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Thriving, affordable Twin Cities have racial inequality gap

Clip: 3/18/2015 | 9m 2s

Even in the Twin Cities, there’s a sharp racial inequality gap.

In the United States, the best cities for making a living are usually the least affordable. Minneapolis-St. Paul has been an exception, thanks in part to progressive laws on education, tax sharing and housing. But even in the Twin Cities, there’s a sharp racial inequality gap. Judy Woodruff interviews writer Derek Thompson as part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and the PBS NewsHour.

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