Ruth Marcus (journalist)
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Ruth Allyn Marcus (born May 15, 1958)[1][2] is an American political commentator and journalist. She worked for The Washington Post from 1984 to 2025, where she wrote an op-ed column and served as the Deputy Editorial Page Editor for the newspaper. In March 2007, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.[3]
Ideologically and politically, Marcus identifies as a liberal and as a Zionist.[4] She is registered as an Independent.
Early life and education
Marcus was born in Philadelphia in 1958 and grew up in a Jewish family in Livingston, New Jersey.[5] Both her parents were pharmacists. She attended school in Livingston with and has remained a close friend of fellow columnist Mona Charen.[6] She studied at Yale University where she wrote for the college newspaper. After receiving her B.A. degree, Marcus wrote for the National Law Journal, before attending Harvard Law School, from which she received her J.D. degree in 1984.
Career
The Washington Post
Marcus began writing for The Washington Post while still in law school, and formally joined the paper after graduation.
From her Washington Post biography:
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Marcus has been with The Post since 1984. She joined the national staff in 1986, covering campaign finance, the Justice Department, the Supreme Court and the White House. From 1999 through 2002, she served as deputy national editor, supervising reporters who covered money and politics, Congress, the Supreme Court, and other national issues. She joined the editorial board in 2003 and began writing a regular column in 2006.[7]
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Marcus resigned on March 10, 2025 after CEO Will Lewis refused to publish an opinion piece that she wrote which was critical of Post owner Jeff Bezos.[8] Two days later, on March 12, she published the spiked opinion piece in full, along with an essay reflecting on her career at the Post and the changes under Bezos's ownership, in The New Yorker.[9]
Works
- Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover, Simon & Schuster (December 3, 2019) Template:ISBN
Personal life
Marcus is married to former Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, a Democrat.[10] The couple have two daughters, Emma and Julia.[11]
References
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- ↑ Marcus, Ruth Allyn 1958. Template:Archive url
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- ↑ "Ruth Marcus", The Washington Post Writers Group. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 16 February 2012.
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- ↑ Jewish Women International: "Ruth Marcus - Writing Columns About the Personal and the Political" by Susan Josephs archived by the Wayback Machine on 5 December 2013 "Raised in Philadelphia and Livingston, N.J., Marcus grew up in a traditional, kosher Jewish home with parents who strongly valued higher education"
- ↑ Mona Charen and Ruth Marcus, C-SPAN Q&A (television), July 9, 2006. Accessed November 30, 2014. "Brian Lamb, C-SPAN: Ruth Marcus, can you remember the first time you met Mona Charen? Ruth Marcus, Author: I can't remember the first time but I can remember many other times in the middle there because we were – we both started in Livingston, New Jersey in fourth grade."
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External links
- Ruth Marcus at The Washington Post
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