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If some of the recovery money had gone to cities instead of states, the urban population, read Black and Brown, would be better off with recovery jobs.

Julianne Malveaux

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Julianne Malveaux
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 22
Economist
Journalist
Radio Personality
San Francisco County
California
Julianne Marie Malveaux
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