Corporations and underfunded schools

Have you heard of “McTeacher’s Night?” ThinkProgress has an explainer about how, under the guise of being good corporate citizens, corporations are taking advantage of poorly-resourced schools. Specifically, during a fundraising event named “McTeacher’s Night,” teachers can work a shift at McDonald’s during which part of the fast food restaurant’s proceeds will go toward those teachers’ …

Supreme Court tells McDonald’s to stop whining

Seattle, Wash., raised its minimum wage to $15, and some businesses squawked all the way to the Supreme Court, which on Monday, said no. Or, as it says here, the Supreme Court told McDonald’s to “shut it’s Mac-hole.”