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NFL’s Social Justice Experiment Is No Touchdown

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NFL’s Social Justice Experiment Is No Touchdown
The message "End Racism" is seen in the one end zone at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Sept. 13, 2020. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
Salena Zito
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PITTSBURGH—In 2017, when Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Alejandro Villanueva stood near the tunnel to the Pittsburgh locker room with his hand over his heart while “The Star-Spangled Banner” played, the former Army Ranger was the only member of his team to do so.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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