http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonGet the latest articles from Harold Meyerson articles and view preview articles in the Harold Meyerson archive from The Washington Post.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanyWed, 15 May 2013 03:06:05 GMTWed, 15 May 2013 03:06:05 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2bec2507/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Emending0Efactory0Econditions0Eafter0Ebangladesh0C20A130C0A50C140C0A6d0A44ce0Ebcc50E11e20E9b0A90E1638acc3942e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>The most dangerous job in the world, outside war zones, isn’t that of an undercover police officer or a firefighter or a bullfighter or aerialist. It’s sewing garments — particularly in Bangladesh. </p> <p>The death toll in the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/bangladesh-plans-to-raise-wages-for-garment-workers-after-factory-collapse-raises-scrutiny/2013/05/12/41942dfe-bb72-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html">April 24 collapse of Rana Plaza</a> has topped 1,100 and continues to rise. But Rana Plaza is merely the most deadly of an unbroken string of preventable disasters that have plagued garment manufacturing in Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest exporter of clothing, behind only China. It’s not even the most recent preventable disaster: Since the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/woman-rescued-from-collapsed-garment-factory-in-bangladesh-after-17-days/2013/05/10/6bf4bb50-b982-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html">cataclysmic building collapse</a>, several fires have swept other Bangladeshi factories, the most recent of which, last week, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/toll-from-bangladesh-factory-tragedy-approaches-900-as-decomposing-bodies-sent-for-dna-tests/2013/05/08/408f9c7c-b85c-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html">took eight lives</a>. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-mending-factory-conditions-after-bangladesh/2013/05/14/06d044ce-bcc5-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2bec2507/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-mending-factory-conditions-after-bangladesh%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F06d044ce-bcc5-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Mending+factory+conditions+after+Bangladesh" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-mending-factory-conditions-after-bangladesh%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F06d044ce-bcc5-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Mending+factory+conditions+after+Bangladesh" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-mending-factory-conditions-after-bangladesh%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F06d044ce-bcc5-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Mending+factory+conditions+after+Bangladesh" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-mending-factory-conditions-after-bangladesh%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F06d044ce-bcc5-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Mending+factory+conditions+after+Bangladesh" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-mending-factory-conditions-after-bangladesh%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F06d044ce-bcc5-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Mending+factory+conditions+after+Bangladesh" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664580928/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2bec2507/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664580928/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2bec2507/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664580928/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2bec2507/a2t.img" border="0"/>fashion showForbesHarold MeyersonWed, 15 May 2013 00:35:06 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-mending-factory-conditions-after-bangladesh/2013/05/14/06d044ce-bcc5-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2baf8722/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Elabor0Ewrestles0Ewith0Eits0Efuture0C20A130C0A50C0A80C852192d60Eb74f0E11e20Eb94c0Eb684dda0A7add0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>Since the emergence of capitalism, workers seeking higher pay and safer workplaces have banded together in guilds and unions to pressure their employers for a better deal. That has been the approach of the American labor movement for the past 200 years. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-labor-wrestles-with-its-future/2013/05/08/852192d6-b74f-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2baf8722/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-labor-wrestles-with-its-future%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F852192d6-b74f-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Labor+wrestles+with+its+future" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-labor-wrestles-with-its-future%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F852192d6-b74f-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Labor+wrestles+with+its+future" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-labor-wrestles-with-its-future%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F852192d6-b74f-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Labor+wrestles+with+its+future" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-labor-wrestles-with-its-future%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F852192d6-b74f-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Labor+wrestles+with+its+future" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-labor-wrestles-with-its-future%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F852192d6-b74f-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Labor+wrestles+with+its+future" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664191134/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2baf8722/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664191134/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2baf8722/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664191134/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2baf8722/a2t.img" border="0"/>private sectorHarold MeyersonService Employees International UnionThu, 09 May 2013 01:09:34 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-labor-wrestles-with-its-future/2013/05/08/852192d6-b74f-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2b5e8d59/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ehow0Eto0Eease0Eeconomic0Eanxiety0C20A130C0A40C30A0Cc4bc0A13c0Eb1c40E11e20Ebbf20Ea6f9e9d79e190Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>The American public knows it’s downwardly mobile. What it doesn’t know is what it can do to arrest, much less reverse, that trend.</p> <p>The public’s awareness of its <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-economy/solutions-bank/being-in-the-middle-class-means-worrying-about-falling-behind-20130425">plight</a> was evident in the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://assets.nationaljournal.com/Topline-Results.pdf" target="_blank">Allstate/National Journal poll</a> released last Thursday. Half of the respondents – 49 percent – said that only the upper class could realistically expect to be able to pay for their children’s college education. Another 46 percent said that only the upper class could realistically anticipate having enough money to cope with a health emergency or job loss, while 45 percent said that only the upper class should expect to be able to save enough to retire comfortably. Fully 59 percent said they were concerned about falling out of their current economic class over the next few years.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-how-to-ease-economic-anxiety/2013/04/30/c4bc013c-b1c4-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2b5e8d59/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-how-to-ease-economic-anxiety%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2Fc4bc013c-b1c4-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=How+to+ease+economic+anxiety" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-how-to-ease-economic-anxiety%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2Fc4bc013c-b1c4-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=How+to+ease+economic+anxiety" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-how-to-ease-economic-anxiety%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2Fc4bc013c-b1c4-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=How+to+ease+economic+anxiety" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-how-to-ease-economic-anxiety%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2Fc4bc013c-b1c4-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=How+to+ease+economic+anxiety" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-how-to-ease-economic-anxiety%2F2013%2F04%2F30%2Fc4bc013c-b1c4-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=How+to+ease+economic+anxiety" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016873427/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2b5e8d59/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016873427/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2b5e8d59/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016873427/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2b5e8d59/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:52:15 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-how-to-ease-economic-anxiety/2013/04/30/c4bc013c-b1c4-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2b15549f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ewhat0Ewould0Ethe0Ekoch0Ebrothers0Edo0Eto0Ethe0Elos0Eangeles0Etimes0C20A130C0A40C230C469baa940Eac440E11e20Ea8b90E2a63d75b54590Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>On May 21, Los Angeles voters will go to the polls to select a new mayor. Who will govern Los Angeles, however, is only the second-most important local question in the city today. The most important, by far, is who will buy the Los Angeles Times.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-what-would-the-koch-brothers-do-to-the-los-angeles-times/2013/04/23/469baa94-ac44-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2b15549f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-what-would-the-koch-brothers-do-to-the-los-angeles-times%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F469baa94-ac44-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=What+would+the+Koch+brothers+do+to+the+Los+Angeles+Times%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-what-would-the-koch-brothers-do-to-the-los-angeles-times%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F469baa94-ac44-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=What+would+the+Koch+brothers+do+to+the+Los+Angeles+Times%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-what-would-the-koch-brothers-do-to-the-los-angeles-times%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F469baa94-ac44-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=What+would+the+Koch+brothers+do+to+the+Los+Angeles+Times%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-what-would-the-koch-brothers-do-to-the-los-angeles-times%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F469baa94-ac44-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=What+would+the+Koch+brothers+do+to+the+Los+Angeles+Times%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-what-would-the-koch-brothers-do-to-the-los-angeles-times%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F469baa94-ac44-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=What+would+the+Koch+brothers+do+to+the+Los+Angeles+Times%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016420300/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2b15549f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016420300/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2b15549f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016420300/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2b15549f/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:28:17 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-what-would-the-koch-brothers-do-to-the-los-angeles-times/2013/04/23/469baa94-ac44-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2acca7eb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Etaking0Ethe0Eservice0Eout0Eof0Ethe0Eservice0Esector0C20A130C0A40C160Cb0Aa47efe0Ea6b60E11e20E830A20E3c7e0Aea970A570Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>For decades, U.S. corporations have been told to slim down. Not to abandon corporate jets or cut CEO pay, mind you, but to produce more with fewer employees. The conventional wisdom couldn’t have been clearer: The minimum number of required workers yields the maximum level of profits, all else being equal and the creek don’t rise. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-taking-the-service-out-of-the-service-sector/2013/04/16/b0a47efe-a6b6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2acca7eb/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-taking-the-service-out-of-the-service-sector%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2Fb0a47efe-a6b6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Taking+the+%E2%80%98service%E2%80%99+out+of+the+service+sector" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-taking-the-service-out-of-the-service-sector%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2Fb0a47efe-a6b6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Taking+the+%E2%80%98service%E2%80%99+out+of+the+service+sector" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-taking-the-service-out-of-the-service-sector%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2Fb0a47efe-a6b6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Taking+the+%E2%80%98service%E2%80%99+out+of+the+service+sector" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-taking-the-service-out-of-the-service-sector%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2Fb0a47efe-a6b6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Taking+the+%E2%80%98service%E2%80%99+out+of+the+service+sector" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-taking-the-service-out-of-the-service-sector%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2Fb0a47efe-a6b6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson&t=Taking+the+%E2%80%98service%E2%80%99+out+of+the+service+sector" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323646810/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2acca7eb/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323646810/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2acca7eb/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323646810/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2acca7eb/a2t.img" border="0"/>Harold MeyersonJ C Penney Company Incamerican economyTue, 16 Apr 2013 23:22:23 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-taking-the-service-out-of-the-service-sector/2013/04/16/b0a47efe-a6b6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/29d93bf2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Eits0Enot0Ethe0Eleft0Ethats0Echanged0Eits0Ethe0Eeconomy0C20A130C0A30C210C1aa67af80E925a0E11e20E9cfd0E36d6c9b5d7ad0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>Have American liberals moved too far to the left? That’s long been the contention of conservatives contemplating liberal positions on a host of social issues, such as gay marriage and the legalization of undocumented immigrants. But <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/support-for-same-sex-marriage-reaches-all-time-high-poll-finds/2013/03/18/86ad3382-8ff7-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html">opinion polls on these issues show</a> that yesterday’s far-out liberal positions are quickly becoming <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://publicreligion.org/research/2013/03/2013-religion-values-immigration-survey/">today’s conventional wisdom</a>. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-its-not-the-left-thats-changed-its-the-economy/2013/03/21/1aa67af8-925a-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/29d93bf2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=It%E2%80%99s+not+the+left+that%E2%80%99s+changed%2C+it%E2%80%99s+the+economy&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-its-not-the-left-thats-changed-its-the-economy%2F2013%2F03%2F21%2F1aa67af8-925a-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393396842/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/29d93bf2/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393396842/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/29d93bf2/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161393396842/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/29d93bf2/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:03:14 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-its-not-the-left-thats-changed-its-the-economy/2013/03/21/1aa67af8-925a-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2985fcfc/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ethe0Enissan0Eway0Eof0Ebusting0Eunions0C20A130C0A30C120C4548cebc0E8b2c0E11e20Eb63f0Ef53fb9f2fcb40Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>“We were supposed to take care of our people,” says Tim Krieg, recalling his time as a combat medic in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. Now he is a manager who supervises 40 in the body shop at Nissan’s factory in Smyrna, Tenn. “And I believe in taking care of our workers now.” </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-the-nissan-way-of-busting-unions/2013/03/12/4548cebc-8b2c-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/2985fcfc/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Union-busting+at+Nissan&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-the-nissan-way-of-busting-unions%2F2013%2F03%2F12%2F4548cebc-8b2c-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921179270/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2985fcfc/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921179270/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2985fcfc/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921179270/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/2985fcfc/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:43:01 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-the-nissan-way-of-busting-unions/2013/03/12/4548cebc-8b2c-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/29487c7a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Esteering0Eamerica0Etoward0Ea0Emore0Esecure0Eretirement0C20A130C0A30C0A60C65e777d0A0E85d80E11e20E98a30Eb3db6b9ac5860Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>To the let’s-cut-entitlements crowd, what’s wrong with America is that seniors are living too high off the hog. With the cost of medical care still rising (though not as fast as it used to), the government is shelling out many more dollars per geezer (DPG) than it is per youngster (DPY). The solution, we’re told, is to bring down DPG so we can boost DPY.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-steering-america-toward-a-more-secure-retirement/2013/03/06/65e777d0-85d8-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/29487c7a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Steering+America+toward+a+more+secure+retirement&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-steering-america-toward-a-more-secure-retirement%2F2013%2F03%2F06%2F65e777d0-85d8-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920467096/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/29487c7a/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920467096/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/29487c7a/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920467096/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/29487c7a/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Harold Meyersonmedical careTwitterThu, 07 Mar 2013 00:28:24 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-steering-america-toward-a-more-secure-retirement/2013/03/06/65e777d0-85d8-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/28fe2924/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Esequestration0Estupidity0C20A130C0A20C260Ca3db550A20E7fbb0E11e20Ea350A0E49866afab5840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>A Mediterranean diet, the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1200303">New England Journal of Medicine reported</a> Monday, can lengthen one’s lifespan. So inhabitants of southern Europe can look forward to long lives — of anxiety and privation.</p> <p>Already mired in a depression comparable to that of the 1930s, Spain, Greece and Portugal are going to see things grow worse this year, according to an annual economic forecast <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/business/global/daily-euro-zone-watch.html">released by the European Commission</a> on Friday. Unemployment rates in both Spain and Greece — where a quarter of the populations are unemployed and the share of jobless young people exceeds 50 percent — will rise to 27 percent. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-sequestration-stupidity/2013/02/26/a3db5502-7fbb-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/28fe2924/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Sequestration+stupidity&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-sequestration-stupidity%2F2013%2F02%2F26%2Fa3db5502-7fbb-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920053561/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/28fe2924/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920053561/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/28fe2924/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920053561/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/28fe2924/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:02:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-sequestration-stupidity/2013/02/26/a3db5502-7fbb-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/28be6f84/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Eminimum0Ewage0Ehike0Ecan0Ebenefit0Eall0Eamericans0C20A130C0A20C190Cb91118c80E7ac80E11e20E82e80E61a46c2cde3d0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>Big business is beginning to move its money around again. In just the past couple of weeks, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/comcasts-nbcuniversal-deal/">Comcast has bought</a> the remaining stake in NBC Universal from General Electric. With all that newfound cash, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324162304578302422757760716.html">GE is buying back stock and upping its dividends to shareholders</a>. Warren Buffett has bought the world’s largest <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0214/Warren-Buffett-Heinz-ketchup-company-to-be-bought-by-Buffet-firm-video">ketchup stash</a>; US Airways and<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/american-airlines-approves-merger-with-us-air/2013/02/13/1e2b2a3c-7556-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html"> American Airlines</a> have agreed to merge. Meanwhile, Apple, so far an exception to this rule, is sitting on <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324590904578290440984350234.html">$137 billion</a> but has been sued by a hedge-fund operator who wants more and better dividends.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-minimum-wage-hike-can-benefit-all-americans/2013/02/19/b91118c8-7ac8-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/28be6f84/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=A+jump-start+for+American+wages&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-minimum-wage-hike-can-benefit-all-americans%2F2013%2F02%2F19%2Fb91118c8-7ac8-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920005365/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/28be6f84/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920005365/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/28be6f84/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920005365/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/28be6f84/a2t.img" border="0"/>Harold Meyersonminimum wageUS AirwaysWed, 20 Feb 2013 01:10:52 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-minimum-wage-hike-can-benefit-all-americans/2013/02/19/b91118c8-7ac8-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/284547e6/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ea0Esecond0Eact0Efor0Ejerry0Ebrown0E0Eand0Ecalifornia0C20A130C0A20C0A50C2e9ba24c0E6fcb0E11e20Eac360E3d8d9dcaa2e20Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>SACRAMENTO</p> <p>The walking, talking, governing refutation of the notion that there are no second acts in American lives is on a roll in California. “I’ve never been more excited,” Gov. Jerry Brown says, “and this is my 11th year on the job.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-a-second-act-for-jerry-brown--and-california/2013/02/05/2e9ba24c-6fcb-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/284547e6/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=A+second+act+for+Jerry+Brown+%E2%80%94+and+California&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-a-second-act-for-jerry-brown--and-california%2F2013%2F02%2F05%2F2e9ba24c-6fcb-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984907274/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/284547e6/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984907274/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/284547e6/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984907274/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/284547e6/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:33:08 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-a-second-act-for-jerry-brown--and-california/2013/02/05/2e9ba24c-6fcb-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/281be138/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ea0Ejudicial0Eblow0Eto0Eworkers0Eand0Econsumers0Erights0C20A130C0A10C30A0Cc27e34f40E6a380E11e20E95b30E272d60A4a10Aa30Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>Atop the list of landmark laws that conservatives have never particularly warmed to are two that established fundamental rights for workers and consumers: the 1935 <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nlrb.gov/national-labor-relations-act">National Labor Relations Act</a>, which provided employees a legal path to form unions, and the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.sec.gov/about/laws/wallstreetreform-cpa.pdf" target="_blank">2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform</a>, which established a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</a> to rein in banks’ abusive treatment of depositors and mortgage holders. Conservatives have never had the votes or the gumption to repeal these statutes. But now they can essentially neuter these laws. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-a-judicial-blow-to-workers-and-consumers-rights/2013/01/30/c27e34f4-6a38-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/281be138/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=A+judicial+blow+to+fundamental+rights&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-a-judicial-blow-to-workers-and-consumers-rights%2F2013%2F01%2F30%2Fc27e34f4-6a38-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984656405/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/281be138/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984656405/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/281be138/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984656405/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/281be138/a2t.img" border="0"/>U.S. Consumer Financial Protection BureauHarold Meyersonfinancial reformThu, 31 Jan 2013 21:22:45 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-a-judicial-blow-to-workers-and-consumers-rights/2013/01/30/c27e34f4-6a38-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/27cb3da3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Eobama0Eforges0Ea0Enew0Emajority0C20A130C0A10C220Cc66489a60E64a70E11e20E9e1b0E0A7db1d2ccd5b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>“W<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/politics/05text-obama.html">e are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change we seek</a>,” candidate Barack Obama said in 2008. At the time, his comments <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/02/and-obama-wept/">came in for criticism</a>: They were narcissistic; they were tautological; they didn’t make a whole lot of sense. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-obama-forges-a-new-majority/2013/01/22/c66489a6-64a7-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/27cb3da3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=The+Obama+Majority&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-obama-forges-a-new-majority%2F2013%2F01%2F22%2Fc66489a6-64a7-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984222614/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/27cb3da3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984222614/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/27cb3da3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984222614/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/27cb3da3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Harold MeyersonDemocratic Partyclimate changeWed, 23 Jan 2013 00:22:05 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-obama-forges-a-new-majority/2013/01/22/c66489a6-64a7-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/278ef343/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Eus0Ehealth0Ecare0Eleaves0Emuch0Eto0Ebe0Edesired0C20A130C0A10C150C6b1548460E5f5d0E11e20Eb0A5a0E60A5528f6b7120Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>January has turned out to be a banner month for fans of American exceptionalism. As documented in voluminous detail in a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13497">404-page report</a> released last week by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, Americans lead shorter lives than Western Europeans, Australians, Japanese and Canadians. Of the 17 countries measured, the United States placed dead last in life expectancy, even though we lead the planet in the amount we spend on health care (17.6 percent of gross domestic product in 2010 vs. 11.6 percent each for <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.oecd.org/unitedstates/BriefingNoteUSA2012.pdf" target="_blank">France and Germany</a>). We get radically less bang for the buck than comparable nations. If that’s not exceptionalism, I don’t know what is.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-us-health-care-leaves-much-to-be-desired/2013/01/15/6b154846-5f5d-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/278ef343/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=The+United+States+needs+to+see+the+doctor&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-us-health-care-leaves-much-to-be-desired%2F2013%2F01%2F15%2F6b154846-5f5d-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/153443267700/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/278ef343/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/153443267700/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/278ef343/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/153443267700/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/278ef343/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mitt Romneyhealth care systemWed, 16 Jan 2013 01:07:55 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-us-health-care-leaves-much-to-be-desired/2013/01/15/6b154846-5f5d-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/27530a71/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Emost0Eus0Etaxpayers0Elose0Eout0Eon0Efiscal0Ecliff0Edeal0C20A130C0A10C0A80C51d24bd80E59c50E11e20E9fa90E5fbdc9530Aeb90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>How much do the newly enacted tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans actually affect them? Hardly at all. </p> <p>Almost all of the debate that convulsed Capitol Hill in December concerned the reinstatement of the highest marginal tax rate on earned income — that is, on wages and salaries. But as Fitzgerald said, the rich are different from you and me, and one of the primary ways they’re different is that they don’t get their income from wages and salaries. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-most-us-taxpayers-lose-out-on-fiscal-cliff-deal/2013/01/08/51d24bd8-59c5-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/27530a71/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=A+tax+deal+only+the+ultra-rich+could+love&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-most-us-taxpayers-lose-out-on-fiscal-cliff-deal%2F2013%2F01%2F08%2F51d24bd8-59c5-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540438922/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/27530a71/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540438922/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/27530a71/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540438922/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/27530a71/a2t.img" border="0"/>Harold Meyersonfiscal cliffDemocratic PartyWed, 09 Jan 2013 00:49:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-most-us-taxpayers-lose-out-on-fiscal-cliff-deal/2013/01/08/51d24bd8-59c5-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/271b59c5/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Eaverted0Eport0Estrike0Eholds0Elessons0Efor0Eall0Eworkers0C20A130C0A10C0A10C3befd5480E53930E11e20Ebf3e0E76c0Aa789346f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>The cliff that America sidestepped with time to spare in 2012 was the one on the nation’s docks. On Friday, harbor operators and shippers <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/28/there-wont-be-a-coastwide-port-strike-after-all/">reached an agreement</a> with the union representing nearly 15,000 longshoremen on the East and Gulf coasts. The key point holding up the signing of a new contract was whether dockworkers would continue to receive royalties on the containers they hoisted on and off ships. With that issue resolved, apparently to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/28/us-usa-ports-deal-idUSBRE8BR0ET20121228">the workers’ satisfaction</a>, their union agreed to call off a year-end strike pending the resolution of less contentious points, and the nation was spared a work stoppage that would have slowed imports and exports to a relative trickle. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-averted-port-strike-holds-lessons-for-all-workers/2013/01/01/3befd548-5393-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/271b59c5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Lessons+from+the+longshoremen&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-averted-port-strike-holds-lessons-for-all-workers%2F2013%2F01%2F01%2F3befd548-5393-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540125594/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/271b59c5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540125594/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/271b59c5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540125594/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/271b59c5/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:00:25 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-averted-port-strike-holds-lessons-for-all-workers/2013/01/01/3befd548-5393-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/26c5f716/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ewhy0Edoes0Eamerica0Ehave0Eway0Emore0Eguns0C20A120C120C190C0Ac30A38e80E494d0E11e20Ead540E580A638ede3910Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>Compare the rate of murder by gun in the United States to the rate in any other advanced industrial nation, and you’re forced to draw one of two conclusions: Either there are far more homicidal people in this country than just about anyplace else on Earth, or far more guns. We must either be home to more people who succumb to murderous rage or who kill out of the coldest of calculations, or it’s easier to pick up a gun and start shooting here than in any comparable country.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-why-does-america-have-way-more-guns/2012/12/19/0c3038e8-494d-11e2-ad54-580638ede391_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/26c5f716/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Why+does+America+have+so+many+guns%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-why-does-america-have-way-more-guns%2F2012%2F12%2F19%2F0c3038e8-494d-11e2-ad54-580638ede391_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539671730/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26c5f716/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539671730/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26c5f716/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151539671730/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26c5f716/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Republican PartyThu, 20 Dec 2012 00:34:47 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-why-does-america-have-way-more-guns/2012/12/19/0c3038e8-494d-11e2-ad54-580638ede391_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/26811b5b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Eunions0Estill0Ematter0Ein0Emichigan0Ejust0Eas0Ein0Echina0C20A120C120C110Cd77d99480E43c90E11e20E80A610E253bccfc75320Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>China has a problem: rising inequality. The gap between profits and wages is soaring. Although elements of the government have sought to boost workers’ incomes, they have been thwarted by major companies and banks “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324640104578161493858722884.html">that don’t want to give more profit to the country and let the government distribute it</a>,” Qi Jingmei, a research fellow for a government think tank, told the Wall Street Journal. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-unions-still-matter-in-michigan-just-as-in-china/2012/12/11/d77d9948-43c9-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/26811b5b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=The+Lansing-Beijing+connection&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-unions-still-matter-in-michigan-just-as-in-china%2F2012%2F12%2F11%2Fd77d9948-43c9-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539438746/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26811b5b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539438746/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26811b5b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151539438746/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26811b5b/a2t.img" border="0"/>Hofstra UniversityDavid BrooksWed, 12 Dec 2012 01:35:08 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-unions-still-matter-in-michigan-just-as-in-china/2012/12/11/d77d9948-43c9-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/26451fc3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ein0Ethis0Eelection0Emakers0Ebeat0Etakers0C20A120C120C0A40Cd672e6f60E3e4d0E11e20Eae430Ecf491b837f7b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>The rich may be different from you and me, as F. Scott Fitzgerald once noted, but bankers are increasingly different from the rest of the rich. In this year’s election, Wall Street’s campaign contributions and voting patterns, as best we can discern them, bear no resemblance to the contributions and votes from our other most highly paid sectors — particularly high tech.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-in-this-election-makers-beat-takers/2012/12/04/d672e6f6-3e4d-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/26451fc3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Makers+beat+takers&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-in-this-election-makers-beat-takers%2F2012%2F12%2F04%2Fd672e6f6-3e4d-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539141995/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26451fc3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539141995/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26451fc3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151539141995/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26451fc3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:41:41 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-in-this-election-makers-beat-takers/2012/12/04/d672e6f6-3e4d-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/26082991/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ewal0Emarts0Estrategy0Eof0Edeniability0Efor0Eworkers0Esafety0C20A120C110C270C8e59f88c0E38c60E11e20E8a970E363b0Af9a0Aab30Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>Bangladesh is half a world away from Bentonville, the Arkansas city where Wal-Mart is headquartered. This week, Wal-Mart surely wishes it were farther away than that.</p> <p>Over the weekend, a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/deadly-blaze-sweeps-bangladesh-garment-factory/2012/11/25/d3c3f5ee-372c-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_gallery.html">horrific fire</a> swept through a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/official-100-bodies-recovered-in-fire-at-garment-factory-on-outskirts-of-bangladesh-capital/2012/11/24/31286e18-36b5-11e2-92f0-496af208bf23_story.html">Bangladesh clothing factory</a>, killing more than 100 workers, many of whose bodies were burnt so badly that they could not be identified. In its <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/world/asia/garment-workers-stage-protest-in-bangladesh-after-deadly-fire.html?_r=0">gruesome particulars</a> — locked doors, no emergency exits, workers leaping to their deaths — the blaze seems a ghastly centennial reenactment of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/">Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911</a>, when 146 workers similarly jumped to their deaths or were incinerated after they found the exit doors were locked.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-wal-marts-strategy-of-deniability-for-workers-safety/2012/11/27/8e59f88c-38c6-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/26082991/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Wal-Mart%E2%80%99s+strategy+of+deniability+for+workers%E2%80%99+safety&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-wal-marts-strategy-of-deniability-for-workers-safety%2F2012%2F11%2F27%2F8e59f88c-38c6-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538688272/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26082991/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538688272/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26082991/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151538688272/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/26082991/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:56:58 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-wal-marts-strategy-of-deniability-for-workers-safety/2012/11/27/8e59f88c-38c6-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/25d56714/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ewhat0Emitt0Eromneys0Etakers0Ereally0Ewant0Efrom0Egovernment0C20A120C110C210C99be7870A0E33570E11e20Ebfd50Ee20A2b6d7b50A10Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>The Republican far right has concluded that Mitt Romney’s loss was due in part to his <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conservative-republicans-fight-back-after-romney-loss/2012/11/19/4d04a050-3270-11e2-bfd5-e202b6d7b501_story.html">excess moderation</a>, but Romney and the right agree that the blame also rests with the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/full-transcript-mitt-romney-secret-video#47percent">47 percent</a> of Americans who are “takers,” whom the Democrats wooed with governmental largess. America is no longer dominated by “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/11/bill-oreilly-its-not-a-traditional-america-anymore-video/">traditional</a>” small-government Americans, as Bill O’Reilly put it on a glum election night at Fox News. In behind-closed-doors talks to his donors that were recorded (and are likely to remain the only talks of his entire campaign that anyone remembers), Romney concurred.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-what-mitt-romneys-takers-really-want-from-government/2012/11/21/99be7870-3357-11e2-bfd5-e202b6d7b501_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/25d56714/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=What+the+%E2%80%98takers%E2%80%99+really+want&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-what-mitt-romneys-takers-really-want-from-government%2F2012%2F11%2F21%2F99be7870-3357-11e2-bfd5-e202b6d7b501_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151145094623/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/25d56714/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151145094623/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/25d56714/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151145094623/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/25d56714/a2t.img" border="0"/>private sectorMitt RomneyDemocratic PartyThu, 22 Nov 2012 01:10:33 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-what-mitt-romneys-takers-really-want-from-government/2012/11/21/99be7870-3357-11e2-bfd5-e202b6d7b501_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/258d8244/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Egops0Egerrymandered0Eadvantages0C20A120C110C130C4785e4d60E2d2f0E11e20Ea99d0E5c420A3af7b7a0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>When Republicans claim that this was a status quo election, they point to their continued <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/house-republicans-poised-to-hold-majority-democrats-declare-end-of-the-tea-party/2012/11/06/f5767e92-27b3-11e2-b2a0-ae18d6159439_story.html">hold on the House</a>. The <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/house/">2012 congressional vote</a>, some have said, didn’t undo the party’s 2010 successes.</p> <p>True enough, but that’s not because Americans didn’t vote to undo them. It’s because Republicans have so gerrymandered congressional districts in states where they controlled redistricting the past two years that they were able to elude a popular vote that went the Democrats’ way last week.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-gops-gerrymandered-advantages/2012/11/13/4785e4d6-2d2f-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/258d8244/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=GOP%E2%80%99s+gerrymandered+advantages&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-gops-gerrymandered-advantages%2F2012%2F11%2F13%2F4785e4d6-2d2f-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659782232/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/258d8244/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659782232/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/258d8244/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659782232/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/258d8244/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:44:14 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-gops-gerrymandered-advantages/2012/11/13/4785e4d6-2d2f-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/254eb7b3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Eunraveling0Esecret0Emoney0Ein0Ecalifornia0C20A120C110C0A60Cde91c9540E28510E11e20E96b60E8e6a7524553f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>Whatever your position on Tuesday’s election results, this cannot be disputed: 2012 has been a great year for big money in politics, and an even greater year for secret big money in politics. </p> <p>At least $213 million for which no source has been identified has gone into independent campaigns for the presidential and congressional candidates, according to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://sunlightfoundation.com/">Sunlight Foundation</a> estimates, with about $4 going to Republican candidates for every $1 going to Democrats. Thanks to several Supreme Court rulings, organizations that proclaim themselves “social welfare” groups that provide “public education” don’t have to identify their donors; they’re more commonly known by their tax status: 501(c)(4). In recent years, many such groups — the best known of which is Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS — have been busily educating the public about everything that’s wrong with the candidates and causes they don’t like. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-unraveling-secret-money-in-california/2012/11/06/de91c954-2851-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/254eb7b3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Unraveling+secret+money+in+California&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-unraveling-secret-money-in-california%2F2012%2F11%2F06%2Fde91c954-2851-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659393990/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/254eb7b3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659393990/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/254eb7b3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659393990/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/254eb7b3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:33:05 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-unraveling-secret-money-in-california/2012/11/06/de91c954-2851-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/250e5220/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Eelecting0Ethe0Efuture0Eor0Ethe0Epast0C20A120C10A0C30A0C7dd0A670A80E220A0A0E11e20E84480E81b1ce7d69780Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>The 2012 presidential election is fundamentally a contest between our future and our past. Barack Obama’s America is the America that will be; Mitt Romney’s is the America that was. And the distance between the two is greater, perhaps, than in any election we’ve had since the Civil War.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-electing-the-future-or-the-past/2012/10/30/7dd06708-2200-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/250e5220/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=A+vote+for+the+future+or+for+the+past%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-electing-the-future-or-the-past%2F2012%2F10%2F30%2F7dd06708-2200-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148658572331/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/250e5220/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148658572331/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/250e5220/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148658572331/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/250e5220/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:19:05 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-electing-the-future-or-the-past/2012/10/30/7dd06708-2200-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyersonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/24cda677/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Ewhat0Eromneys0Emoderation0Econceals0C20A120C10A0C230C881e460Aa0E1d3a0E11e20E9cd50Eb55c383889620Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iharold0Emeyerson/story01.htm<p>Any resemblance between the Mitt Romney of recent weeks and the Romney of the primary season isn’t coincidental; it’s an oversight on the part of his managers, who have proven more adept at Etch a Sketching away the Romney of spring than many imagined was possible.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-what-romneys-moderation-conceals/2012/10/23/881e460a-1d3a-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyerson">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636593/s/24cda677/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=What+Romney%E2%80%99s+moderation+conceals&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-what-romneys-moderation-conceals%2F2012%2F10%2F23%2F881e460a-1d3a-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_harold-meyerson" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144545589737/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/24cda677/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144545589737/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/24cda677/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144545589737/u/0/f/636593/c/34656/s/24cda677/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:47:50 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-what-romneys-moderation-conceals/2012/10/23/881e460a-1d3a-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_story.html?wprss=rss_harold-meyersonHarold Meyerson