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One Top Spot We Don’t Want To Be

Posted on June 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
Yesterday, I heard from two different community leaders within a matter of hours a statistic that made me cringe. The Twin Cities holds another top title but this time it’s for having the greatest disparity between blacks and whites in terms of unemployment among other...
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