More
Statement from Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, regarding Jeff Bezos’ testimony before the House Antitrust Subcommittee. … Read More
