Harold Meyerson

There's a long history of federal government intervention in the internal affairs of unions. The grounds for such interventions have usually run the gamut from ideology and politics (e.g., the Taft-Hartley Act's purge of Communists from the ranks of union leaders) to corruption (the control of various unions by organized crime, e.g., much of the Teamsters until roughly 1990). But the personal pique of a government official was never really the reason behind any such intervention—until today.

The gap between investment income and work income has never been so glaring.

The Republicans who stoke anti-Muslim bigotry have nothing to say about Sharia law nations buying CNN and Warner Bros.

Today on TAP: Zohran Mamdani’s appointments to steer New York’s economic development reflect the win-win of people-centered growth.

The politics of urban racial, class, and regime succession.

In its more than two centuries of existence, the Democratic Party has, from time to time, demonstrated that it knows how to do politics. This may be one of those moments.

A. Philip Randolph led Black workers and won defining civil rights victories over a career spanning 60 turbulent years.

If the economy is the issue, he can win Michigan in November.

If the economy is the issue, he can win Michigan in November. El-Sayed's overriding message has to be that his election will help end Trump's disastrous control of the economy.

Socialism has not been this popular in America in at least a century, but how it’s defined, and who defines it, matters.