On the Capitol Forum podcast, Stacy Mitchell explains that the real cost of groceries can be traced to Walmart's predatory tactics and failed antitrust enforcement.
This virtual event examined ways dominant retailers exert their power, how communities are fighting back, and how leaders can restore fairness in our food system.…...
A tenant organizer battles profit-focused private equity firms for safe, affordable housing.
Three composters face funding challenges in an effort to foster land stewardship.
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...
ILSR’s March 2023 report, A Growing Movement: 2022 Community Composter Census, is the first census of community composters to track the nature and growth of this sector,...
A grocery store owner transforms a food desert into a food oasis.
An Ohio pastor leads the charge against the dollar store invasion in his community.
ILSR and Recast City have collaborated on Equitable Lending Leaders, a program to help small business lending programs reach underserved entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Composting is a process driven by organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye, that transforms raw materials into a valuable soil amendment....
This week on Building Local Power, we are joined by Brandi Collins-Dexter, author of Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and our Political Future and Stacy...
How can a community reeling from multiple economic shocks use composting as a tool to build a more resilient food system? ILSR’s Linda Bilsens Brolis...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced earlier this week that Louisiana will be the first state in the nation to receive federal grant...
Across the U.S., the effects of 2022’s record high heat temperatures are widespread as climate change continues to exacerbate rising temperatures, intensifying heat-induced dangers to...