We recognize the biggest challenges in the U.S. today are corporate control and diminishing community power which undermines the strength of our democracy and local economies. For us, local ...

Author, former bookseller, and passionate antimonopoly advocate Danny Caine loves to talk to the people fighting monopoly power in their communities. There are people working together to make their ...

Changing the world often starts with changing the nature of the conversation. ILSR continues to successfully change the narrative from bigger is better to distributed, local power in the hands of the ...

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 ...

DeAnne Cuellar is ILSR’s Community Broadband Outreach Team Lead. DeAnne is a tech equity advocate and communications strategist from San Antonio, Texas. She served as Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s digital ...

Stacy Mitchell is a writer, strategist, and policy advocate. Her work focuses on dismantling concentrated corporate power and building thriving communities and a healthy democracy. She is co-executive ...

Sean Gonsalves is a longtime former reporter, columnist, and news editor with the Cape Cod Times. He is also a former nationally syndicated columnist in 22 newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, ...

Choose an email from any of our initiatives that focus on your favorite topics from community broadband, composting, energy democracy, and independent business, and get the latest from across the ...

article by Em McPhie, John Bailey and Reggie Rucker explores ILSR, focusing on ...

Writing for Generations Today, ILSR’s Sean Gonsalves dives into the surge in telehealth and the untapped potential it has to significantly reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes – but ...

article by Em McPhie, John Bailey, Reggie Rucker and Rina Desai explores ILSR, focusing on ...

Are you running or thinking of starting a campaign to take back your electric utility? Want to join a network of everyday people around the country doing just that, to compare tactics and learn from ...