Celebrating 50 Years of Building Local Power and Fighting Corporate Control
Thank you for joining our 50th anniversary celebration! We are honored to be on this journey with you and are grateful for your continued support.… Read More
Small Business vs. Monopoly Power—March 4th
Join independent businesses from across the country for a virtual town hall event to mark our progress and build momentum to rein in monopoly power and level the playing field for small, independent businesses. … Read More
In the Chicago Tribune: Why Chicago Needs to Limit Dollar Stores
“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 ILSR Senior Researcher Kennedy Smith wrote in The Chicago Tribune in support of a proposal to limit dollar stores. … Read More
In-Person Workshop: Community Composting Systems at 2024 USCC Conference
ILSR will host a pre-conference workshop, Community Composting Systems: New Projects and Scaling Up Existing Projects, as part of the US Composting Council’s 2024 Conference and Tradeshow in Daytona Beach, FL.… Read More
ILSR Press Event: Sellers and Small Businesses Applaud FTC’s Amazon Lawsuit
Third-party sellers and small business leaders joined the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s virtual press briefing to applaud the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, hailing the action as a critical step to ending Amazon’s abuses and opening the online market to competition.… Read More
The Federal Antitrust Case Against Amazon: An Explainer
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed suit against Amazon for monopolizing e-commerce in violation of U.S. antitrust laws. This explainer looks at why the lawsuit was filed and what it seeks to accomplish. … Read More
Why the Antitrust Revolution is Likely To Last
Stacy Mitchell explains why this pivotal moment in antitrust can last beyond its current leaders at our enforcement agencies. Her piece is part of a series of two dozen essays on the state of the U.S. revolution in antitrust, published by The Journal of Antitrust Enforcement.… Read More
Getting Capital to Underserved Entrepreneurs: Some Pandemic Lessons
In Nonprofit Quarterly, ILSR Senior Researcher Kennedy Smith describes the federal Equitable Lending Leaders program and some of its biggest lessons.… Read More
WATCH: Midwest Forum on Fair Markets
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya gave keynotes at the forum, which featured panel discussions by workers, small business owners, and others on the frontlines fighting for antimonopoly reform in Minnesota and nationally.… Read More