In the Public Interest
@itpi.bsky.social
In the Public Interest is a national nonprofit research and policy organization that studies public goods and services. https://inthepublicinterest.org
From ITPI's monthly Privatization Takes: Dep't of Ed, in charge of naming the 11 degree fields that “meet the requirements to be considered professional,” is run by the person who ran organization behind “professional wrestling.” inthepublicinterest.org/privatizatio...
Privatization Takes, June 2026
Coded history at national parks, vouchers for the wealthy, Trump's ed cuts, when nursing isn't a profession but fake wrestling is.
inthepublicinterest.org
In the Public Interest's Executive Director Donald Cohen speaks about privatizing Amtrak in Popular Science www.popsci.com/science/amtr...
What happens if Amtrak gets privatized?
Experts warn it would lead to higher prices, worse service, and a major reduction in rural routes.
popsci.com
This week's newsletter is a brief round-up of some of the things that caught our attention this week, including a new book from Worth Rises and a training curriculum from Little Sis. inthepublicinterest.org/notes-from-t...
Notes from the Ground
A roundup of recent news and ideas from our world.
inthepublicinterest.org
Every Tuesday we issue the Privatization Report--a scan of recent headlines, with brief abstracts. Here's the latest: inthepublicinterest.org/privatizatio...
Privatization Report 4/29/2025
A weekly rundown of news and analysis about the corporate takeover of education, water, and other public goods—and about the people fighting back.
inthepublicinterest.org
What's Donald Trump's emotional support billionaire Elon Musk up to these days? Follow us here and subscribe to our weekly newsletters. Here's the most recent of our weekly Privatization Report. inthepublicinterest.org/privatizatio...
Privatization Report 4/22/2025
A weekly rundown of news and analysis about the corporate takeover of education, water, and other public goods—and about the people fighting back.
inthepublicinterest.org
Folks know about Betsy DeVos and school vouchers. But casual observers may not get how many fake “parents” groups pushing vouchers are actually Koch fronts. As I write in The Privateers, the Kochs don’t have culture war obsessions per se. They’re means to an end www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
kansascity.com
Welcome to In the Public Interest. A way to get to know us is through the book The Privatization of Everything. Pick it up at your local independent bookstore--or your public library. inthepublicinterest.org/the-return-o...