12 Jan 2017

Response to Amazon’s Jobs Announcement, January 2017

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Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and co-author of the recent report, “Amazon’s Stranglehold: How the Company’s Tightening Grip is Stifling Competition, Eroding Jobs, and Threatening Communities,” responded to the announcement on jobs made today by Amazon: “Amazon’s jobs announcement this morning has it in the headlines as a job creator. But there’s a dirty secret about jobs at Amazon. As we found in our recent report on the company, as Amazon gains market share, it destroys more jobs than it creates,” Mitchell said.… Read More
10 Jan 2017

How 2017 Will Transform Broadband Opportunities for Local Governments

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This may well be the year of local government broadband solutions. For some communities, it will be because they are prepared to step up and are excited about ensuring all residents and businesses in the community have the tools to thrive in the digital economy. For others, it will be a last resort in the face of new political and economic challenges — but many will be taking action.… Read More
10 Jan 2017

Why Marsha Blackburn’s Rise Is Bad News for Net Neutrality and Science

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The telecom industry’s favorite Congressperson, Marsha Blackburn, has recently been elevated in Trump’s Washington. For their analysis on what that could mean for municipal broadband and Internet access competition, generally, Motherboard Vice‘s Jason Koebler and Sam Gustin reached out to broadband expert Christoper Mitchell for his thoughts.… Read More
1 Jan 2017

Next frontier in recycling: food

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Local-based composting programs are growing in popularity across the United States, as municipalities are increasingly coming to realize that there is great value in the organic matter that exists in our trash. For this article in the Christian Science Monitor, journalist Lonnie Shekhtman cited our long-standing research into the growth of these programs.… Read More
31 Dec 2016

After millions of investment, jurisdictions try to achieve potential of fiber network

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As Baltimore is looking toward a better connectivity for its citizens, the Baltimore Sun wanted to know what the benefits and process for a community broadband network looked like. They turned to our national broadband expert, Christopher Mitchell, for his thoughts on broadband deployment and what communities across America have done to improve that outlook.… Read More
22 Dec 2016

Amazon, the Monopolist?

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As a springboard into a larger conversation about Amazon as a monopoly, the Pacific Standard‘s freelance journalist Dwyer Gunn covered our landmark Amazon report and detailed some of the top-line stats, including that Amazon captures one in every two dollars that is spent on online retail purchases.… Read More

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