The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (October 26, 2017)
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Free School Meals for Everyone | Farmworkers of the World: Unite | Reagan,...
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Free School Meals for Everyone | Farmworkers of the World: Unite | Reagan,...
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Stories in this Newsfeed: High Stakes Testing Debunked | Do Unions Aid Student...
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...
A panel of experts explores the question of how to build data centers that serve their communities, rather than extract from them.
A conversation about how we organize networks—and who they serve
A conversation about competition, mergers, and how to make sure the lowest-income households have access to an Internet connection
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Stories in this Newsfeed: California Takes on Big Pharma | South Dakotans...
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Separate and Unequal, Again In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a...
Greed, yes; public good, no Republicans don’t always mind paying more at the pump. It depends. By David Morris, originally published in the Mineapolis Star...
Pell grants, awarded solely on need, are the largest single source of non-loan assistance to postsecondary education. Two thirds of Pell recipients enroll in public...
This month we featured David’s recent piece on the Two Mistakes That Obama Made That Lost the Country, as well as a recently archived interview...
A conversation about digital equity, dark money, and the fight over Internet access
Number of U.S. states that mandate paid maternity leave: 4. Number of countries that do: 185. Maximum number of weeks of paid maternity leave in...
1947-1979 change in real income of poorest 20 percent of population: 122 percent. Of richest 20 percent: 99 percent. Change of richest 1 percent: 39...
Percent of population making under $50,000 in 2014: 48 percent. Percent of those voting making under $50,000: 36 percent. Percent of population making over $100,000:...