Harold Meyerson

On Friday, the first World Cup match featuring the U.S. team will be held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, one of those innumerable small cities nestled in the very heart of Los Angeles. Whether those in attendance will have access to food and drink, however... See more

This article appears in the June 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. If you’d like to receive our next issue in your mailbox, please subscribe here. In its more than two centuries of existence, the Democratic Party has, from time to time, demons... See more

As my colleague Bob Kuttner has been documenting of late, the congressional Republicans’ lockstep support for every Trumpian outrage and whim is beginning to fray. Yesterday, the 211 House Democrats were joined by four Republicans to pass a resolution dir... See more

It’s Election Day in my home state, and it raises a meta-question that’s not before the voters as such, but that nonetheless depresses both them and their turnout: How did California politics become so lackluster? My colleague David Dayen and I have both ... See more

Let’s come up with a hypothetical Democratic primary for governor in heavily Democratic California. Imagine that one candidate (let’s call him Candidate 1) has largely avoided taking any positions on key economic questions like taxes, but has taken signif... See more