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Donald Cohen

Donald Cohen is the founder and executive director of In the Public Interest, a national resource and policy center on privatization and responsible contracting. He is a founding board member of the Partnership for Working Families.

Barack Obama; Bernie Sanders (Getty/Leigh Vogel/AP/Jae C. Hong)

Progressives: Don’t blow the chance for health care reform with a single-payer litmus test

Peter Dreier, Donald Cohen
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Mississippi learning: Moving beyond Betsy DeVos’ “school choice” trap

Donald Cohen
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How a private water company brought lead to Pittsburgh’s taps

Donald Cohen
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It’s a crime: How private prison companies encourage mass incarceration

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Dana Bash (CNN)

CNN’s Dana Bash fronts for the 1 percent: The debate’s worst question came straight from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Donald Cohen, Peter Dreier