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Joint Center Mourns Passing of George E. Curry
George E. Curry, journalist and champion of the Black press, died this Saturday at the age of 69. Curry was the founding editor of Emerge Magazine and had written for…
2016 Annual Report
Highlights of 2016 Governance in 2016 Diversity Among Top Congressional Staff: Building on our 31-page report on Diversity Among Top Senate Staff, in 2016 the Joint Center produced this 2-minute…
How to Reduce Long Lines to Vote—Joint Center Policy Brief
Click here for a printable PDF. Read news coverage of the report in Fusion. BY SPENCER OVERTON & JENALYN SOTTO The Problem Wait times to vote are longer for people…
How to Reduce Long Lines to Vote—Joint Center Policy Brief
BY SPENCER OVERTON & JENALYN SOTTO Click here for printable PDF. Read news coverage of the report in Fusion. The Problem Wait times to vote are longer for people of…
Diversity from Hill Interns to Top Staff
Capitol Hill interns posed for this selfie with Speaker Paul Ryan. The lack of diversity among interns has an impact on the composition of congressional staff and top staff, who…
Not Just the Pipeline: How to Increase Diversity at Facebook and Other Tech Companies
by Alejandra Montoya-Boyer #FBNoExcuses has been trending today after Facebook released its annual diversity report with little gain.The revealed that the numbers of Latino and Black employees remain staggeringly low,…
Joint Center Hosts June 2016 Roundtable of the South
Last week, the Joint Center hosted over 20 of the nation’s most innovative and influential state, county, and local elected officials from the South for a three-day policy roundtable in…
