Small, locally owned businesses are essential to creating a productive and resilient economy, thriving communities, and a healthy democracy.
A grocery store owner transforms a food desert into a food oasis.
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From the New Deal until the 1970s, Democrats were the party of small business. In The Nation, Stacy Mitchell and Susan R. Holmberg argue that the left should once again embrace small business. Doing so is crucial to reversing inequality and rescuing democracy.
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Here are five important reasons for local officials to support independent businesses based on a growing body of research.
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In this virtual event, key leaders and advocates, including Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and White House Advisor Tim Wu, discuss the importance of small business in achieving a vibrant, equitable economy where all people and communities can thrive.
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Stacy Mitchell argues we're in an unprecedented moment to organize a popular front of small businesses and workers to change the course of corporate concentration.
We wrote a letter in response to Melinda Cooper’s arguments in Dissent Magazine linking Trumpism with small business owners.
Stacy Mitchell explains why independent pharmacies are beating the chains in vaccine distribution. Small pharmacies have proved remarkably nimble, while CVS and Walgreens have stumbled.
Stacy Mitchell joined an online discussion about the critical role policy plays for small businesses – especially given the confluence of factors in 2020.
Independent pharmacies could flourish and multiply, helping to solve the growing problem of healthcare deserts — if only policymakers would stand up to the big...
This month, The Sun magazine features ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell in an extended Q&A about the consequences of Amazon’s tightening grip and what it will...
Small businesses are sometimes criticized as being bad for workers, but the interests of small businesses and working people are aligned, we argue.
In the July-August issue of “Washington Monthly” magazine, ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell rebuts a new book’s claims that the monopolization of the U.S. economy is a...