What Is A Community Broadband Network? A community broadband network, we define, as a publicly-owned, locally-controlled broadband network, which can include public-private partnerships. The most ...

Our team fights the unchecked power of corporate monopolies and champions policies that level the playing field for small independent businesses. ILSR’s new zine Resist Monopolies is a guide to how ...

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A network of community composters building the movement by connecting early adopters, spreading lessons learned, and inspiring new operations. The Community Composter Coalition is a network of ...

Mama Shu’s journey began with a profound commitment: healing her community. Despite the challenges faced by her hometown of Highland Park, Mama Shu felt a deep connection to the area. Determined to ...

Electric cooperatives have been the backbone of the nation’s rural electrical system for more than 80 years. Their mission and business model now face more challenges than ever, from financial to ...

At the end of last year, we published an in-depth report about how dollar store chains are targeting struggling city neighborhoods and small towns. We found growing evidence that the growth of dollar ...

The steep and rapidly growing fees Amazon extracts from the businesses that have little choice but to rely on its site to reach customers are a striking measure of its monopoly power. These exorbitant ...

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

In the late 1800’s there were 4,000 breweries. By the 1970’s, just 40 companies operated 89 breweries. ILSR’s Ron Knox explains how the beer industry is now dominated by just a few large conglomerates ...

Chain dollar stores are inundating America’s communities. In both small towns and urban neighborhoods, they are edging out locally owned businesses, freezing out entrepreneurs, and shifting profits ...

Randy Wilson knew you had to start somewhere. Knocking on doors and hanging around retail store parking lots, he and volunteers from the citizen group Kentuckians for the Commonwealth collected ...