Madyson Fitzgerald writes about the Native nations successfully developing their own infrastructure for better internet, as detailed in a 2021 ILSR report.
Aallyah Wright uses data from ILSR's Affordable Connectivity Program dashboard to highlight the disparities in Internet access.
Sean Gonsalves writes in The American Prospect how the $65 billion moon shot to bring every American affordable broadband is failing low-income communities of color.
John Farrell argues that the profit motives and shareholder allegiance of Xcel energy requires skepticism of their community solar claims.
Investor-owned utilities have been at the forefront of numerous political scandals and ecological disasters. There is an alternative.
A major shift is afoot in the federal government’s stance on big business. The US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission’s draft merger guidelines represent...
Small fishermen in the Pacific Northwest are taking a stand against Pacific Seafood, the dominant West Coast crab processor, alleging that the corporation is exploiting...
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves discusses how a public option could create more local competition, prompt increased investment, drive down prices – and reach those without Internet...
Zinhle Essamuah reports on the ILSR findings that dollar stores are pulling sales away from local grocery stores in predominantly rural, low-income Black and Latino...
NPR affiliate station WBHM reported on the rapid expansion of dollar stores across the American South. Across three segments, reporter Stephan Bisha interviewed…… Read More
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...
ILSR’s Clarissa Libertelli authored an article in BioCycle on the Composting for Community initiative’s first-ever Community Composter Census…… 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...
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.…...