Joseph Minish Archives - New Jersey Globe

Running unopposed in South Orange, Collum and team still discussing local issues with voters

March 14, 2023 12:30 pmMarch 14, 2023 12:57 pm

A slate of four women running in the May 9 non-partisan municipal election in South Orange might be unopposed, but they’re still taking their message to the voters in a sort of Brian Stack way of keeping their foot on...

Trailblazer: Bill Stubbs

January 16, 2023 12:01 amJanuary 15, 2023 8:06 pm

William E. Stubbs (1917-2003) was the first African American to win a major party nomination for Congress in New Jersey. He won a three-way Republican primary in New Jersey’s 11th district in 1964 but lost the general election to freshman...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 5, 2022 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:49 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

Trailblazer: Bill Stubbs

January 17, 2022 12:00 amJanuary 16, 2022 5:33 pm

William E. Stubbs (1917-2003) was the first African American to win a major party nomination for Congress in New Jersey. He won a three-way Republican primary in New Jersey’s 11th district in 1964 but lost the general election to freshman...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 6, 2021 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:48 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

Frank Askin, legendary ACLU counsel and Rutgers professor, dies at 89

July 6, 2021 8:29 pmJuly 7, 2021 12:15 am

Frank Askin, an iconic constitutional scholar and activist who spent 36 years as the general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, died on July 1. He was 89. Askin was twice a candidate for the U.S....

Van Drew votes against ERA ratification extension after supporting, co-sponsoring it last year

March 17, 2021 9:08 pmMarch 18, 2021 1:14 am

Thirteen months after voting to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – a measure he co-sponsored — Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted against it today. Van Drew was one of five Republicans to support the measure...