Commentary

Heard of Pay for Success or Social Impact Bonds?

Also known as Social Impact Bonds, Pay for Success programs bring the high-risk, high-reward attitude of venture capital to critical, yet underfunded public services.

December 2015

Commentary

‘We will not have another parking meter deal in this city’

The Privatization Transparency, Accountability and Performance Ordinance (PTAPO) is a significant move by Chicago’s leaders to ensure meaningful accountability to the city’s taxpayers and working families.

November 2015

Minnesotans Say ‘No Thanks’ to Private Prison Company

Reopening Prairie Correctional Facility would be a costly mistake for both moral and economic reasons.

October 2015

Charter Schools Commentary Education Sectors

Charter Schools Have Failed More than Traditional Public Schools

According to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), since 2000, charter schools have failed at a much higher rate than traditional public schools.

October 2015

Commentary

Pitching the Gold Standard of Taxpayer Protections

Massachusetts’s Taxpayer Protection Act is the gold-standard when it comes to ensuring government contracts are awarded fairly and will result in cost-savings that don’t simply rely on slashing wages and benefits for [...]

June 2015

All Research Corrections

Payoff: How Congress Ensures Private Prison Profit with an Immigrant Detention Quota

This report provides an in-depth assessment of the inception and implementation of the quota, with a specific focus on the role played by for-profit, private prison corporations. [...]

April 2015

Commentary

Look at What We’ve Done Together

From coast to coast this year, taxpayers have rejected reckless outsourcing schemes. They are holding for-profit corporations accountable. And they are saying "no deal!" to CEOs who would put profits ahead of public health [...]

December 2013

Commentary Education School Support Services

The Latest Hot Topic in Schools

School privatization is a hot topic these days. Unfortunately many of the debates about public education ignore the important role of school support services and the people who do the work—the bus drivers, cafeteria [...]

November 2013

Commentary Education School Support Services

For Our Kids

If your school district is considering outsourcing, it's up to us to make sure the best interests of our kids is the top priority. [...]

November 2013

All Research

Creating Scandals Instead of Jobs: The Failures of Privatized State Economic Development Agencies

This report details the litany of scandals created by the advent of privatized state economic development agencies.

October 2013

Commentary Corrections

Lockup Quotas

On September 19, In the Public Interest released our blockbuster report “Criminal: How Lockup Quotas and ‘Low-Crime Taxes’ Guarantee Profits for Private Prison Companies.” In a matter of hours, tens of thousands of [...]

October 2013

Commentary Municipal Services

Exciting New Resource on Outsourcing

Today, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), publishers of the award-winning ALECexposed.org, launched OutsourcingAmericaExposed.org, a web resource devoted to helping taxpayers identify the corporations seeking to [...]

September 2013

All Research

Privatization’s Pretensions

This article discusses potential legal and policy implications of privatization, regulations, and workaround-specific approaches to privatization agendas. The author raises questions regarding democratic, efficiency, and [...]

May 2010

All Research

Following the Money 2014: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending [...]

Every year, state governments spend tens of billions of dollars through contracts for goods and services, subsidies to encourage economic development, and other expenditures. Accountability and public scrutiny are necessary [...]

April 2010

In the Public Interest

Democracy, Shared Prosperity, and the Common Good

In the Public Interest

Democracy, Shared Prosperity, and the Common Good

Heard of Pay for Success or Social Impact Bonds?

‘We will not have another parking meter deal in this city’

Minnesotans Say ‘No Thanks’ to Private Prison Company

Charter Schools Have Failed More than Traditional Public Schools

Pitching the Gold Standard of Taxpayer Protections

Payoff: How Congress Ensures Private Prison Profit with an Immigrant Detention Quota

Look at What We’ve Done Together

The Latest Hot Topic in Schools

For Our Kids

Creating Scandals Instead of Jobs: The Failures of Privatized State Economic Development Agencies

Lockup Quotas

Exciting New Resource on Outsourcing

Privatization’s Pretensions

Following the Money 2014: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending [...]