National Public Radio interview with Dr. Judith Rodin, 1/15/97 (Requires that you have downloaded RealAudio plugin)

"A Roiling and Robust Exchange of Ideas" an essay by Dr. Judith Rodin touching upon the Commission's work on the Penn campus in Almanac, 1/14/97

"Battling America the Mean", an interview with Dr. Judith Rodin in Salon Magazine, 1/8/97

"Penn National Commission Tackles Incivility" a news article in the Penn Compass, 12/17/96

Dr. Judith Rodin's Keynote Address and Closing Remarks to the Commission's first meeting in Almanac, 12/9-10/96

"Penn names 48 to national commission to combat incivility in American life," Chronicle of Higher Education (online), 12/9/96

"Panel to ask why streets getting meaner," a news article by the Associated Press, 12/8/96

"The Spiritual Void; Increasing Incivility," an Op-Ed by Martin Marty in The Los Angeles Times, 12/21/97

"Making Nice is Not the Same as Doing Good," an Op-Ed by Michael Sandel in The New York Times, 12/29/96

"Journalism Needs Respite from Media," an article in The Palm Beach Post, 3/17/98

"Rise in Incivility, Public Fistfights Spark a Backlash," an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/12/97

"Desperately Seeking Civility" an article in The Deseret News, 3/19/97

"Rude, Coarse and Selfish: Got a Problem With That?" an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, 3/9/97

"House Members Not Alone in Their Search for Civility," an article in The Washington Times, 3/9/97

"Civility a Hot Topic in Congress -- and Out" article carried by Gannett News Service, 2/28/97

"Neighbors Helping Neighbors; America Rediscovering Value of Communities," article in The Chattanooga Times, 2/11/97

"The American Incivil War" an article in The London Times Higher Education Supplement, 1/24/97

"Searching for Civility", an editorial in the Sacramento Bee, 12/31/96

"Growing incivility in American life is worrisome," an op-ed in The Nashville Banner, 12/26/96

"Excuse me, but...whatever happened to manners?" a news article in USAToday, 12/16/96

"Promoting a return to "Civil Society'; diverse group of crusaders looks for new solutions to social problems" a news article in The Washington Post, 12/15/96

"Civility's ailing, but not dead yet," an essay by columnist Tom Sheridan, in the Chicago Sun-Times, 12/11/96

Press Release announcing the Commission's June, 1997 meeting, 6/6/97

Press release announcing the Commission's first meeting, 12/6/96