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.
As dollar stores multiply rapidly across the U.S., cities are developing dollar store-specific policies to rein in their growth.
Family Dollar announced it plans to close 1,000 stores by the end of 2025. Communities have an opportunity to chart a different path.
Toledo’s Dorr Street is emblematic of what happened in cities across the country. Community leaders are charting a path for rebirth.
Hall-Harper is a leader on blocking predatory dollar stores and rebuilding locally owned businesses.
An important but little-noticed court ruling in 2023 recognizes that towns and cities have broad authority to reject dollar store development.
In a new More Perfect Union video, Stacy Mitchell explains how Dollar General is a scam that’s siphoning millions of dollars from America's poorest people.
Chicago City Council has voted to enact an ordinance that will limit development of new chain dollar stores, the largest city yet to do so.
“Eliminating food deserts requires many solutions. But there is one absolutely essential action: preventing dollar stores from proliferating,” Tulsa City Council Member Vanessa Hall-Harper and...
From mobile markets to refrigerated food pick-up lockers, communities are exploring new approaches to making sure their residents have convenient, affordable access to healthy food.
On The Hustle, Kennedy Smith spells out why dollar stores are so problematic for our pocketbooks and our communities.
In a popular New York Times TikTok, Stacy Mitchell explained why we need to look past the headlines about inflation to understand why our grocery...
Stacy Mitchell explains how big retailers exploit their financial control over suppliers, threatening independent grocers and increasing prices. Enforcing the Robinson Patman Act could help.
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.…...
On the Columbus, OH local NPR affiliate, Stacy Mitchell explains the many ways chain dollar stores prey on communities.