CoreCivic and GEO Group profit from Trump’s immigration policies while also receiving lucrative contracts from state and local governments, including areas controlled by Democrats.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Despite Vow to Protect Health Care for Veterans, VA Losing Doctors and Nurses
Between December 2024 and August 2025, the VA reported a net loss of thousands of health care positions, and advocates report the impact of understaffing, facility closures, and waiting times has been ‘dire.’
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How VA Cuts Damage Women Veterans
The failure of Congress to require the same training, screenings, and military cultural competency tools and skills for both VA and private sector providers could cost women veterans their lives.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
VA’s Nonexpert Health Expert
Unlike all of his predecessors, Trump’s soon-to-be veterans health care chief is not a doctor.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Workers Demand Justice for Immigrants as More Die in ICE Custody
Elected officials learned two more people died in federal immigration detention this week, bringing the total number of deaths to at least 16.
Posted inAmerica and the World
This Greenland Is Red
The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios of state-owned companies in the world. What?
Posted inEducation in America
Judge Rules Ohio’s Voucher System Unconstitutional
The ruling could end the siphoning of funds to private and parochial schools.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: A Broken Health Care System
On our live show, David and veterans’ health care reporter Suzanne Gordon look at the shattered state of American health care, even before Trump cuts and VA privatization.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Private Prisons Cash In on Trump’s Mass Deportations
GEO Group and CoreCivic are boasting of ‘unprecedented growth opportunities’ as they partner with ICE to surveil and imprison immigrants.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Illusion of Choice
Republicans say that VA patients can get equivalent private-sector care anywhere in the U.S. Here’s a 50-state reality check.
