How to spot — and stop — privatization (of prisons, water, schools, etc.) before it happens

In the Public Interest is a national nonprofit research center that studies the privatization of public goods and services. We equip the progressive movement with tools to reclaim government from corporate power and direct it towards serving the common good.

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Analysis of privatization-related news clips organized by sector (Education, Criminal Justice/Immigration, Infrastructure, etc.) sent out every Monday morning. Sign up.

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Analysis of privatization issues (like private prisons, public-private partnerships, charter schools, etc.) and stories that lift up the value and importance of the common good. You’ll learn something new every time. Sign up.

Cashing in on Kids

A twice-a-month list of news clips and analysis tracking the movement to privatize public education. Sign up.

California School Accountability Report

Our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California and the families, students, and teachers fighting back. Sign up.

D.C. School Accountability Report

Our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in the District of Columbia and the families, students, and teachers fighting back. Sign up.

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