In The New York Times: How a Labor & Small Business Alliance Could Rebuild the Middle Class

Date: 18 Jun 2021 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Labor and small business were once natural allies in a New Deal coalition that backed muscular policies to limit corporate power and build a thriving middle class. A growing antimonopoly movement is rekindling this alliance, writes Stacy Mitchell in The New York Times.… Read More

Sen. Klobuchar Calls for Breakups in Town Hall Co-Hosted by Small Business Rising

Date: 17 Jun 2021 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

“Unless you force some divestiture of assets, [monopolies are] going to just keep going the way they are… Yes, breakup[s have] to be on the table when it comes to these companies,” Senator Klobuchar at a town hall event co-hosted by Small Business Rising. … Read More

On Vergecast: Stacy Mitchell Explains How Amazon’s Dominance is More Visible During a Pandemic

Date: 1 May 2020 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Nilay Patel, host of the Vergecast, interviewed Co-Director Stacy Mitchell on the pandemic’s disruptions to our supply chains, the importance of competition, and the growing movement to regulate Amazon.… Read More

A Massachusetts Town Realizes a Community Vision to Transition from Coal to Sol — Episode 73 of Local Energy Rules Podcast

Date: 28 Mar 2019 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States, Podcast | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, John Farrell interviews Lena Entin about an inspiring and successful community-driven campaign in Holyoke, Mass., to shut down an aging coal plant operated by one of the world’s largest multinational electric utility companies. The two discuss the campaign’s efforts to replace the dirty plant with clean energy to improve health outcomes for the community and provide a just transition for the power plant’s workers.… Read More

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