"Blocking this merger is a crucial step in restoring healthy competition to food retailing," says ILSR's Ron Knox.

"Consumers will feel the benefits through greater choice, lower prices, and vibrant neighborhood business districts," says ...

While many have long believed that food deserts arise in areas that just can’t attract a grocery store, Stacy Mitchell argues ...

Increasingly, Native Nations are beginning to address the digital divide on their own lands and on their own terms.

David Morris reflects on 50 years of fostering local self-reliance and ILSR. Those of us who were lucky to have worked with ILSR’s co-founder David Morris over many decades invite you to join us in ...

For decades — from the 1930s until the 1980s — the U.S. grocery industry was remarkably competitive, with independent grocers thriving alongside large chains like Kroger and Safeway. Independent ...

Over the last 50 years, too many of the decisions coming out of Washington have stripped everyday people of their collective agency and power. These choices have gutted local economies and turned self ...

In March 2020, Amazon warehouse worker Chris Smalls led a walkout protesting a lack of COVID-19 safety measures at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island. He was fired two hours later. In the following ...

In 2022, Hawai’i enacted HB1992 HD3 SD1 CD1 (Act 131) to allow composting in agricultural districts by designating it as a permissible land use. The Act also establishes and funds new staff capacity ...

In the mid-20th century, disinvestment and discrimination — from redlining to highway projects to so-called urban renewal — hollowed out scores of Black neighborhoods in cities from coast to coast.