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.
As states gear up to administer federal BEAD funds, a handful of states are already making significant investments in municipal broadband with Rescue Plan dollars.
Our "Power Play" virtual event was a lively discussion on how monopoly power leverages structural racism and what we can do about it.
Ron Knox writes in Teen Vogue that, with any luck, the government’s antitrust case will mean a better music industry for everyone.
The groundbreaking report illustrates that racial disparity is not merely an outcome of monopoly power but a means by which corporations attain it.
Exploring how ILSR’s history, ongoing work, and mission intersect with the movement for racial equity.
Toledo’s Dorr Street is emblematic of what happened in cities across the country. Community leaders are charting a path for rebirth.
Toledo’s Dorr Street is emblematic of what happened in cities across the country. Community leaders are charting a path for rebirth.
In partnership with the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, ILSR publishes new report on how Vermont is supercharging its digital landscape with community broadband.
"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...
ILSR’s blockbuster report exposes investor-owned utilities as an abusive monopoly harming our communities, climate, and democracy.
The public is in the dark about how exactly Amazon makes its profit. Stacy Mitchell talked to Wisconsin Public Radio about how Amazon has kept...
"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...
Stacy Mitchell joins David Sirota on Lever Time to dive into monopoly history and how antitrust action can break up the conglomerates.
Stacy Mitchell's rousing address to the 2024 Bioneers Conference arguing that the growing antimonopoly movement is our best hope at outrunning the forces of authoritarianism.