WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 08, 2024) – Ron Knox, senior researcher and policy advocate at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), issued the following statement on the news that a federal judge ...

As ILSR continues to support local communities in solving Internet connectivity challenges, the Community Broadband Networks ...

Toledo’s Dorr Street bears the deep scars of federal policies that stripped away Black economic power and prosperity. Once a thriving center of Black business, Dorr Street was decimated by ...

The extraction of sky-high fees from merchants and consumers “should not be the cost of doing business,” says Lauren Gellatly WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2024) — The Small Business Rising ...

Vilified as the “robber barons of the 80s,” private equity has reemerged with a vengeance in pursuit of financial transactions that exist out of sight of regulatory scrutiny. These firms have targeted ...

“In addition to raising costs, PBMs have also used their control over prescription benefits to undermine independent pharmacies,” says Stacy Mitchell. WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2024) — The ...

Tennessee’s Solid Waste Management Act of 1991 established a $0.90 surcharge on each ton of waste disposed at Class I landfills and incinerators (§68-211-835). The revenue is deposited into the ...

Local Energy Rules is a biweekly podcast about monopoly power, energy democracy, and how communities can take charge to transform the energy system. Our audience is researchers, grassroots organizers, ...

What is Local Self-Reliance? Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are free to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our ...

Empowering households and communities to push for clean, locally-owned, affordable energy and challenging the excessive power of monopoly utilities ...

Community-based composting can happen at schools, churches, community gardens, farms and other community venues. It is an effective way to engage youth, gardeners, and other members of the public in ...