
A Heyday in the Toledo Life
A Dorr Street resident and restaurant owner shares tales of optimism, pride, and joy from a golden era for Black Toledoans.
A Dorr Street resident and restaurant owner shares tales of optimism, pride, and joy from a golden era for Black Toledoans.
A lifelong resident fuels the fight to reclaim Toledo’s lost legacy of culture, commerce, and community on the Dorr Street corridor.
The report "exposes yet another way in which dollar stores' exploitative business practices take advantage of consumers," says Stacy Mitchell in the statement.
ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell illustrates how independent pharmacies are the unsung heroes of healthcare, providing critical services that chain pharmacies simply can't match.
ILSR co-director John Farrell joins Building Local Power to discuss how utilities perpetuate a monopoly model that is damaging our health, environment, and economy.
We discuss The White House’s new strategy to reduce food waste, cut methane emissions create jobs, and foster resilient communities.
ILSR's Ron Knox joins us to revisit a 2019 BLP episode on independent musicians in the wake of the DOJ lawsuit against Live Nation.
A veteran journalist reflects on his four-decade career dedicated to covering some of Washington D.C.’s most important stories.
Exploring how ILSR’s history, ongoing work, and mission intersect with the movement for racial equity.
"If we’re serious about making clean, local electricity available to everyone, everywhere, we can’t leave the utility company abuser in charge,” says John Farrell, the...
An urban planner leads a pioneering effort to revitalize the polluted Anacostia River waterfront.
"The [move] will open the door to rival ticketing services that respect artists and independent venues and deliver a better experience for fans,” Ron Knox...
This dedicated focus on BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving community composters is long overdue,” said Brenda Platt, director of ILSR’s Composting for Community Initiative, about the grant...
"We urgently need to restore fair competition to ensure that communities across the state can thrive," Ron Knox, ILSR senior researcher, says in the statement.
A collection of ILSR’s quintessential intellectual and in-the-trenches contributions fostering thriving local communities and economies.