Harold Meyerson

Notable work and positions

The American Prospect - Editor at Large
The Washington Post - Former Op-Ed Columnist
L.A. Weekly - Former Executive Editor

Biography

Harold Meyerson is editor at large of The American Prospect, where he has served as an editor since 2001, and a member of the magazine's editorial board. Born in Los Angeles to a family active in the Socialist Party of America, he was educated in Los Angeles public schools and at Columbia University. He served as executive editor of the L.A. Weekly, the nation's largest metropolitan weekly, from 1989 through 2001, and from 1991 to 1995 hosted the weekly public radio show Real Politics on KCRW in Santa Monica. From 2003 to 2015, he was a weekly op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. His writing on politics, labor, the economy, foreign policy, and American culture has also appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Nation, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times, and he continues to write about California politics for the Times. He is a member of the editorial board of Dissent and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. In 2009, The Atlantic Monthly named him one of the 50 most influential columnists in the nation. He is the co-author of Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz?, a biography of Broadway lyricist Yip Harburg.

Career highlights

• Executive Editor, L.A. Weekly 1989-2001.
• Op-Ed Columnist, The Washington Post 2003-2015.
• The Atlantic's 50 Most Influential Columnists 2009.