It’s no secret that cities with multiple locations of the same chain often have “a good one” and “a bad one.” Characteristics of “The Bad Target” include longer lines, dirtier facilities, fewer ...

During Jimmy Carter’s presidency –– on March 28, 1979 –– one of the two nuclear reactors at the Three Mile Island nuclear complex near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania partially melted down. Within days ...

In December, Stacy Mitchell spoke at the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop, “Competition Snuffed Out: How Predatory Pricing Harms Competition, Consumers, and Innovation.” The workshop was designed ...

ILSR’s Composting for Community policy team has once again worked with Delegate Regina T. Boyce (District 43, Baltimore City) to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction ...

Local Energy Rules is a biweekly podcast about monopoly power, energy democracy, and how communities can take charge to transform the energy system. Our audience is researchers, grassroots organizers, ...

For decades, rooftop solar has allowed homeowners to generate their own renewable electricity — reducing their dependence on monopoly utilities and lowering their energy bills. Investing in solar, ...

On December 7, the first hands-on food waste composting workshop of the new Montgomery County Master Composter Training Program was held at the Agricultural History Farm Park’s Composting Education ...

“Workplace conditions at Amazon warehouses are unlikely to change until the company’s logistic business is exposed to real competition from unionized workplaces,” says Ron Knox “The committee’s ...

“The Kroger-Albertsons ruling might be the last hurrah of Lina Khan’s FTC tenure, but it probably will not be the last victory for the movement Khan represents,” writes Stacy Mitchell in The Atlantic.

In recent years, clean energy and climate advocates have sharpened their focus beyond carbon emissions or kilowatt-hours to equity. Though exact definitions differ, equity means including those ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 12, 2024) – Stacy Mitchell, co-executive director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), made the following statement in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s ...