In the Public Interest

Some communities are using the power of procurement to make it harder for companies to do business with ICE. Let us know if it’s happening in your area.

In the Public Interest - Freezing Out ICE How state and local governments can stop Trump’s violent immigration crackdown.

Our latest, on how, in Trump’s public/private partnerships, business friends always get the benefits.

In the Public Interest - Trump’s Public/Private Situationships When the business friends get all the benefits.

Once a month, our newsletter will be a sort of click-and-quip compendium of recent privatization-related news called Privatization Takes. Here’s our first issue.

In the Public Interest - Privatization Takes A monthly presentation of selected privatization-related issues in the news.

The latest from In the Public Interest.

In the Public Interest - Not Out of the Woods Will the National Parks survive this administration?

Our latest.

In the Public Interest - The Privatization of Regulation Can industry insiders make America healthy again?

We wrote about this very thing last week (see first comment). Everyone is touched by cancer. Curing and treating it is in the public interest.

Trump slashed spending on clinical trials. The toll is starting to become clear. Grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research.

Our latest: a frightening moment in American history, in which a private army and private detention centers pose a real threat to our democracy.

In the Public Interest - Mercenaries in America A private army with a prison apparatus is a threat to us all.

DOGE Defunds Libraries. It's almost like they don't want an informed populace. (See comments for info about subscribing to one of our two weekly email newsletters.)

In the Public Interest - Silencing the Library DOGE continues its raid of American institutions.

Check out this new Resource Guide from In the Public Interest, particularly relevant as Elon Musk states he wants to "privatize everything." Share with others you think might find it useful.

In the Public Interest - New Resource Guide Provides Quick Access to ITPI Research The guide includes links to more than two dozen resources, including reports, briefs, toolkits, and other publications.

Read the Privatization Report, our weekly scan of news relate to privatization.

In the Public Interest - Weekly Privatization Report 2/3/2025 A weekly rundown of news and analysis about the corporate takeover of education, water, and other public goods—and about the people fighting back.