To commemorate David Morris's life and work after his sudden passing, we're re-releasing a 2017 interview about local power ...

We are deeply saddened to share that David Morris, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a pioneering voice ...

Citizens and civic leaders have very good reasons to be concerned about chain dollar stores and their impacts on their communities. Here are 17 of the most common problems that chain dollar stores ...

Dr. Chandrasekher’s paper, “The ‘Good’ Starbucks: Consumer Redlining in Large American Chain Stores” aims to find the cause of this phenomenon. Inspired by her own experience shopping at two Target ...

How We Work We help people aspire and argue for what they need: clean, local, affordable energy and the chance to own it, individually or collectively. We help people understand why those in power won ...

In this episode of Building Local Power, Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz addresses this destruction and the long-overdue promises of renewal. With $22 million in federal funds now aimed at ...

Over the past 50 years, the growth of ILSR and its mission to build local power and fight corporate control has become a story worth telling. From taking on corporate giants like Amazon and Walmart to ...

NSR Composter Training Program Community-based composting can happen at schools, churches, community gardens, farms and other community venues. It is an effective way to engage youth, gardeners, and ...

American’s Monopoly Problem: Why It Matters and What We Can Do About It Covid-19 has laid bare fractures in our society that have been deepening for decades. While the fortunes of the few have reached ...

Your last one, huh? Wow. I’ve probably exhausted all of the words I can say about what you’ve meant to this podcast and to me personally and professionally. But I think the one thing I’ll add for our ...

Click on image to download the fact sheet. This factsheet details the ways in which Amazon abuses its market dominance to harm smaller competitors, and what Congress needs to do. View it as a PDF.

Speaking Gigs & Media Interviews The Community Broadband Networks team is often called on to speak, moderate, or serve as panelists at broadband conferences and events across the nation. We also avail ...