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Privatization
Trump Unveils Air Traffic Privatization Plan, Amid Push to Sell Transportation Infrastructure to Corporate America
President Trump did not reveal many details, simply stating that he would be “proposing new principles to Congress.”
“School Choice” Is a Scam in Segregated Neighborhoods
Betsey DeVos' words ring false and her promises sound empty to the people living in those communities.
Will Betsy Devos Carry Out Donald Trump’s Assault on Public Education?
Education under the control of private companies means the primary purpose of schooling becomes the pursuit of profit.
#WageLove: Water Activists Build a Global Movement
Civil rights lawyer Alice Jennings is pushing the courts to see clean water in Detroit and Flint as a human rights issue.
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Get to Know the “Badass Teachers” Fighting Privatization
In New Jersey, teachers are fighting for community control of education and against state takeovers of school districts.
Trump and DeVos Push ALEC Privatization Scheme as Studies Document Voucher Failures
A fresh batch of evidence shows that private and religious school vouchers harm the students who use them.
What’s Happening in Brazil? Exactly What the Coup Leaders Said Would Happen
The events unfolding in Brazil today are predictably consistent with the intentions of the right-wing coup leaders.
Where There Is No Water: Detroit’s Ongoing Crisis
Detroit paid Homrich Wrecking millions to shut off water supply to poor Black residents who couldn't pay their bills.
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Staples Removed: How Postal Workers Defeated a Privatization Scheme
The Postal Workers that the Postal Service will terminate its deal with Staples, closing down the 540 “mini-post offices” inside stores.
An Abridged Glossary of Corporate Education Reform
Disaster struck when the Senate confirmed the controversial Trump Secretary of Education nominee, billionaire Betsy DeVos.