Reggie Rucker
@EngageReggie
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He/Him. Building local power as a passion since 2004. Now as a profession as Comms Director @ilsr. Tweets are mine, unless they're bad. Then I was hacked.
Washington, DC
Joined February 2009
Who's the person clamoring for more ways to put more cars on the road? That's all this would do. via @citylab.
bloomberg.com
US Department of Transportation policies also call for rolling back climate and so-called DEI measures.
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RT @stacyfmitchell: Tomorrow morning, the FTC is hosting a virtual public workshop on predatory pricing and how to revive enforcement. Amaz….
ftc.gov
The Federal Trade Commission will host a virtual public workshop on December 18, 2024, to present real-world evidence and economic scholarship regarding modern predatory pricing strategies, and exa
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A good day for everyone who wants groceries to be less expensive.
ilsr.org
"Blocking this merger is a crucial step in restoring healthy competition to food retailing," says ILSR's Ron Knox.
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RT @TheAtlantic: Food deserts "didn’t materialize around the country for no reason," @stacyfmitchell writes. "Something happened. That some….
theatlantic.com
How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
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RT @ilsr: After Jeff Bezos withdrew the Washington Post’s endorsement of Kamala Harris, many people are thinking about canceling their Prim….
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RT @ilsr: What do bookstores, the Rust Belt, and fighting monopolies have in common? On the latest episode of Building Local Power, noted b….
ilsr.org
Reggie interviews Building Local Power's new host, Danny Caine, about his relationship with bookstores, Cleveland, and Kansas, and how these connections will shape the show.
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RT @RisingSmallBiz: This week marks 1-year since the @FTC filed the historic monopoly lawsuit against Amazon under @linakhanFTC's leadershi….
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And as @stacyfmitchell argues in the @propublica piece by @MollyParkerSI, we must enforce fair competition in order for investments in locally-owned grocery stores to really pay off.
propublica.org
The community of Cairo, Illinois, once a food desert, welcomed its new market last year with balloons and cheers. But the store is struggling — exposing problems with the programs set up to help.
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Spot on from @patrickcsisson to note the sad state of food security that so many communities are reliant on a few large chains to provide daily essentials. Chicago's exploration of operating a publicly owned store is something to watch.
fastcompany.com
With tight profit margins, many grocery chains have pulled out of lower-income neighborhoods. Cities like Chicago could fill the gap themselves.
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An incredibly profound piece by @jhensonpogue. There were echoes of this in @BarackObama's DNC speech. You hear a lot of talk about the policy specifics lacking in the Harris/Walz campaign, but they are the bumper sticker this calls for.
nytimes.com
Chris Murphy has been trying to understand why our version of liberalism — emphasizing free markets and consumer choice — feels to many like a dead end.
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This @AustynGaffney story reminds me that we should always pair doing more good with doing less harm — and that they are not the same. Plant more trees and drive less. Exercise more and eat less sugar. Meditate more and remove toxic people from your life.
nytimes.com
A chemical reaction involving emissions from cars and buildings can negate their environmental benefits. New research shows what big cities can do about it.
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My Wednesday night take-out-the-trash routine regularly involves resorting what has mistakenly been placed in recycling. I could use all the help I can get! . Great reporting, @lisalsong, on this wildly confusing system. The first of my daily #ReggieRecs.
propublica.org
Companies whose futures depend on plastic production are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags and other items virtually...
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Great story from @MollyParkerSI reminding us that if you're going to invest in solutions, it's imperative to also address the root causes of the problem so the solutions are sustainable.
New: The community of Cairo, Illinois, once a food desert, welcomed its new market last year with balloons and cheers. But the store is struggling -- exposing problems with the programs set up to help.
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RT @ilsr: “The legacy of disingenuous outsiders taking advantage of Tribes does not seem to be consigned to history.”. Our @MuniNetworks te….
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RT @lauren_gellatly: My Op-Ed with Sue Warfield, President of the @ASTRAToy American Specialty Toy Retailers Assn, refuting a recent Op-Ed….
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The side that's having fun is the side that's winning.
Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend @KamalaHarris. We told her we think she’ll make a fantastic President of the United States, and that she has our full support. At this critical moment for our country, we’re going to do everything we can to make sure she wins in
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RT @RisingSmallBiz: It's day two of #PrimeDay. Meet Masani Barnwell, co-owner of Source of Knowledge bookstore in Newark, NJ and @mainstree….
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