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In the Public Interest

In the Public Interest

Democracy, shared prosperity, and the common good

In the Public Interest is a comprehensive research and policy center on privatization and responsible contracting.

In the Public Interest

Democracy, shared prosperity, and the common good

In the Public Interest is a comprehensive research and policy center on privatization and responsible contracting.

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The Pacheco Law has saved Massachusetts hundreds of millions of dollars

Twenty-five years later and the evidence is in: Massachusetts’s Taxpayer Protection Act, known as the “Pacheco Law,” has saved the state’s residents hundreds of millions of dollars. That’s the conclusion of a new [...]
January 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: VA sell-off | Federal contractors suffer | and more

Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. 1) National: The New York Times reports that after months of denials and obfuscation, the [...]
January 2019
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California School Accountability Report: LA charter leader found guilty

In the Public Interest's pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California.
January 2019
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Cashing in on Kids: Charter schools are more likely to ignore special education students

In the Public Interest's pick of recent news about the privatization of public education.
January 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: The shutdown’s impact on workers, and more.

In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
January 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: The ACA’s public-private liability, and more.

In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
December 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: How school privatization allows discrimination, and more.

A new report exposes how school privatization opens the door for discrimination, and more.
December 2018
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California School Accountability Report: The tide is turning on charter schools

  Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Want these straight to your email inbox? Sign up here.   “Your proposed plan would devastate Mountain View’s [...]
December 2018
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Cashing in on Kids: Why communities of color are increasingly rejecting charter schools

In the Public Interest's pick of recent news in the privatization of public education.
December 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: How Amazon helps surveil immigrants, and more.

How Amazon helps surveil immigrants, a new push to sell of public lands, and more.
December 2018
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Donate this week to fight privatization and get a free book!

Many were appalled when then-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon framed the Trump administration’s agenda in its early days as the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” Appalled about Bannon’s [...]
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: A new report on criminalizing mental illness, Hogan’s P3 [...]

A new report on criminalizing (and profiting from) mental illness, Maryland's toll road P3 progresses, and more.
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: California’s wealthy hire firefighters, and more.

Private firefighters deployed in California, how privatization exacerbates climate change, and more.
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report

Voters nationwide rejected privatization, Michelle Alexander on social control, and more.
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

California School Accountability Report: Millions of ballots are still uncounted

  Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Want these straight to your email inbox? Sign up here.   Millions of ballots are still uncounted in tight state [...]
November 2018

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