In the Public Interest

What happens if Amtrak gets privatized? Experts warn it would lead to higher prices, worse service, and a major reduction in rural routes.

In the Public Interest's Executive Director Donald Cohen speaks about privatizing Amtrak in Popular Science
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Notes from the Ground A roundup of recent news and ideas from our world.

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...

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.

Every Tuesday we issue the Privatization Report--a scan of recent headlines, with brief abstracts. Here's the latest: inthepublicinterest.org/privatizatio...

Very good question!

Silencing the Library DOGE continues its raid of American institutions.

And here's our other weekly newsletter, this one on DOGE's effort to defund public libraries. inthepublicinterest.org/silencing-th...

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.

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...

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
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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...