The Hill | Virginia gubernatorial race finds 2 women vying to make history
“It is really significant that not only are there going to be two women running but that both parties seem to be kind of clearing the field for them, which we have not necessarily seen,” said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University.
TAPinto | Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable: Rutgers Event Focuses on Civic Engagement Past and Present
In pursuit of a more perfect union, or at least a civil holiday dinner, a room filled with historians and educators looked to the past for clues to improve the present and future discourse during a program titled “Imperfectly Civil.”
Hosted by the New Jersey Historical Commission, RevolutionNJ and the Eagleton Institute of Politics, the program tied the history of politics and civics in New Jersey with the current state of our democratic government and republican values.
NPR | The data show women are making gains in elected office in the U.S.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kelly Dittmar, director of research at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, about the rising number of women in state legislatures. | 
