Media Coverage – Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Recent Episodes
Media Coverage – Institute for Local Self-Reliance
NPR affiliate station WBHM reported on the rapid expansion of dollar stores across the American South. Across three segments, reporter Stephan Bisha interviewed...… Read More
In this commentary from the Minneapolis StarTribune, John Farrell makes a case against monopoly utilities using customer funds for political lobbying. Compelling captive customers to pay for political speech is a violation of their first amendment right, says Farrell.… Read More
The New York Times reported on the growing opposition to chain dollar stores in communities across the U.S., drawing extensively from ILSR's recent report, The Dollar Store Invasion.… Read More
ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell and Senior Policy Advocate Katy Milani are interviewed on the rise of credit card swipe fees and the growing grassroots opposition.… Read More
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves joined the City Cast Las Vegas podcast to discuss Las Vegas' subpar Internet offerings and the advantages of city-owned broadband networks...… Read More
Two members of ILSR's Community Broadband Networks Team—Sean Gonsalves, Senior Reporter, Editor, and Communications Team Lead, and Christine Parker, GIS and Data Visualization Specialist—contributed an editorial...… Read More
Ron Knox, Senior Writer and Researcher at ILSR, joined CBC's Canada Tonight to discuss Ticketmaster's disastrous rollout of the Taylor Swift Eras tour pre-sale… Read More
ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell appeared on CNN Business's Nightcap to discuss the blocked Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster merger and its broader meaning for antitrust… Read More
ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell is interviewed by The Guardian on dangers of the proposed Kroger-Alberstons merger.… Read More
Ron Knox, Senior Researcher and Writer at ILSR, discusses the proposed Kroger/Alberstons grocery merger on Vox’s Today, Explained podcast, hosted by Noel King. … Read More
ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell is quoted in The New York Times on the proposed Kroger/Albertsons merger: “We don’t need another mega grocery store chain."… Read More
Stacy Mitchell, co-director at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, explains how Amazon is purchasing its way into consumers' homes to gain greater visibility and market dominance.… Read More
Stacy Mitchell, co-director at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, explains how Amazon is purchasing its way into consumers' homes to gain greater visibility and market dominance.… Read More
Muninetworks.org is cited in telling the story of a Michigan man who built his own ISP network and is now getting government funding to expand it to more of his neighbors. … Read More
Ron Knox, senior researcher and writer for ILSR’s Independent Business Initiative shares why Amazon's Roomba acquisition may be the most invasive and dangerous in the company's history.… Read More
Christopher Mitchell, Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative, and H. Trostle, author of Building Indigenous Future Zones: Four Tribal Broadband Case Studies, discussed their findings and how network sovereignty can strengthen tribal sovereignty.… Read More
ILSR Senior Researcher and Writer Ron Knox discussed the Facebook antitrust lawsuits on BBC World News. … Read More
Despite the challenging state of affairs in 2020, it’s been a productive year for ILSR and for our work fighting corporate control and building local power across the economy. Our 2020 Annual Report outlines some of the progress we’ve made this year.… Read More
On WBEZ, Kennedy Smith discusses the state of small businesses during this pandemic and the role that state and local governments need to play in supporting them.… Read More