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The following editorial appeared in the Detroit Free Press on Monday, Aug. 30, 2004.
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Millions of Americans live on blocks where life expectancy is similar to that of a Third World nation's, and more young men go to prison than to college. The working-class, living-wage jobs that once girded these communities have gone.
But the presidential campaigns of John Kerry and George W. Bush are ignoring the crisis in urban America. During a recent campaign stop in Michigan, Bush called small towns the country's heart and soul. Kerry has aimed his domestic agenda at the middle class, but many people in cities like Detroit are just holding on.
The nation's great cities are off the political map. For both candidates, the war ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Presidential candidates owe cities more hope.