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Yvette Clarke: We really can't even talk about climate change without talking about racial justice.

On the recordApril 14, 2021
We really can't even talk about climate change without talking about racial justice.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke connects climate change directly to issues of racial justice.

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