Privatization
Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization
Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization The debate over US national park privatization has been ongoing for centuries, with Yosemite National Park playing a central role in this controversy. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant Act, ceding the valley and grove to California, “upon the express conditions that […]
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How school choice policies evolved from supporting Black students to subsidizing middle-class families
How school choice policies evolved from supporting Black students to subsidizing middle-class families School voucher programs that allow families to use public funds to pay tuition to attend private schools have evolved from their original purpose of supporting Black students to subsidizing middle-class families. The first vouchers were offered in the 1800s to help children […]
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Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization
Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has aggressively moved to shrink the federal government. His administration has frozen federal grants, issued executive orders aligned with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, and, most prominently, created what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. DOGE […]
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