American journalist (born 1950)
Harold Meyerson
(born 1950) is an American journalist, opinion columnist and
socialist
. In 2009
The Atlantic Monthly
named him one of "the most influential commentators in the nation" as part of their list "The Atlantic 50."
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Early life and education
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Meyerson was born to a
Jewish
family
[3]
in
Los Angeles
. He was educated in the Los Angeles public schools and at
Columbia University
.
[4]
The son of long time leaders in
California
of the
Socialist Party of America
, he was active in the 1970s in the
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
.
Career
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Meyerson is editor-at-large of
The American Prospect
and was an opinion columnist for
The Washington Post
from 2003 until 2015, when he was fired by the latter. Some speculate that the firing was politically motivated and related to the 2016 electoral season and the rise of Bernie Sanders.
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He served as executive editor of the
L.A. Weekly
from 1989 through 2001, and continues to write about California politics in the
Los Angeles Times
.
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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
, and
New Statesman
.
He is the author of
Who Put The Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz?,
a biography of Broadway lyricist
Yip Harburg
, and his articles have been republished in several books, most notably the
Brookings Institution
's volume on
Bush v. Gore
. From 1991 through 1995, Meyerson hosted the weekly show "Real Politics" on the
NPR
station
KCRW
in
Los Angeles
. He has been a frequent guest on television and radio talk shows, including "The Four O'Clock Report" with
Jon Wiener
on KPFK in Los Angeles.
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An avowed
democratic socialist
—according to Meyerson one of only "two" that he encounters during "daily rounds through the nation's capital," the other being Senator
Bernie Sanders
of Vermont
[7]
—he was an honorary vice-chair of the National Political Committee of the
Democratic Socialists of America
, until such positions were abolished in 2017.
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Like Sanders, Meyerson thinks the US would benefit from adopting Scandinavian
social capitalist
policies.
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Personal life
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He currently shares his time between
Washington, D.C.
, and Los Angeles.
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