Harold Meyerson is editor at large of The American Prospect. His email is hmeyerson@prospect.org.
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What Did Hoffa Want?
Martin Scorsese’s new movie and a Harvard professor’s new book provide a picture, but only partial explanations, of the Teamster leader’s ultimately suicidal rage. Read more
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Witnesses? Evidence? Pfoo!
Senate Republicans escalate their party’s war on empiricism to new heights. Read more
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Victory Through Cheating
Today on TAP: Do Republican senators think presidential elections are as important as baseball? Read more
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Bernie-and-Elizabeth Matters More Than Bernie-vs.-Elizabeth
History will remember both Sanders and Warren for taking on American capitalism. Their differences won’t loom that large. Read more
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Grappling With Inequality, the Bloomberg Variations
Today on TAP: Michael Bloomberg comes out against economic inequality Read more
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The Shots Not Taken
Democrats shy from confrontation in Tuesday’s debate, but Warren may get a bounce from her not-quite-but-more-than-confrontational comeback. Read more
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Who Wants Us in Iraq?
Today on TAP: The logical consequences of Bush’s invasion Read more
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Bailing From Royalty, and Our Own Anachronistic Rule
Today on TAP: It’s high time we ditched America’s undemocratic institutions Read more
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Genghis Trump
Today on TAP: The U.S. president threatens to destroy civilization’s treasures Read more
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Bloomberg: The Manchurian Candidate
Today on TAP: The Washington Post highlights Michael Bloomberg’s investment in China Read more
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Workers Have Rights? Uber and the Chamber Go to Court to Stop Such Nonsense.
Today on TAP: In California, big business tries to overturn pro-worker legislation Read more
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It’s a Death by Suicide—Uh, Make That, It’s a Wonderful Life
Today on TAP: Deaths of despair in Frank Capra’s—and our—America Read more
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A Smaller Democratic Field Actually Manages to Debate
Biden doesn’t blither; Warren defends wealth tax; what Klobuchar sees when she looks at Buttigieg. Read more
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Trump’s Pal Tulsi
Today on TAP: Gabbard plays to the credulous wing of the left Read more
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Will Bloomberg Pledge to Support the Eventual Democratic Nominee?
Today on TAP: The question the media should be asking Mike Bloomberg Read more
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The Little Union That Could … Shut Down This Week’s Democratic Debate
Los Angeles’s hotel and restaurant local is no giant, but it has blazed trails for the entire American labor movement. Read more
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Et Tu, U.K.?
Labour’s wipeout in yesterday’s British election highlights the transnational defection of the white working class and deepens the global crisis of the social democratic left. Read more
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Washington (the State, Not the Feds) Raises Overtime Pay
Today on TAP: Once again, Washington leads with worker-friendly state laws Read more
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In the First Debates, the Candidates Didn’t Get Enough Time to Answer. Last Night, They Got Too Much.
The best way to avoid the curse of déjà vu would be for the moderators to turn the discussion to topics they’ve thus far scanted. Read more
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Bargaining for More
Can unions change labor law so that they can reach a deal with all employers? Read more
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What the Socialists Just Did—and Why
Dissecting DSA’s battles to define its role in American politics Read more
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Biden Didn’t Dodder, and Other Observations
Also: What’s Gabbard’s game? Read more
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Who’s Up, Who’s Down, Who’s Out to Lunch
The Gang of Five won't be getting any bigger. Read more
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Why Democrats Can’t Pick One of Those Many Senators for Veep
The party has given its VP nod to a senator (or renominated a veep who was a senator) at every convention but one since 1944. Next year, that’s not an option. Read more
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The Fight for 15’s Long, Winding, and Brandeisian Road
The progression of the Fight for 15 from a left-wing community organization and a left-wing union to left-wing cities to left-wing states to the Democratic mainstream is representative of the broader transformation of the Democratic Party in recent years. Read more
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, JULY 4 (ANNOTATED)
ULTRA-TOP-SECRET: For POTUS (DJT), Ivanka and Jared (JK) only Read more
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How Centrists Misread Scandinavia When Attacking Bernie and Elizabeth
Commentators like David Brooks love Scandinavian economics—except the part about unions. Read more
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Handicapping the Democratic Field After the First Debates
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Never Mind the Russians. It’s the Court That Rigs Our Elections.
The five Republican justices’ gerrymandering decision ensures GOP rule even when the party’s in the minority. Read more
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Bernie, Son of FDR
Sanders casts his socialism as an updated continuation of the New Deal. Read more
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The God-Damnedest Policy Paper of the Year
Senator Marco Rubio calls out corporate short-sightedness in a startling new paper—but he's short on solutions. Read more
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The Writers Guild’s Dispute Had a Prequel. Lew Wasserman and the Feds Were the Stars.
But this time around, the Justice Department isn't interested in challenging antitrust violations. Read more
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With Uber’s Stock Tanking, Trump’s NLRB Rides to Its Rescue
The Board chose today to release a month-old memo saying Uber drivers can’t unionize. Read more
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The Malign Cluelessness of the Billionaire Bourgeoisie
Capitalism is more unpopular than ever—but the billionaire class has yet to catch on. Read more
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Trump Did What Nixon Did, but Today’s GOP Won’t Convict
With the assistance of Fox News and its ilk, Republicans have cocooned themselves against all evidence. Read more
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How Think Progress Would Have Attacked Franklin Roosevelt
The Center for American Progress is hardly the first institution to label liberals and leftists of some means as inauthentic or hypocritical for their own attacks on concentrated wealth. Read more
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House Democrats Play Dirty to Shut Out Progressive New Voices
The new rule against primary challenges is meant to tilt the party more towards the center. Read more
