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Cory Booker: I've learned the hard way from inner city Newark, New Jersey, that hope does not exist in the abstract.

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
I've learned the hard way from inner city Newark, New Jersey, that hope does not exist in the abstract.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker emphasizes the importance of hope as a proactive response to despair.

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