privatization
NYC Ferry Limits Service Because New Pier Owner Won't Let It Dock
The pier’s private owners have cut off New York City’s Ferry service from using a Greenpoint, Brooklyn pier built for the city’s transit system.
What If Technology Belonged to the People?
We need non-market, publicly-owned alternatives to big tech. Here’s how we get it.
Why We Should 'Abolish Silicon Valley'
An interview about why we should liberate technology from capitalism.
Ontario finally unveils its plan for private weed sales
It is also overturning a public consumption ban, so you’ll be able to smoke weed wherever you are allowed to smoke tobacco.
David Shulkin did not hold back in this op-ed blasting Trump
"It should not be this hard to serve your country," he wrote.
Trump’s Plan to Privatize the ISS Exposes Rifts in Spaceflight Community
A proposal to cut federal support for the ISS in the 2020s amplifies the wider debate over the interplay between the public and private space spheres.
Corporations are Privatizing Power in Puerto Rico as Trump Administration Relief Aid Continues to Stumble
A toxic combination of incompetency, greed and vulnerability after Hurricane Maria make the island ripe for a dangerous move toward privatization of major utilities.
European Cities Are Reclaiming Public Services From the Private Sector
The US has a lot to learn from people powered movements.
The First Space-Based ‘Nation’ Wants to Store Data Off-Planet, Beyond the Law
'Asgardia' plans to launch a data storage satellite beyond the reach of Earthly laws—an ambitious and problematic goal.
Trump wants to privatize U.S. air traffic control
Trump wants to hand over one of the largest and safest air traffic control systems in the world to the private sector.