ILSR’s new report, Advantage Local: Why Local Energy Ownership Matters, breaks down how locally owned clean energy can maximize economic benefits for households and communities...
This report demonstrates how the cost of building universal Internet infrastructure would be quickly recouped by the massive economic returns of wider telehealth access.… Read...
Local and federal policymakers have systematically structured tax policy in a way that deepens the concentration of corporate power, Stacy Mitchell and Susan Holmberg argue.
A Growing Movement: 2022 Community Composter Census is the first census of the community composting sector. With more than 50 figures and graphics, the report...
ILSR investigates how dollar store chains are using predatory tactics to kill off grocery stores and other local businesses, harming rural and urban communities alike.
Over 75 cities and towns have defeated dollar store projects recently. Our guide can help you keep these chains out of your community.
Community leaders have good reason to be concerned about chain dollar stores. Here's an explanation of 17 ways dollar stores can hurt communities.
Communities can do a lot to advance energy democracy, but some tools must be granted by state policy. This annual scorecard from ILSR’s Energy Democracy...
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 —...
Powerful retailers are dominating supply chains. Our report argues it’s time to revive the Robinson-Patman Act to restore antitrust enforcement against predatory buying.
FTC and DOJ's announced new merger guidelines set the stage for a new era in antitrust regulation, restoring competition and building local power.
Rampant market power abuse is endangering the economic dynamism that New York small businesses generate. State lawmakers have an opportunity to level the playing field.
ILSR surveyed 908 U.S. small, independent businesses about the challenges they face and the policies they believe would improve their survival and success.
When we surveyed over 900 U.S. small, independent businesses, 94 reported being third-party sellers on Amazon’s Marketplace. This is a snapshot of their responses.
In the 1970s, several Supreme Court cases upended U.S. antitrust laws. This issue brief argues that Congress must take action to undo these decisions.