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Breaking Away: Top Public Universities Push for “Autonomy” From States
Oregonu2019s three largest state schools are in the process of breaking away from the rest of the public system.
The Interstate of the Future: Privatization or Innovation?
A recent report from the Reason Foundation touting privatization of the interstate as the new cool solution to crumbling transportation infrastructure represents a failure of reason as well as …
Outsourcing America: Sodexo Exposed
This video exposes the privatizers and profiteers selling out our democracy.
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Outsourcing America: Sodexo Food Service Contractor Siphons Cash From Kids and Soldiers
Sodexo is a primary driver of the privatization and outsourcing of food services in America. But Sodexo has taken the low road to profitability.
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Lockup Quotas Help For-Profit Prison Companies Keep Profits High and Prisons Full
For-profit prison operators have found a new way to keep beds full and profits high. They call them
Sen. Diane Feinstein’s Husband Selling Post Offices to Cronies on the Cheap
Richard Blum, is feeding at the Postal Service privatization trough through an exclusive contract to handle sales for the Post Office's $85 billion of property.
How Lockup Quotas and “Low-Crime Taxes” Guarantee Profits for Private Prison Corporations
The report sheds light on the for-profit private prison industryu2019s reliance on high prison populations, and how they directly benefit its bottom line.
On Reinventing the Meaning of Politics and What Needs to Be Done
A global war to resurrect a sense of
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Public Education in the Crosshairs – ALEC’s Private Scholarship Tax Credits
ALEC's model bills for scholarship tax credits for private school tuition harm the people they are purported to help.
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Don’t Shrink the US Postal Service; Expand It
The Postal Service has survived ideological attacks so far but could serve society still more with intelligent expansion.