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Harold Meyerson is Editor-at-Large of The American Prospect.

Meyerson is also political editor and columnist for the L.A. Weekly, the nation's largest metropolitan weekly, where he served as executive editor from 1989 through 2001. 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.

He is the author of Who Put The Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz?, a critical biography of Broadway lyricist Yip Harburg, and his articles have been republished in several books, most notably the Brookings Institution's Bush v. Gore. In 1987-8, he was a regular commentator in The Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, and from the late '70s through the mid-'80s, he was a political consultant for a range of progressive causes and candidates.

From 1991 through 1995, Meyerson hosted the weekly show "Real Politics" on radio station KCRW, the Los Angeles area's leading NPR affiliate. He has been a frequent guest on televison and radio talk shows.

Born in Los Angeles in 1950, Meyerson was educated in Los Angeles public schools and at Columbia University. He lives in Washington, but maintains the pretense of bi-coastalism by swooping down on Los Angeles at more-or-less monthly intervals.

Articles by Harold Meyerson from The American Prospect:

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• Vol. 15, No. 3: Numbers Game Since McCain-Feingold, "527s" have been invaluable to the Democrats' 2004 strategy. So what are the Republicans trying to do? Eliminate them.
• Vol. 15, No. 2: The GOP Deploys Campaign events masquerading as "official" visits. A massive army on the ground. And—wouldn't you know it—a secret headquarters. Welcome to Bush-Cheney 2004.
• Vol. 15, No. 1: Las Vegas as a Workers' Paradise The hotel workers' union boosted wages and transformed dead-end jobs into middle-class careers in the very belly of the casino economy. Here's how it happened.
• Vol. 15, No. 1: Wal-Mart Nation
• Vol. 15, No. 1: Devil in the Details Do Good and Dump W.
• Vol. 14, No. 11: Judging Terry The DNC's Terry McAuliffe hasn't been Mr. Popular, especially since '02. But he's quietly been assembling the machinery for '04. His rep -- and a lot more -- hinges on the outcome.
• Vol. 14, No. 10: Not Quite the Big One Arnold Schwarzenegger's election is sending out shock waves, but he may find that recent progressive reforms won't be so easy to terminate.
• Vol. 14, No. 9: Recalling the Future Can a bizarre political process reverse California's transformation into a Democratic state?
• Vol. 14, No. 8: Organize or Die Three progressive union presidents -- with some surprising allies -- are out to transform American labor.
• Vol. 14, No. 7: The Indispensable Advocate With big-city machines gone, unions are the primary champions of America's new immigrants.
• Vol. 14, No. 6: Squandering Prosperity George W. Bush has the worst economic record of any president since Herbert Hoover. But can the Democrats exploit that at all?
• Vol. 14, No. 5: The Most Dangerous President Ever How and why George W. Bush undermines American security
• Vol. 14, No. 4: Clash of Civilizations In the battle between America and Europe, we better hope that they prevail.
• Vol. 14, No. 3: The Tough Dove's Moment Why John Kerry is the Democratic presidential candidate most likely to succeed
• Vol. 13, No. 24: Post-Gore Democrats
• Vol. 13, No. 23: The Cult of Karl
• Vol. 13, No. 22: Dems in the Dumps Demystifying their defeat; charting their comeback
• Vol. 13, No. 21: The Rising Latino Tide In Florida and Texas, as in California, the immigrant influx is creating a Democratic future (if not necessarily a Democratic present).
• Vol. 13, No. 20: Gore vs. Gephardt
• Vol. 13, No. 20: The Analogist Jim Chapin, 1942–2002
• Vol. 13, No. 19: Union Seeks Republicans Forget the Teamsters. It's those new-age organizing unions that are going post-partisan.
• Vol. 13, No. 17: Politics with People, Reinvented Paul Wellstone wants to win it clean -- with zeal, volunteers and a new-model, old-fashioned campaign.
• Vol. 13, No. 16: The Democrats and Iraq
• Vol. 13, No. 15: Shifting to Offense
• Vol. 13, No. 14: All-Capitalist Class War
• Vol. 13, No. 12: Greens to Liberals: Drop Dead!
• Vol. 13, No. 11: Senatorial Heresy The Democrats rethink free trade.
• Vol. 13, No. 10: The Democrats and the Euro-Left
• Vol. 13, No. 9: Axis of Incompetence On the shambles that is the Bush foreign policy
• Vol. 13, No. 7: Karl Rove's Wedges
• Vol. 13, No. 3: Enron's Enablers
• Vol. 13, No. 1: Our Democratic Lords
• Vol. 12, No. 21: Race Conquers All
• Vol. 12, No. 19: Bombs and Butter
• Vol. 12, No. 18: Life and Liberty
• Vol. 12, No. 18: Follow the Money Laundering
• Vol. 12, No. 17: Without DeLay
• Vol. 12, No. 17: Solidarity Sometimes
• Vol. 12, No. 14: Bush Burning
• Vol. 12, No. 12: L.A. Story
• Vol. 12, No. 11: California's Progressive Mosaic
• Vol. 12, No. 6: City of Tomorrow
• Vol. 12, No. 3: Indentured Public Servant
• Vol. 12, No. 1: The Purloined Presidency
• Vol. 11, No. 25: Democracy Deadlocked
• Vol. 11, No. 17: Gore's Mating Ritual
• Vol. 11, No. 15: A Clean Sweep
• Vol. 11, No. 11: Union Man
• Vol. 11, No. 8: A Paler Shade of Gray
• Vol. 11, No. 1: Waiting for Lefty
• Vol. 9, No. 37: Why Liberalism Fled the City ... And How It Might Come Back
• Vol. 8, No. 30: Dead Center
• Vol. 7, No. 25: Wither the Democrats

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• March 25, 2004: Professional Revolt Many conscientious civil servants, including Richard Clarke, relied on empirical data while working for Bush. Then were forced to leave.
• March 22, 2004: China's Workers The AFL-CIO is calling on the president to threaten China with tariffs until it stops artificially lowering its workers' wages.
• February 27, 2004: United Front Two of the country's most innovative and effective unions are joining together, making them 440,000 members strong.
• February 23, 2004: He's Back Ralph Nader is running for president again. Four reasons why this is a big mistake. By Harold Meyerson, Paul Waldman, Garance Franke-Ruta, and Matthew Yglesias
• February 20, 2004: New Deal Democrats are once again talking about poverty and class — and it's a smart move.
• February 13, 2004: Free Speech The First Amendment -- or at least part of it -- may be imperiled by an FEC ruling.
• February 6, 2004: Crony Capitalist For years the president has helped the rich. Luckily, Democrats are finally fighting back.
• February 2, 2004: Kerry Country Calling the Democratic front-runner "straightforward and tough," Missouri voters are rallying behind him.
• February 2, 2004: Riled Up Tapping into latent anti-Bush sentiment, the Democrats' voter-registration program is well under way in the key swing state of Missouri.
• January 30, 2004: Show Me The Democratic candidates do their best to woo skeptical voters in Missouri.
• January 29, 2004: Iron John Kerry shows a new adeptness in attacking the administration, especially its tilt toward the rich. Republicans ought to beware.
• January 27, 2004: Crowd Control Campaigning might not come naturally to John Kerry, but slowly he's learning how to lead a rally.
• January 23, 2004: Pulling Punches The Democrats refrained from attacking one another at the New Hampshire debate. But they didn't really go after George W. Bush, either.
• January 22, 2004: People Person Prep-school graduate John Kerry has rediscovered his populist voice, sticking up for working-class America and gathering supporters as he goes.
• January 15, 2004: Second-class citizens How Bush's tax code turns Americans into working stiffs — with little reward for their efforts.
• January 5, 2004: Dean and the Duke At least for now, Howard Dean bears more resemblance to John Wayne than to Jimmy Stewart.
• December 29, 2003: Un-American Recovery How the Bush recovery has undone the great balancing act of the New Deal.
• December 19, 2003: Muted Joy Why Saddam Hussein's capture is a terrific result of a terrible policy.
• December 12, 2003: Outside Chance Al Gore finally realized that he's an outsider in George W. Bush's America. Will other Dems make the same leap?
• December 4, 2003: Unkindest Cut Arnold Schwarzenegger attempts to reduce funding for programs that help the developmentally disabled.
• November 20, 2003: Buckeye Bull's-eye Why Democrats should target Ohio in 2004
• November 6, 2003: Sotto Voce The Senate's approval (by voice vote) of $87 billion for Iraq
• October 31, 2003: Benedict Arnold Will Schwarzenegger prove a traitor to the GOP's cultural conservatism?
• October 24, 2003: Battle Shy? Will Clark's issue hopping and Iowa avoidance hamper his campaign?
• October 16, 2003: News Break Evidence that FOX News is misinforming its viewers
• October 10, 2003: Gray Matter It was Davis, not Schwarzenegger, who brought Davis down.
• October 3, 2003: Immigration Nation How immigrants are changing California -- and American -- politics
• September 25, 2003: New Balance To unite the party, Clark must avoid becoming the anti-Dean.
• September 18, 2003: Justice Deserts The Supreme Court gets burnt by its decision in Bush v. Gore.
• September 11, 2003: Like Lyndon Bush's quandary bears some resemblance to LBJ's.
• September 4, 2003: Candidate Conan California's would-be governor hides behind his image.
• August 28, 2003: Labor Lost In Wal-Mart's America, worker rights are not a priority.
• August 21, 2003: First Offense The California recall is traced back to its flawed Progressive beginnings.
• August 11, 2003: Union Card The hand labor will play, in California and the presidential primary.
• July 31, 2003: California Dreaming Republicans hope to reclaim California permanently through a recall vote, but they're dreaming.
• July 24, 2003: War Trap Democrats need someone to unite a party doing battle with itself.
• July 18, 2003: Inconvenient Facts The Bush administration will not be cowed by the truth.
• July 11, 2003: Compromising Position Why Medicare legislation could become a new Missouri Compromise
• July 3, 2003: Phobe Home The Republican Party is still a haven for bigots.
• June 26, 2003: Janitorial Justice How unionized janitors became a force to be reckoned with
• June 19, 2003: Net Worth Why MoveOn.org's backing could be priceless to a Democratic candidate
• June 12, 2003: Hard Sell Bush doesn't appreciate soft power
• June 5, 2003: Past Tense While the DLC fights yesterday's battles, liberals are focusing on what's next.
• May 29, 2003: Civil Unions Labor could make a huge difference in 2004 -- if it can put aside its own turf battles.
• May 22, 2003: Total Recall How Republicans have gone too far in California and Texas
• May 14, 2003: Intelligence Designed How the Pentagon mimicked Enron
• May 9, 2003: Union Army? Why we should welcome an EU rapid deployment force
• March 19, 2003: Historical Present Our very own 1914, to be followed by our very own 1898
• November 6, 2002: Debacle Without vision, the party -- well, a Senate majority -- perishes.
• October 29, 2002: Liberalism's Heart Paul Wellstone, 1944-2002
• September 12, 2001: Bulgari Pentameter: And now a word from our sponsors...
• September 12, 2001: Life, Liberty and the Obligation to Defend Both