In 1978 the Supreme Court of Washington ruled that the Washington State Community College District could not contract out to a private firm custodial services...
This week’s episode of Building Local Power is a great conversation with a close ally and friend of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Niaz Dorry, coordinating...
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Stories in this Newsfeed: Learning from Finland | Hospital outsourcing Increases Hospital...
In this May 2019 interview, ILSR’s Director of Energy Democracy John Farrell, and Ingrid Vila; an engineer and director of Cambio, a Puerto Rico based...
Read stories from community leaders about clean energy resilience in Puerto Rico, in the aftermath of Bad Bunny's symbolic Super Bowl performance.
Privatization is impacting the United States in nearly every sector, as ILSR co-founder David Morris indicates in this week’s Weekly Picks: Michigan’s prison food, Chicago’s...
“Unlike the public sector, the private sector is bred for efficiency. Left to its own devices, it will always find the means to provide services...
The free lending public library is a uniquely American invention. Neighborhood based, locally financed, open to all, the public library is a treasure that finds...
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Stories in this Newsfeed: Trade Agreements: What Are We For? | Democracy...
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Ingrid Vila discuss why rooftop solar should power every home in...
I started to write a comment on President Obama’s State of the Union Address, and the Republican Party’s responses. But I quickly realized the difficulties...
I’m not saying it’s time to break out the champagne and start chanting, “The people united will never be defeated”. But the past few weeks...
Business Forum: Beware of private solutions to public problems By David Morris Originally Published on Alternet, April 24, 2003 The words we use reflect the...
A fisherman explains how corporations are displacing independent fisherfolk… Read More
Karen Piper, Professor of English at the University of Missouri in Columbia informs us of a factor behind the spring uprising in Egypt the mass...