| October Tue, 2023
Independence Day requires us to have Juneteenth, our Black Emancipation Day | Opinion
Some months ago, a book was sent to me at the Eagleton Institute by one of our alumnae, who graduated 50 years ago from Rutgers. In a rather sheepish cover letter, he confided that he had checked the book out from Eagleton’s and had come across it while cleaning out his bookshelves. After writing a short note back that all would be forgiven for his extremely overdue return in exchange for a donation of $50,000 (I hope he can take a joke), I picked up the book and began to read.
| September Wed, 2022
At the end of another summer, waiting for a wave
NJ.com published an op-ed written by Eagleton Director John J. Farmer, Jr. "Summer’s end – without fail – returns you to those first summers, when everyone you loved was still here and the ocean was new."
| August Mon, 2022
Hate speech, privacy and the personal lives of public officials
The Hill published an op-ed written by Eagleton Director John J. Farmer, Jr. "In the meantime, the escalating threats to the lives of public officials, from federal judges and members of Congress to local election officials, require urgent action to address the common threads underlying those threats: easy access to private information on platforms that do little to discourage the proliferation of hate messaging that leads to real world targeting."
| June Mon, 2022
Ex-N.J. attorney general: The abortion ruling strips 167M Americans of their rights
On Friday, for the first time in our history, more than half of Americans were stripped of a right that had been deemed fundamental for generations. Whatever else you conclude about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in "Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization," the stark reality for women is simple: their most intimate decisions about reproductive health are no longer even partially shielded from governmental intrusion by a fundamental constitutional right that has offered a modicum of protection for 50 years.