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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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Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

A ‘Marshall Plan for Middle America’

A weekly email newsletter for organizers, journalists, and others concerned about privatization of public services.
November 2020
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

Trump’s sabotage of Postal Service is a ‘coup attempt in the making’

Our weekly email newsletter on the privatization of schools, water, and other public goods.
August 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
Weekly Privatization Report

A privately-funded border wall built to support Trump is at risk of falling down

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and communities nationwide.
July 2020
Weekly Privatization Report

Are private prison companies on the ropes? Their stocks are tanking.

In the Public Interest's weekly analysis of privatization in the news and communities nationwide.
June 2020
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Conservatives call for selling off federal public lands

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and communities nationwide.
June 2020
Weekly Privatization Report

Will St. Louis Lambert International Airport soon be back on sale?

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and communities nationwide.
June 2020
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No, Mitch, allowing states to go bankrupt would be devastating. Just look at Puerto Rico.

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
May 2020
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The kids are alright. Poll finds Gen Z is overwhelmingly pro-government.

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
May 2020
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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
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During this #TeacherAppreciationWeek, let’s remember the teachers lost so far to coronavirus

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
May 2020
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South Koreans get free food, masks, and more. Americans get to wait in line.

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
April 2020
Weekly Privatization Report

The Trump administration is where anti-government conservatism and far-right extremism meet

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
April 2020
Weekly Privatization Report

The conservative fixation on making government “small” is hurting coronavirus response

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide
April 2020
Weekly Privatization Report

Trump admin. pauses privatization of veterans health care during outbreak

Our analysis of privatization nationwide and the communities that are fighting back.
April 2020
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How state and local leaders are trying to fill the vacuum left by the Trump administration

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and the communities fighting back nationwide.
March 2020
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

The cost of reading George Orwell’s ‘1984’ in a West Virginia prison? Nearly $20.

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
February 2020
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

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
Weekly Privatization Report

Stamford, Conn., wants to use private money to build public schools without disclosing details

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
January 2020
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California’s new charter school regulation is already helping its credit rating

Here's our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide.
January 2020
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Betsy DeVos accidentally revealed the federal government is wasting money on charter schools

Our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide. [...]
January 2020
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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
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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

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