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The president [Barack Obama] did introduce a jobs bill that could not clear Congress. The Republicans simply would not work with him.

Julianne Malveaux

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Julianne Malveaux
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 22
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Julianne Marie Malveaux
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Obviously these conditions [violence, poverty] predate the [Barack] Obama presidency and the president has limited ways to dent this violence. But funding war weapons in cities, as opposed to more community policing, is not the solution.
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I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.
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Tavis Smiley lost lots of corporate support after he was critical of President [Barack] Obama.
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George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.
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[Barack Obama] might say more about these rogue cops and their license to kill.
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While people are prepared to talk about Social Security, about marriage equality, about any number of other issues, people are not prepared - your layperson is not prepared to have a conversation about foreign policy.
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Bernie Sanders has the momentum, and I think that that's something that we can't ignore.
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Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward.
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Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color.
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If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.
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