More than almost any other factor, a community’s planning and land use laws and policies affect its success in supporting small, locally owned businesses.
Ladybird Diner's Meg Heriford joins Building Local Power to talk pie, crisis, and how to build and nurture community during unpredictable and volatile times.
Ron Knox's new zine Resist Monopolies! documents the battles and triumphs of the growing antimonopoly movement, and shows how you can fight against corporate control.
Ron Knox sits down with SiX's Ida V. Eskamani to discuss ILSR's new state anti-monopoly resource hub.
Ron Knox joins the Building Local Power podcast to share his reflections on the antimonopoly movement and the importance of states in the antitrust fight.
Stacy Mitchell explores the momentum for states to take on monopolies and pass antitrust reforms allowing attorneys general more power to rein in dominant corporations.
Stacy Mitchell went on Wisconsin Public Radio to explain why boycotts alone can't rein in Amazon — and why building citizen muscle helps defeat monopoly...
Kennedy Smith made an appearance on the Oddly Specific podcast to share insights about the community harms dollar stores cause, and how to fight them.
Ron Knox provided testimony highlighting how corporate concentration in the grocery industry has led to record profits for major chains while consumers struggle with affordability.
Riverbank, CA mayor Rachel Hernandez tells Building Local Power about governing as a renter, a daughter of immigrants, and a political newcomer.
ILSR details the many policy ideas states can implement to strengthen their antitrust laws to fight corporate monopolies and build local economic power.
ILSR's state-by-state guide to antitrust laws, and how those laws work to enable competition and level the playing field.
ILSR's issue brief describes how states can step in to overcome shortfalls in our ability to combat monopoly power — as they have many times...
Adriana Valdez discusses the inspiration behind the Secret Mall Apartment, a project she undertook in 2003 to protest unsustainable development in Providence, Rhode Island.
A bill in the Rhode Island House could level the state's grocery playing field, and encourage other states to join the fight against monopoly power.