Working to change public policy, rollback corporate power, rebuild local communities. Co-Executive Director at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Portland, Maine.
Stacy Mitchell
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The California legislature is poised to pass a strong antimonopoly law, giving the state new tools to spur competition, protect workers & small businesses, and bring down prices. But to do it, lawmakers will need to stand up to powerful lobbyists. Teri Olle of @economicsecurityproject.org:
There is, as they say, no bingo card I will ever see that would have "Jeff Bezos goes on TV to criticize 'corporate welfare" on it. The man is the human embodiment of tax avoidance, and the company he founded owes its dominance to successfully leveraging the tax system.
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EXCLUSIVE
My big behind-the-scenes look into how Gov. Josh Shapiro has courted Amazon amid the mounting backlash to data centers
Complete with internal emails, memos, an “exclusive” offer for help with faster permitting and a NDA no one would explain to me.
My latest for @heatmap.news 😌
Hey that's me on the Bigfoot Manifesto talking about the ideological and policy moves that created today's corporate empires — and how we can dismantle them.
We don't tend to think of Walmart and Home Depot stores as major polluters, but they are, via their parking lots. Shopping at local neighborhood stores has far less impact, both on air and water. www.latimes.com/environment/...
OPINION: To help address rising costs, California should update its 119-year-old antitrust law and curb monopoly abuse by dominant firms, including Big Tech.
California cities are paying high costs to clean up water pollution running off parking lots. Environmental groups say the state needs to hold businesses accountable.
