Billionaire MacKenzie Scott—the bulk of whose wealth comes from her ex-husband’s anti-union empire of digital retail nihilism—has given $20 million to the Fresno Unified School District. And while $20 million isn’t actually that much to someone worth $54 billion, it means an awful lot to a public school district. By comparison (as noted by the Sacramento Bee):

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Just last month, Fresno Unified announced its “largest single donation ever” at the time: $30,000 from Amazon.

Lol.

Seems like a good time to reshare this particular graphic, from here.

 

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Jonny Diamond

Jonny Diamond

Jonny Diamond is the Editor in Chief of Literary Hub. He lives in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains with his wife and two sons, and is currently writing a cultural history of the axe for W.W. Norton. @JonnyDiamondJonnyDiamond.me