John Farrell, argues against a potential Pacific Gas & Electric bailout in a commentary for Green Tech Media. John makes the case for publicly owned energy utilities.… Read More
ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell appeared on MSNBC host Chris Hayes’ podcast, “Why Is This Happening?” The two discuss how Amazon came to dominate e-commerce, its now all-encompassing presence in consumer goods, retail, and cloud computing, and its much bigger ambitions beyond.… Read More
In the News: Christopher Mitchell January 11th, 2019 Media Outlet: Pew Charitable Trusts Some state laws actually make it harder for rural communities to gain quality Internet access, despite the availability of federal funding for broadband. Christopher Mitchell, director of ILSR’s Broadband initiative, details the role electrical cooperatives can play to provide high speed Internet even with … Read More
In The News: Marie Donahue December 20th, 2018 Media Outlet: City Lab City Lab, using data obtained in a report from ILSR, dives into the dollar store chain crisis and its negative impacts on working class communities across the United States. Our research associate Marie Donahue explains how dollar stores are feeding off of the growing … Read More
In the News: December 11th, 2018 Media Outlet: WCCO News Radio Marie Donahue breaks down our recent report on dollar store proliferation for Minneapolis News Radio with host Roshini Rajkumar. Marie explains how the growth in dollar stores harms healthy food options and local businesses and answers questions from listeners calling in. … Listen to the full … Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell and Marie Donahue December 7th, 2018 Media Outlet: Huffington Post The Huffington post covered ILSR’s recent report detailing the growing dominance of dollar stores in the retail landscape. Report authors Stacy Mitchell and Marie Donahue, from our Community-Scaled Economy team, were quoted on the growing epidemic of dollar stores replacing grocery stores in urban and rural … Read More
Tax incentives and subsidies are hastening market concentration. Amazon, which has a long history of securing government giveaways, is a clear example. … Read More
ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell appeared as a guest on the WNYC radio program On The Media for a segment entitled “Making America Antitrust Again.” Stacy talked with host Brooke Gladstone about our country’s history of breaking up big corporations, the rise of Amazon, and where our growing anti-monopoly movement is headed.… Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell November 13th, 2018 Media Outlet: New York Times Stacy Mitchell, co-director of ILSR, discusses the negative impact Amazon’s new headquarters in New York City will have on local businesses in the New York Times. Amazon will receive billions in taxpayer money for moving their new headquarters to two cities, while small business owners … Read More
