The politics of urban racial, class, and regime succession.
Harold Meyerson
Harold Meyerson is editor at large of The American Prospect.
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Real-World Democratic Socialism
Zohran Mamdani’s appointments to steer New York’s economic development reflect the win-win of people-centered growth.
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When the Anti-Sharia Law Demagogues Fall Silent
Today on TAP: The Republicans who stoke anti-Muslim bigotry have nothing to say about Sharia law nations buying CNN and Warner Bros.
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A Great Economy Unless You Have to Work for a Living
The gap between investment income and work income has never been so glaring.
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Trump’s Speech Tonight Won’t Be About the Economy or Iran
It will be about what really concerns him: the 2020 election.
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Monitor Amok!
The federal court–appointed official overseeing the UAW is taking sides in the union’s upcoming presidential election.
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Can American Economics Change?
A business school professor and storied investor says it now has to prioritize the national interest. That’s a start, but nowhere near enough.
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Benjamin Franklin, Champion of the Wealth Tax
When public needs were great, he wrote, its claim on the ‘superfluous’ property of the rich was strong and just.