INDEPENDENT BUSINESS INITIATIVE
The Case for Small Business
FEATURED
A Food Oasis in North Tulsa
Luke Gannon
March 16, 2023
Aaron Johnson, founder and owner of Oasis Fresh Market in North Tulsa, Oklahoma, tells his journey of opening a grocery store to provide a refuge, safe place, and shelter to a community that had been a food desert for fourteen years. On the second half of the episode, Stacy Mitchell explains the policy decisions that have led to an increasingly consolidated grocery sector and the steps to take to support locally-owned, community-centric grocery models.READ MORE
In The Forge: We Need a Popular Front to Overthrow Corporate Rule. Small Businesses Are Key.
March 24, 2022
In The Forge Stacy Mitchell argues that we are in unprecedented moment to organize a broad popular front of small businesses and working people to change the course of corporate concentration.READ MORE
Video: The Progressive Fight for Small Business w/ Rep. Pramila Jayapal, White House Advisor Tim Wu, and Leading Advocates
Stacy Mitchell
January 31, 2022
In The Washington Post: Small Pharmacies Beat Big Chains at Delivering Vaccines. Don't Look So Shocked
Stacy Mitchell
February 5, 2021
On SiriusXM's Tell Me Everything, Stacy Mitchell Talks about the Importance of Small Business
Susan Holmberg
December 17, 2020
Now is the Moment to Advocate for Small Business: A Kauffman Conversation
Susan Holmberg
September 9, 2020
In The American Conservative: How a Rebirth of Independent Pharmacies Could Cure Rural Ills
Stacy Mitchell
November 6, 2019
Interview: In The Sun, Stacy Mitchell Discusses Amazon and the Future of Local Economies
Stacy Mitchell
October 25, 2018
In Book Review for Washington Monthly, Stacy Mitchell on "The Truth About Big Business"
Stacy Mitchell
July 24, 2018
Watch ILSR's Stacy Mitchell on Why Cities Need Independent Businesses
Stacy Mitchell
December 5, 2017
FEATURED FROM THE ARCHIVES
Why We Can't Shop Our Way to a Better Economy: Stacy Mitchell's TEDx Talk
December 1, 2012
In this TEDx talk, Stacy Mitchell makes the case for a new phase in the local economy movement.READ MORE