Building Local Power

Building Local Power brings you thought-provoking stories and new ideas for breaking the hold of corporate monopolies and expanding the power of communities to chart their own futures.

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Staying Local at the Statehouse with Tristan Rader

Posted February 6, 202500:23:23

This episode is the first in our new season of Building Local Power, The New Class, where we are talking to interesting changemakers among the state...

How Structural Racism Fuels American Monopolies

Posted January 23, 202500:27:52

The inspiration for this season of Building Local Power is ILSR's Power Play report, written by ILSR senior editor and researcher Susan Holmberg....

“The Bad Target”: The Rise of Consumer Redlining

Posted January 9, 202500:20:26

AI technology and large language models are growing in popularity. Also growing is the technology's detrimental effect on the environment. Each query...

A Rebalancing Act: How We Restore Local Power in 2025

Posted December 26, 202400:38:29

ILSR co-executive directors Stacy Mitchell and John Farrell join Reggie Rucker to discuss the year in ILSR and the issues we care about. What did the...

The Environmental Inequity of AI

Posted December 12, 202400:28:52

AI technology and large language models are growing in popularity. Also growing is the technology's detrimental effect on the environment. Each query...