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What The NFL Can Teach Congress About Hiring More Diverse Staffs

Although the new 115th Congress is the most racially diverse on record, its staff remains overwhelmingly white. As The Washington Post recently reported, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) is trying to change that — and he’s using the NFL’s “Rooney Rule” as a model for addressing the imbalance. Established in 2003, the Rooney […]

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