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

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Community leaders have good reason to be concerned about chain dollar stores. Here's an explanation of 17 ways dollar stores can hurt communities.

Welcome to ILSR's complete library of resources and publications. Use the filtering tools below to find just the content you're seeking. ILSR's Sean Gonsalves writes in The American Prospect on how ...

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

How Amazon uses its monopoly power to extract extreme and rapidly growing fees from businesses on their site that have little choice to reach customers.

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

The need to decentralize economic power and reinvigorate democracy is stronger than ever. Join us in building an economy driven by local priorities.

There are many reasons why communities seek to stop a big-box proposal — the effect on local economic development and small businesses, traffic congestion, environmental issues, community impacts, low ...

John Farrell is a co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs the Energy Democracy Initiative. Widely known as the guru of distributed energy, he has received accolades for his ...

UC Davis professor Andrea Cann Chandrasekher shares her research into consumer redlining, the practice of retail chains providing lesser service in poor or BIPOC neighborhoods.

A program of ILSR that fights the unchecked power of corporate monopolies and champions policies that level the playing field for independent businesses.