How the Trump administration botched the vaccine rollout
A weekly rundown of news and analysis about the privatization of education, water, and other public goods.
January 2021
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.
Trump’s Capitol riot was a toxic mix of racism and anti-government sentiment
A weekly rundown of news and analysis about the privatization of public goods, and the communities fighting back.
January 2021
Need an ambulance? Think twice, you might get a huge bill.
Our weekly email newsletter for people concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public goods.
January 2021
How New Orleans activists kept greedy developers from draining the public library’s budget
A weekly email newsletter for people concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public services.
December 2020
Philadelphia just turned up the democracy in its budgeting process
A weekly email newsletter for people concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public services.
December 2020
Canada can’t make vaccines because it privatized production decades ago
That and more, in our weekly email newsletter for people concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public services.
November 2020
A ‘Marshall Plan for Middle America’
A weekly email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about privatization of public services.
November 2020
Black women organizers lay out the strategy for what’s next in Georgia
Our weekly email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public services.
November 2020
Arizona voters pass tax on the rich to pay teachers more
A weekly email newsletter for people about the privatization of education, water, and other public services.
November 2020
Privatization is on the ballot
An email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public services.
November 2020
How George Floyd got caught in a web of mass incarceration, private prisons, and overpolicing
An email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public services.
October 2020
Increasing number of Americans want an active government to tackle things like public health
An email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public goods.
October 2020
States step up protections for voters against right-wing ‘poll watchers’
An email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public goods.
October 2020
Soccer-focused charter school proposal slammed by Pennsylvania school board
The latest edition of In the Public Interest's email newsletter for all those concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public goods.
October 2020
States and cities can’t afford to not tax the rich
This week's edition of In the Public Interest's email newsletter for journalists and others concerned about the corporate takeover of public goods.
September 2020
Corporations are suing Maryland over transit public-private partnership fiasco
An email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public goods.
September 2020
Local protests to #SaveUSPS are picking up steam
An email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about the privatization of education, water, and other public goods.
September 2020
Cost of Prince George’s school construction public-private partnership skyrockets
Our email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about the privatization of public schools, water, and other public goods.
September 2020
Private prison corporation CoreCivic to change corporate status after grassroots pressure
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization of schools, water, and other public goods in the news and communities nationwide.
August 2020
Federal agency making ‘proactive arrests’ of protestors is rife with private security firms
Our weekly analysis of the corporate takeover of schools, water, and other public goods in the news and communities nationwide.
July 2020
Privatized coronavirus testing has been a “nightmare”
Our weekly analysis of privatization (of schools, water, and other public goods) in the news and communities nationwide. [...]
July 2020
New mobile game based on private prisons goes viral
A new mobile game called “Prison Empire Tycoon” has over three million downloads on Apple's App Store.
July 2020
Despite Trump corruption, trust in government is soaring
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
May 2020
Rethinking government in the time of COVID-19
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
March 2020
The Trump administration privatized coronavirus testing, and now the U.S. is paying the price
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
March 2020
Credit Ratings Agency: U.S. charter school sector “inherently risky and volatile”
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
March 2020
Connecticut city considers selling off a third of its public schools
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
March 2020
Transit expert: $11 billion proposed Maryland highway project “sadly lacking” in [...]
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
February 2020
In surprise move, West Virginia Republican sides against private water industry
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
February 2020
The coming privatization of space
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and the communities fighting back nationwide.
February 2020
Corporations vying for Jacksonville’s electric utility saw poor residents as a captive [...]
In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
January 2020
Private prison corp. CoreCivic seems to have found a bank willing to lend it money
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide. Not a subscriber? Sign up. Education 1) National: Seven Democratic presidential candidates came together on Saturday for [...]
December 2019
Houston public schools fight back against state takeover: “This seems almost akin to a [...]
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide. Not a subscriber? Sign up. Education 1) National: Education secretary Betsy DeVos has proposed “handing over the federal [...]
December 2019