Privatization
Obama administration to end prisons-for-profits contracts
August 18, 2016"This is the first step in the process of reducing - and ultimately ending - our use of privately-operated prisons," Deputy AG Sally Yates announced.
Read moreVeterans’ health care in crosshairs of privatization forces
June 16, 2016A blue-ribbon commission is set to recommend that private health companies take over from the federally-run VA. Yet no one has asked veterans what they think.
Read moreLouisiana voters toss out right-wingers
November 25, 2015Vitter lost to Edwards because voters were sick and tired of Republicans like him destroying their economic security by giving their state away to huge corporations.
Read moreProtest hypocritical charter school TV ad
September 30, 2015"FES has actively opposed educational equity by working against fair funding for schools that serve high need students."
Read moreTribune Katrina editorial shows contempt for democracy
August 18, 2015New Orleanians are all too familiar with having the important aspects of their lives ripped from their control, but they will they retake control of their schools.
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