ILSR Press Releases and Selected Media Coverage
City Cast Las Vegas: Why Is Vegas' Internet So Bad?
Andrew Frank
February 2, 2023
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves joined the City Cast Las Vegas podcast to discuss Las Vegas' subpar Internet offerings and the advantages of city-owned broadband networks... READ MORE
“Antitrust enforcers are again embracing their responsibility,” Stacy Mitchell Says of DOJ Lawsuit Against Google in Online Ads Market
January 24, 2023
Mitchell proclaims in the statement, "Google actively extracts resources from communities that need them most and threatens a free, local press that lies at the heart of our democracy.” READ MORE
The Daily Yonder: Do You Really Have the Broadband the FCC Thinks You Have?
Andrew Frank
December 22, 2022
Two members of ILSR's Community Broadband Networks Team—Sean Gonsalves, Senior Reporter, Editor, and Communications Team Lead, and Christine Parker, GIS and Data Visualization Specialist—contributed an editorial... READ MORE
ILSR Urges Environmental Protection Agency to Prioritize Grants in Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities
Katie Kienbaum
December 13, 2022
Katie Kienbaum, Senior Researcher for ILSR's Energy Democracy Initiative made the following statement on the importance of submitting these comments to the agency. READ MORE
ILSR's 2022 Annual Report
John Bailey
December 8, 2022
Our 2022 annual report highlights the work we’ve done -- through on-the-ground technical assistance, in-depth research and analysis, and coalition building with grassroots organizations -- to instill racial and economic justice throughout our economy and empower local communities. READ MORE
CBC's Canada Tonight: Ticketmaster's Monopoly Power and the Taylor Swift Ticket Fiasco
Andrew Frank
November 20, 2022
Ron Knox, Senior Writer and Researcher at ILSR, joined CBC's Canada Tonight to discuss Ticketmaster's disastrous rollout of the Taylor Swift Eras tour pre-sale READ MORE
CNN Business: An Antitrust Earthquake
Andrew Frank
November 11, 2022
ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell appeared on CNN Business's Nightcap to discuss the blocked Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster merger and its broader meaning for antitrust READ MORE
“The beginning of the end of the consumer welfare standard,” Stacy Mitchell Says of Blocked Merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster
November 1, 2022
Mitchell adds in the statement, "It also raises serious questions about whether Amazon’s monopoly power over the book industry will be allowed to stand.” READ MORE
ILSR Ratifies First Union Contract
Reggie Rucker
October 28, 2022
Leadership and staff at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance announced today that they have ratified a contract with a new, robust salary schedule, 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave (FMLA), an accelerated vacation accrual schedule, and paid personal days. READ MORE
The Guardian: Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger could cause more US food deserts, experts say
Andrew Frank
October 27, 2022
ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell is interviewed by The Guardian on dangers of the proposed Kroger-Alberstons merger. READ MORE