Walmart heirs push charter schools influence in black communities
The Walton Family Foundation funds black leaders and groups such as United Negro College Fund and Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to expand charter schooling as a reform path amid debate over segregation and accountability. Critics warn of exploitation and privatization, while supporters cite aid to education reform and community advocacy.
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Fortune
Walton
America
United Negro College Fund
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Associated Press
Marc Sternberg
Walton Family Foundation
NAACP
Black Lives Matter
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Memphis
Walton Foundation
Deidra Brooks
Walton Money
Parents
U.S
Betsy DeVos
Microsoft
Bill Gates
Andre Perry
Brookings Institution
Charters
Perry
Foundation
Waltons
100
Black Men of America
National Urban League
New England
Blacks In Philanthropy
Tion
Association of Black Foundation Executives
National Black Child Development Institute
Detroit
National Association of Black Journalists
Victor Goode
National Alliance For Public Charter Schools
NACCP
Howard Fuller
Milwaukee
The
Black Alliance For Educational Options
Chris Stewart
Wayfinder Foundation
Stewart
Sternberg
Charity buys and erases past due medical debt nationwide
RIP Medical Debt in New York uses donor funds to buy portfolios of unpaid medical bills and erase them, offering residents like Philip Sasser and Reagen Adair relief from thousands in debt. The group has extinguished hundreds of millions for tens of thousands and seeks more donations to expand further.
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Albany
N.Y
Philip Sasser
Sasser
Milton
Florida
RIP Medical Debt
Rye
New York
Antico
Judith Jones
Ithaca
Carolyn Kenyon
Ashton
Robert Goffs
U.S
Rip
Adair
Wall Street
HBO
Last Week
John Oliver
Oliver
RIF
Craig Antico
Jerry Ashton
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