| February Mon, 2024
Nikki Haley skewers opponents in second GOP primary debate
Kelly Dittmar, director of research at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, said that gender-focused politicking might make less of a dent in a GOP base that has lost a share of college-educated women in recent years.
| February Mon, 2024
Bob Menendez’s indictment is colourful even by Jersey standard’s
Corruption is “not unique to New Jersey”, says Elizabeth Matto of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
| December Wed, 2023
Elizabeth Matto named as new Eagleton Institute Director
Elizabeth Matto has been named as the new director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, the university announced today. She assumed the role on September 1, succeeding John Farmer Jr., who stepped down earlier this year after four years leading the political science institute.
| December Wed, 2023
Advocates say political will is missing in push for police reforms
“Because our elected officials are essentially beholden to the image of being tough on crime, and therefore supporting the police almost irrespective of what actions are committed by various law enforcement officers … we’re in this kind of impasse and it’s been that way for many decades,” said Saladin Ambar, professor of political science at Rutgers University and senior scholar at the Rutgers Eagleton Center on the American Governor.