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Eleanor Holmes Norton: For too long, we have both accepted and perpetuated a fundamentally flawed system.

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
For too long, we have both accepted and perpetuated a fundamentally flawed system.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes the flawed system denying D.C. residents full rights.

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