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For-Profit Prisons: Eight Statistics That Show the Problems
As private prisons become the norm in the United States, it's time society takes a look at the institution and asks,
Private Federal Contractors Cost Taxpayers Twice as Much as Civil Servants
Journalist and author David Cay Johnston says that private federal contractors need better oversight and should be banned from contributing to election campaigns.
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Who’re You Rootin’ for – Team Public or Team Private?
The federal government's privatization infrastructure is so expensive that it is impossible to prove the process leads to cost savings.
Brave New Foundation’s Series on Prison Profiteering
Each part of this series by the Brave New Foundation exposes an aspect of corruption in the American prison systems in the name of profit.
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As It Turns Out, There Still Is a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy – The Many Friends of ALEC
Even if ALEC were to disappear tomorrow, its agenda still would be propelled by a variety of institutional allies.
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Privatization and the Affordable Care Act
The roots of the Affordable Care Act web site failures may start in the Reagan Administration's fixation with contracting out federal services.
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ICYMI: President Lincoln’s Cemetery to Be Privatized?
Should the final resting place for Americau2019s 16th President and his family be part of a cityu2019s civic pride or be used to pad the profits of a private …
How One State Protects Taxpayers From Privatization Pitfalls
Arguments for privatization too often hide its true costs.
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Corporate Expressways, Brought to You by Macquarie and Transurban
The road to corporate control is paved with high tolls and non-compete clauses.
The Rise of Chicago’s 99% Against Rahm Emanuel, “Mayor 1%“
Will Rahm Emanel's effort to establish a privatized neoliberal outpost in Chicago succeed? Not if the ongoing uprising brushfires turn from kindling wood into a contemporary Chicago fire of …