Tim Geithner leads the private equity firm backing the acquisition of private security firm G4S by Allied Universal, creating one of the largest private employers in the world.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
The Rise of the Private Police
In South Africa, private security companies have eclipsed the police force, threatening the state’s democratic authority and replicating apartheid-era racial inequality. Is the U.S. next?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Quiet Winner of the Texas Energy Crisis
Macquarie, an Australian investment bank, is poised to profit heavily off Texas’s briefly surging energy prices during the snowstorm. The Biden infrastructure program could be its next conquest.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Physical Mail Could Be Eliminated at Federal Prisons
A pilot program initiated under Trump converts mail to electronic scans. Biden hasn’t reversed it, and critics call it abusive and harmful to inmates and families.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Will Biden’s Surprise VA Pick Halt the Slide Toward Privatization?
Denis McDonough has a choice: continue the outsourcing of the VA health system, or rebuild its in-house capacity.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Vets and VA Workers Are MIA From Biden Transition
In planning the future of veterans’ services, members of veterans’ groups are nowhere to be seen.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The NBA’s Quiet Problem With Prison Exploitation
Tom Gores, owner of the Detroit Pistons, also owns notoriously abusive prison telecom and banking giant Aventiv.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The ICE Facility Where Almost Every Detainee Has Coronavirus
The dark history of the Farmville, Virginia, detention center, run by Immigration Centers of America, a company with a long history of abuse—and political spending
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Senate Democrats Seek Elimination of PPE Delivery Obstacles Created by Obama’s VA
The problems of VA preparedness predate the Trump administration.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Donald Trump Has a Bridge to Sell You
His proposed public-infrastructure plan is, of course, a fraud. Democrats beware.
