Privatization
Scholars chart the political economy of education privatization
March 20, 2017Around the world, major efforts are underway to turn public education into a product for sale on the market. New scholarship examines the economics and ideology behind it all.
Read moreDoctors hail reintroduction of Medicare-for-all bill
January 26, 2017H.R. 676 would replace today’s welter of private health insurance companies with a single, streamlined public agency.
Read moreHuge petition drive to preserve Social Security, Medicare
December 8, 2016All speakers emphasized grassroots mobilization would be absolutely necessary to defeat the GOP Social Security and Medicare schemes.
Read moreNLRB stops U.S. Postal Service privatization scheme
November 23, 2016The NLRB has squelched an attempt by the U.S. Postal Service to privatize and contract out some of its services. NLRB Administrative Law Judge Paul Bogas ruled that USPS must immediately end its partnership with Staples...
Read moreObama 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.
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