John Farrell details how private, investor-owned electric utilities maintain their monopolies at the expense of cheaper, cleaner, and more dependable electricity for ratepayers.
Stacy Mitchell details how de facto collusion is taking place in e-commerce, driven by an Amazon "anti-discounting" algorithm.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) uses ILSR report "Turning Public Money into Amazon’s Profits" to go after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.
John Farrell argues that state and local governments can expand access and slash electric bills by simplifying slow, expensive permitting processes.
Continuing coverage of ILSR's report illustrating how Amazon's "dynamic pricing" has led many schools and other localities to overpay for supplies.
First reporting on ILSR's revelations that school districts and local governments are overpaying for basic supplies because of Amazon contracts binding them to dynamic pricing.
ILSR's Christopher Mitchell speaks to how community broadband fills a void where disinvestment and federal policy has failed Indigenous and Black farmers.
ILSR's Christopher Mitchell contextualizes the nature of broadband deserts to ground this story on healthcare access and reproductive care.
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves unpacks how the Republican budget bill cuts food assistance benefits to households that pay for internet access.
99% Invisible features Stacy Mitchell and her research detailing how non-enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act was the linchpin in the explosion of food deserts.
Ron Knox explores how state officials are continuing efforts to bring more access, opportunity, and affordability to their residents through expanded antitrust law and enforcement.
ILSR is named in a coalition effort defending full solar owner compensation for the solar energy they send to the grid that neighbors use.
In this article by Hannah Yasharoff, ILSR's Brenda Platt provides the argument residents should take to their local officials to implement locally beneficial composting solutions.
Cierra Noffke builds a story grounded in ILSR data that shows approximately 83 million Americans have Internet access through just one provider.
Stacy Mitchell provides context to the shifting realities of America as a nation of small businesses.