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With Monterey County Measure Poised to Win, Celebration That 'Public Water Won!'

US Mail Is #NotForSale: Postal Workers Nationwide Stand Together Against Trump's Privatization Plan

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

US mail not for sale signs

"Our postal system has never belonged to any president, any political party, or any company. It's belonged to the people of this country."

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If 9/11 Attacks Can Spark Trillions in War Spending, Why Can't US Find Funding for Puerto Rico 'Marshall Plan'?

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"The U.S. treats Puerto Ricans as second class citizens," notes the ACLU. "...

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'Disaster Capitalism Strikes Again!': Puerto Rico's High Court Gives Green Light to Charter Schools, Vouchers

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Education historian Diane Ravtich called the new ruling from Puerto Rico's high court a "victory for rapacious billionaires" and charter proponents like Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

New ruling overturns finding by lower court that charters and vouchers—part of...

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Mayor Catherine Pugh

Celebrations as Baltimore Set to Become First Major American City to Outlaw Water Privatization

'Privatization Is Not the Answer': Grave Warnings as Wall Street Vultures Circle Puerto Rico's Water System

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Police Unleash 'Brutal Attacks' on Anti-Austerity Protesters in Puerto Rico

A school bus crosses a makeshift automobile bridge after the original bridge was washed away during Hurricane Maria flooding, on December 20, 2017 in Morovis, Puerto Rico. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Outrage Over Puerto Rico's Plan to Close Nearly Third of Its Public Schools

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaking Sunday to CNN's "State of the Union." (Image: screengrab)

Bernie Sanders: Koch Brothers' Privatization Push Drove Shulkin's Ouster

Warnings of Koch Brothers Influence After Shulkin Says VA Privatization Advocates Forced Him Out

Sanders Warns Against VA Privatization After Trump Tweets Shulkin's Ouster

Author Naomi Klein appearing on Democracy Now! Wednesday.

“The Battle for Paradise”: Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism & the Fight for Puerto Rico’s Future

Jeremy Corbyn: Nationalize, Democratize Electricity Grid to Avert Climate Crisis

Disaster Capitalism in Action as Puerto Rico Governor Announces Plan to Privatize Power Utility

Trump WH Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter "Deep State" Enemies

Mike Pence

Pence's Indiana 'Cautionary Tale' for Privatizing Infrastructure Projects

Newswire

Public Citizen

Trump’s Bank Cops Roll Back Safeguards

Patriotic Millionaires

"Congress and the Trump Administration Are Setting Us Up for Another Crash"...

Jubilee USA Network

After Lehman Brothers, Experts Say Global Financial Crisis Can Happen Again

Food & Water Watch

USDA Inspectors Pressured to Keep Line Speeds Up Under Privatized Inspection System

Food & Water Watch

First Big U.S. City Poised To Ban Water Privatization Permanently

Common Cause

New Report Examines the Business of Mass Incarceration and the Damage it Does to Democracy

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Negin Owliaei

Inequality at the Center of Chicago Charter School Strikes

Paul Buchheit

The Inequality to Be Suffered by Our Children

Diane Archer, Richard Eskow

Don’t Let the Trump Administration Corporatize Medicare

Jim Hightower

Putting the Trump Stamp on the Public

Steven Singer

Billionaire Heiress Lashes Out at Unions Because Her Fortune Didn’t Buy Election

Ricardo Martner

AMLO vs Bolso: Opposing Views on Development

Leo Gerard

Workers Petition Congress: Protect Our Pensions

Jacob Sugarman

Amazon's Billion-Dollar Shakedown of America's Cities

Les Leopold

Will the Wall Street Democrats Part the Blue Wave?

Jeff Bryant

How Teachers Might End Up Beating Back the Koch Brothers’ Plan to Privatize Arizona Schools

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