Lauren manages campaign strategies and relationships with allied organizations and coalition partners, advocating for antimonopoly reforms.

Motion seeks to reveal details of complaint alleging PepsiCo gave preferential pricing to a big-box retailer while harming independent grocers and consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 05, 2025) — The ...

Ron Knox is a senior researcher and policy advocate for ILSR’s Independent Business Initiative. A combined storyteller and antitrust expert, Ron is building our deep bench of reporting and research on ...

Course Description Do you want to start a community-based composting project, but aren’t sure where to start? Are you involved with an existing community composting initiative, but need to brush up on ...

As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States Ron Knox explores how state officials are continuing efforts to bring more access, opportunity, and affordability to their residents through ...

Remembering David Morris What is Local Self-Reliance? Team Careers In the Media Financials and Annual Reports Our Funding Partners ...

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

It Takes an Avalon Village Mar 21, 2024 Luke Gannon, Reggie Rucker Podcasts and Videos Building Local Power Podcast Racial Equity ...

Riverbank, CA mayor Rachel Hernandez tells Building Local Power about governing as a renter, a daughter of immigrants, and a political newcomer.

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.

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.

ILSR's Sue Holmberg discusses her Power Play report outlining the ways monopolies exploit systemic racism and how communities can fight back.