Mark Zuckerberg's two big political causes for 2017

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Mark Zuckerberg may not run for president in 2020, but we are starting to understand more about what political issues he's championing.

Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have committed about $45 million to two causes — ending mass incarceration and fixing affordable housing — over the last year, a VICE News report revealed Tuesday. 

That amount was distributed over the past 10 months via the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the organization Zuckerberg and his wife founded back in 2015 at the birth of their first daughter Max. CZI has been public that it champions three pillars of work — justice and opportunity, science, and education. These issues align with several of Zuckerberg's Facebook posts from his travels over the years, the same ones that have sparked talk of a 2020 presidential run.  Read more...

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Mark Zuckerberg's two big political causes for 2017 Mark Zuckerberg's two big political causes for 2017 Reviewed by mimisabreena on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Rating: 5

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