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Privatization
The Great Unwinding of Public Education: Detroit and DeVos
Efforts to hold Michigan charter schools accountable have failed, thanks to lobbying from Betsy DeVos's family.
Judge Doubles Down on Order Requiring Michigan Officials to Deliver Clean Water in Flint
A US District Court Judge has ordered Flint to start delivering water to city residents immediately.
Trump’s Education Pick: A Billionaire Heir of Right-Wing Dynasty and Champion of School Privatization Efforts
Betsy DeVos has done more to undermine public education than support students.
From Higher Education to Water Treatment, Financialization Is Harming Our Economy
Austerity creates vulnerability.
Regulation of Prison Phone Calls Sweeps the Nation
Legislative actions to reduce exorbitant costs for phone calls from prison signal a small shift toward reform.
Blackstone’s Tony James Touting What Looks Like Clinton’s Scheme to Gut Social Security
Hillary and Blackstone CEO Tony James are too adept to label these required savings accounts as a stealth replacement for Social Security.
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Campus Workers Unmask Scheme to Privatize All Tennessee Property
If this plan goes through, it would set an awful precedent for other states — and even for federal policy.
Neoliberalism’s Decades-Long Attack on Public Universities
Neoliberals have turned our universities into corporations and students into consumers.
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Contract for Disaster: How Privatization Is Killing the Public Sector
For decades, work in the public sector has been a gateway to a middle-class life. But that's changing.
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How Capitalism Perpetuates Immigration
Capitalism has consistently produced the extreme inequalities that sustain successive waves of migration.