Harold Meyerson

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."

Early life and education Meyerson was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles. He was educated in the Los Angeles public schools and at Columbia University. 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 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. 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. —he was an honorary vice-chair of the National Political Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America, until such positions were abolished in 2017. Like Sanders, Meyerson thinks the US would benefit from adopting Scandinavian social capitalist policies.

Personal life He currently shares his time between Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.