Harold Meyerson
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The Fight for 15’s Long, Winding, and Brandeisian Road
Jul 18, 2019The progression of the Fight for 15 from a left-wing community organization and a left-wing union to left-wing cities to left-wing states to the Democratic mainstream is representative of the broader transformation of the Democratic Party in recent years.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, JULY 4 (ANNOTATED)
Jul 03, 2019ULTRA-TOP-SECRET: For POTUS (DJT), Ivanka and Jared (JK) only
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How Centrists Misread Scandinavia When Attacking Bernie and Elizabeth
Jul 02, 2019Commentators like David Brooks love Scandinavian economics—except the part about unions.
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Handicapping the Democratic Field After the First Debates
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Never Mind the Russians. It’s the Court That Rigs Our Elections.
Jun 27, 2019The five Republican justices’ gerrymandering decision ensures GOP rule even when the party’s in the minority.
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So Many Democrats, So Little Time
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Bernie, Son of FDR
Jun 12, 2019Sanders casts his socialism as an updated continuation of the New Deal.
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The God-Damnedest Policy Paper of the Year
May 24, 2019Senator Marco Rubio calls out corporate short-sightedness in a startling new paper—but he's short on solutions.
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The Writers Guild’s Dispute Had a Prequel. Lew Wasserman and the Feds Were the Stars.
May 22, 2019But this time around, the Justice Department isn't interested in challenging antitrust violations.
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With Uber’s Stock Tanking, Trump’s NLRB Rides to Its Rescue
May 14, 2019The Board chose today to release a month-old memo saying Uber drivers can’t unionize.
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Biden’s Bipartisan Illusions
May 07, 2019The former veep seems stuck in the 1970s, when Democrats could reach across the aisle, and be stalwart friends of both Wall Street and labor.
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The Malign Cluelessness of the Billionaire Bourgeoisie
May 03, 2019Capitalism is more unpopular than ever—but the billionaire class has yet to catch on.
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Trump Did What Nixon Did, but Today’s GOP Won’t Convict
Apr 25, 2019With the assistance of Fox News and its ilk, Republicans have cocooned themselves against all evidence.
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How Think Progress Would Have Attacked Franklin Roosevelt
Apr 17, 2019The Center for American Progress is hardly the first institution to label liberals and leftists of some means as inauthentic or hypocritical for their own attacks on concentrated wealth.
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House Democrats Play Dirty to Shut Out Progressive New Voices
Apr 12, 2019The new rule against primary challenges is meant to tilt the party more towards the center.
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About the Author
Harold Meyerson is the editor-at-large at The American Prospect and a columnist for The Washington Post. His articles on politics, labor, the economy, foreign policy, and American culture have also appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Nation, The New Statesman; the op-ed, commentary, and book review sections of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, and in numerous other publications.
