Via @scottlincicome comes this news about those horrible, horrible people at Koch Industries: “Koch Industries, one of the nation’s largest private companies, has removed questions about prior criminal convictions from its job applications, becoming the latest corporation to join a burgeoning movement trying to make it easier for ex-offenders to find work.” …Huh. That doesn’t sound horrible at all. Continue reading Koch Industries does its part for penal reform.
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Koch Industries’ $25 million donation to UNCF condemned by people who likely won’t match that gift.
Hopefully, the title will give you my opinion on the subject.
The United Negro College Fund announced a $25 million grant Friday from Koch Industries Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation — a large donation from the conservative powerhouse Koch name that Democrats have sought to vilify heading into the 2014 midterm elections.
The UNCF, known for its iconic motto, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste,” supports historically black colleges and universities and provides scholarships.
From the donation, $18.5 million will go toward nearly 3,000 merit-based scholarships to African-American students, and $6.5 million will go toward general support for historically black colleges and universities and the UNCF.