Norman Markowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Norman Markowitz
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Opinion
Michael Nash’s work lives on: historian, archivist, teacher-activist
August 1, 2012He was a a close friend of mine for four decades, so it is with some sadness that I write this remembrance of his life and work.
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Opinion
Living history in “Anne Braden: Southern Patriot”
July 25, 2012I thought I knew about legendary civil rights activists Carl and Anne Braden before I saw this documentary. I was very wrong.
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U.S.
Did Dharun Ravi verdict bring justice for Tyler Clementi?
May 24, 2012Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, where I have taught for 41 years, committed suicide.
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Opinion
The new assault on affirmative action
March 15, 2012Readers may be unaware that Communist trade unionists were pioneers in developing practical programs to integrate minorities and women into employment.
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Opinion
The voucher swindle hits New Jersey
December 5, 2011Do former officials of the Bush administration and other right-wing Republican-connected people who lead these groups have any interest in educating working class and minority students?
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Opinion
A little debt-ceiling history, and a few suggestions
August 5, 2011It was a double "hostage crisis": The right enforced party discipline on the whole GOP and then made the Democrats negotiate on its own terms.
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Opinion
Palin, Paul Revere and the rewards of ignorance
June 8, 2011Sarah Palin and her friends on the Republican right seem to have never heard of either validity or reliability.
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U.S.
“Study-in” becomes “lock-in” and a professor speaks out
May 10, 2011NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - On April 27, nine students launched a "study-in" at the office of Rutgers University president Richard L. McCormick. The students soon found themselves in a kind of "lock in" as they were...
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