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Harold Meyerson
Harold Meyerson is editor at large of The American Prospect.
Posted inTAP
A Really Bad Week for the Global Right
And what is it about Christian nationalism that looks to produce kleptocratic regimes?
Posted inPolitics
Re-enacting the Crusades
Pete Hegseth’s Christianity—tribal, with plenty of enemies who deserve the sword—is central to the MAGA worldview.
Posted inTAP
The Friends of Viktor Orbán
Trump and Putin, Bibi and Tucker Carlson, thug-ocrats of all nations flock to Orbán’s banner.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Greed Flows South
Some of our billionaires feel comfortable only in states of the neo-Confederacy.
Posted inTAP
For Passover: 4 Questions Trump’s Iran War Speech Didn’t Answer
Including ‘Why did he start it?’ and ‘When will he end it?’
Posted inWorking in America
A House of Labor Divided
Internal rivalries among the leaders of the United Auto Workers are sapping the momentum from its historic victories.
Posted inTAP
New Israeli Law: Hangings for Palestinians, but No Noose for Jews
A Palestinian murder of a Jew is a capital offense; it’s not for a Jewish murder of a Palestinian.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A K-Shaped Economy Requires K-Shaped Taxes
Wealth tax skeptics either fail to notice the massive upward redistribution of wealth, income, and political power, benefit from it, or fear challenging it.