From Liberty Law Site .... “One hundred million dollars?!?” Oprah Winfrey exclaimed incredulously as her studio audience gave a standing ovation. Sitting next to her was Mark Zuckerberg, the young billionaire CEO and founder of Facebook, who had just announced he would donate $100 million to help turn the failing school system in Newark, New Jersey into a national model. The gift was contingent on Newark’s raising an additional $100 million in philanthropic matching funds and implementing a series of reforms, a task for the two politicians seated next to Zuckerberg: the city’s rock star Democratic mayor, Cory Booker, and the no-nonsense Republican Governor of New … [Read more...]
