| December Wed, 2023
Report finds Black women are still underrepresented in U.S. politics despite progress
Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon talks this week with the report’s author Kelly Dittmar – an Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University – to learn more about the state of Black women in American politics.
| December Wed, 2023
One out of Three Ain’t Gonna Cut it
According to the Center for American Women and Politics, 43 women (35.8% of 120 seats) currently serve in the legislature, ranking New Jersey 21st among the 50 states in the proportion of women serving. If the goal is to keep the status quo at ⅓, then we are doing really well.
| December Wed, 2023
Texas Ranked Second-Worst State for Women’s Equality
To put together its study, WalletHub gathered and evaluated data from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Center for American Women and Politics and Institute for Women’s Policy Research, among others.
| November Tue, 2023
Black donors, power brokers take note of Alsobrooks’s historic Senate run
“Early money is like yeast. It makes the dough rise,” said Kira Sanbonmatsu, a political science professor at Rutgers University and senior scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.