Outsourcing America Exposed

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Profiting from the Poor: Outsourcing Social Services Puts Most Vulnerable at Risk

by Nick Surgey — October 8, 2013 - 7:24am
  • Topics: Children, Corporations, Democracy, Economy, Outsourcing America Exposed

    • -- by Nick Surgey and Katie Lorenze

    In a story most in the media missed, protestors gathered under the dome at the Mississippi state capitol earlier this year to oppose a bill that would allow the state Department of Human Services (DHS) to privatize everything from child protective services to nutrition programs for the elderly.

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    From Junk Bonds to Junk Schools: Cyber Schools Fleece Taxpayers for Phantom Students and Failing Grades

    by Mary Bottari — October 2, 2013 - 7:38am
  • Topics: Education, Outsourcing America Exposed

    • The data is in and K12 Inc.'s brand of full-time public "cyber school" is garbage. Not surprising for an educational model kicked off with a $10 million investment from junk-bond king Michael Milken.

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    Violence, Abuse, and Death at For-Profit Prisons: A GEO Group Rap Sheet

    by Brendan Fischer — September 26, 2013 - 9:38am
  • Topics: Democracy, Outsourcing America Exposed

    • This week CMD launched a new web resource, OutsourcingAmericaExposed, where we will detail the privatizers and profiteers selling out our democracy. The website will be populated with "rap sheets" or corporate profiles of America's top outsourcing companies.

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    CMD Launches OutsourcingAmericaExposed.org to "Expose the Private Companies Behind the Corporate Takeover of Public Services"

    by PRW Staff — September 24, 2013 - 7:47am
  • Topics: Corporations, Outsourcing America Exposed

    • CONTACT: Rebekah Wilce, rebekah@prwatch.org

    - Center for Media and Democracy site will feature corporate profiles, local privatization deals gone bad, and "fine print follies" spotlighting outrageous contract giveaways

    - New video accompanies launch, from Pulitzer-winner Mark Fiore, illustrating the corporate take over of schools, prisons, water, and other vital services

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    Outsourcing America: Sodexo Food Service Contractor Siphons Cash from Kids and Soldiers while Dishing Up Subprime Food

    by Rebekah Wilce — September 24, 2013 - 7:45am
  • Topics: Food Safety, Corporations, Labor, Outsourcing America Exposed

    • -- by Rebekah Wilce and Mary Bottari

    Since the 2008 financial crisis, cash strapped states have accelerated the outsourcing of America in hopes of delivering the same services more cheaply. "Desperate government is our best customer," said one executive specializing in infrastructure purchases.

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    A Case Study on CCA’s Web of Influence in Arizona: Mark Brnovich

    by Beau Hodai — September 23, 2013 - 7:56am
  • Topics: Corporations, Outsourcing America Exposed

    • Earlier this year, DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy launched an investigation of the influence of the private prison industry on state policies. The review of public records this summer revealed a surprising connection between Arizona Department of Gaming Director Mark Brnovich and the Corrections Corporation of America. In the midst of this story being written, Brnovich announced he would be leaving his post in state gaming regulation, which paves the way for him to seek the post of state Attorney General.

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    Lockup Quotas Help For-Profit Prison Companies Keep Profits High and Prisons Full

    by Brendan Fischer — September 20, 2013 - 9:26am
  • Topics: Corporations, Outsourcing America Exposed, Politics

    • For-profit prison companies like Corrections Corporation of American and GEO Group are no strangers to controversy. Their business model rests on incarceration, and their profits soared throughout the 1990s and 2000s as harsh sentencing laws, the War on Drugs, and tough immigration enforcement led to a dramatic rise in detention and incarceration.

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    USDA's Reckless Plan to Privatize Food Safety

    by Jill Richardson — September 17, 2013 - 7:19am
  • Topics: Food Safety, Food, Food Rights Network, Outsourcing America Exposed, Politics

    • My friend Jim, a farmer, jokes about bringing a bowl of manure and a spoon to the farmers' markets where he sells his beef. "My beef has no manure in it, but you can add some," he'd like to tell his customers.

    I'm sure you'd pass on manure as a condiment. But unless you're a vegetarian or you slaughter your own meat, you may have eaten it. And if the USDA moves forward with its plan to make a pilot program for meat inspection more widespread, this problem can only get worse.

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