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Harold Meyerson Writes
Below are links to Harold's articles on the Washington
Post, LA Weekly and The American Prospect.
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The
Washington Post Search Engine
By common consent one of America’s two or three greatest newspapers, The
Washington Post is particularly celebrated for its coverage of
American politics. Its opinion pages are home to some of America’s
most prominent commentators, including George Will, Robert Novak,
and Charles Krauthammer on the right, David Broder in the center,
and E.J. Dionne, Jr., and Harold Meyerson on the left. Meyerson began
his weekly (usually Wednesday) column there in March of 2003, just
as the Iraqi War was beginning. |
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LA
Weeky Search Engine
Founded in 1978 by former New York journalist and free spirit Jay
Levin, the Weekly has long been the most highly regarded
alternative weekly in the nation. Under editors Levin, Kit Rachlis,
Sue Horton and Laurie Ochoa, the Weekly has been home both
to first rate arts and cultural criticism, but in-depth political
reporting and commentary on matters local, national and global.
As executive editor from 1989 through 2001, Meyerson focused the
paper on the transformation of Los Angeles – the decimation
of manufacturing, the growth of a bipolar economy, and the rise
of a labor-Latino alliance that’s been a model for progressive
coalitions in other cities. The roster of Weekly writers
past and present includes Manohla Dargis, John Powers, Steve Erickson,
Michael Ventura, Ella Taylor, Jonathan Gold, Tom Carson, Ruben Martinez
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The American Prospect
Founded
in 1990 by three leading progressive intellectuals
and policy experts – Robert
Reich (later Secretary of Labor in the Clinton
Administration), Robert Kuttner and Paul Starr – The
American Prospect has
evolved over its 15 years from liberalism’s most authoritative
policy journal to a full-service liberal monthly,
which has added in-depth political and social
reporting and cultural commentary to its policy analyses. Recent Prospect articles
widely cited in the press include Linda Hirshman’s reappraisal
of feminism, Will Bunch’s expose of Republican Senator Rick
Santorum’s dubious personal finances, and Mark Goldberg’s
story on the butcher of Darfur who’s also a CIA asset. “Tapped,” the Prospect’s
blog, is considered among the smartest and most
liberal weblogs in the land, featuring such stellar
young talents as Garance Franke-Ruta and Matt Yglesias.
In 2001,
the magazine moved its editorial operations from
Boston to Washington, DC, as Kuttner stepped down from day-to-day
editing and Harold Meyerson, moving east from Los Angeles, took the
reins. Today, the magazine is edited by former New
York Magazine political editor Michael Tomasky, and Meyerson,
as editor-at-large, authors a wide range of pieces. In the current
April issue, he has a major piece on the problems of the economy
in the era of outsourcing, which asks the question: Can America
survive American capitalism?
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