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Boom in Washington Leaves Gaping Income Gaps

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Black employment for adults in Washington D.C. has dropped from 62% in 1988, to 56% in 2000, and to only 49% in 2009, according to the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute

Poverty and hunger in the USA as unemployment exceeds 10%.

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