Privatization

Many places that have experimented with privatization have found that public services are actually more cost-efficient in the long run.

Thanks to kickbacks from phone companies, state and local governments have every reason to keep their prison cells filled, no matter what the cost to the rest of society.

With more private security guards than public police officers, what are the consequences for accountability?

The private health insurance industry in the U.S. has had a long run since shifting to medical underwriting and a for-profit status in the early 1960s.

The student occupation at the University of Amsterdam pits democracy against the logic of markets.

However, the threat remains latent.

A conservation group held a mock auction of the Grand Canyon to prove the absurdity of selling our protected national lands - now a possibility.

Let's invest in our Postal Service - a public system that has served our nation since its birth.

A giant Anglo-Australian mining company is getting the rights to a huge copper reserve.

A simmering water war is about to come to a boil over the fate of historic, well-loved public reservoirs in Portland, Oregon.