by Frances Madeson | Aug 1, 2026 | American Water, Illinois, News, public commons, public goods, public utilities, Water, water privatization
The road from public ownership of a municipal water system to privatization is a one-way street paved with regret. Once public ownership is lost, it’s a rarity to recover control. Bolingbrook, Illinois, has been trying to for the last 15 years. Missoula, Montana, is one extraordinary success story, but it took sustained public support, political will across administrations, costly decades in the…
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by Kelly Hayes | Mar 19, 2026 | AI, Authoritarianism, Book Bans, Fascism, Interview, LGBTQ books, libraries, political education, public goods, public institutions
“A lot of people in power view knowledge as dangerous,” says organizer Mariame Kaba. In this episode of Movement Memos, Kelly Hayes speaks with Kaba and organizers Alison Macrina and Katie Clark about why public libraries matter, not just as places to borrow books, but as vital public infrastructure. They discuss libraries as spaces where people can gather without spending money, learn together…
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