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2003 Stories by Harold Meyerson

• Lieberman Unbound

  published December 18, 2003

  Lieberman is loose again. The lockup of Saddam has unchained Joe, who is now whacking away furiously at Howard Dean, Wesley Clark and... More >>

• What the Janitors Taught Los Angeles

  published December 11, 2003

  Photo by Leor Levine The janitors’ strike in the spring of 2000 may have blindsided Los Angeles, but once it began, Angeleno... More >>

• The Interregnum Riots

  published December 11, 2003

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• The Democrats Do L.A.

  published December 11, 2003

  Photo by Ted Soqui A number of mysteries and if-onlys still hang over the 2000 Democratic National Convention, held, of course, in Staples... More >>

• Ideologues Amok!

  published November 27, 2003

  Forget about rolling back the ’60s. The story in Washington this week is rolling back the ’30s. The right-wing’s 65-year-old war against ... More >>

• Dean’s November

  published November 20, 2003

  The Democrats officially have their front-runner. Howard Dean had already opened a sizable lead on the rest of the field before this week,... More >>

• The Sound of Silence

  published November 6, 2003

  Here’s how good the acoustics are at the new Disney Concert Hall: Even from one of those seats behind the orchestra, you can hear, fiv... More >>

• Did Arnold Matter?

  published October 16, 2003

  Photo by Jack Gould"Some good things have happened" during his tenure as governor, Gray Davis noted defensively in his concession... More >>

• Who’s Gonna Vote?

  published October 9, 2003

  Maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger is right. Maybe people are leaving California in droves for the Nevada desert or the nightlife of Salt Lake... More >>

• The Battle of Brentwood

  published October 2, 2003

  Never mind the backlash against the driver’s-license bill. If Arnold and Arianna take their show on the road, the entire state will soon vot... More >>

• Recall Demographics

  published October 2, 2003

  If it were done, the 9th Circuit has ordained, ’twere best done quickly — regicides and gubernatorial recalls being inherently mes... More >>

• Recall Demographics

  published October 2, 2003

  If it were done, the 9th Circuit has ordained, ’twere best done quickly — regicides and gubernatorial recalls being inherently mes... More >>

• Recallus Interruptus

  published September 25, 2003

  I. The Ghost of Bush v. Gore There’s separation of powers for you. Just when Democrat Gray Davis looks like he ma... More >>

• The GOP Will Fix California’s Economy

  published September 18, 2003

  With the recall election just four weeks away, it’s hard to recognize the Golden State these days. If you believe the bevy of right-wing an... More >>

• Ladders of Hope

  published September 4, 2003

  Labor Day this year kicks off the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of LAANE — the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, which bega... More >>

• Days of the Locust

  published August 21, 2003

  Illustration by Juan Alvarado Like the earth beneath it, social and political California erupts in all manner of ways. There are inner-city... More >>

• Friend of the Workingman

  published August 14, 2003

  CHICAGO — Gray Davis blew into the windy city this Monday, unheralded, to talk to the union presidents gathered here for the AFL-CIO... More >>

• The Recall Is Not Our Friend

  published July 31, 2003

  It’s an odd perspective that mistakes gang rape for courtly love, but I fear some of my friends may be doing just that. In recen... More >>

• Others and Brothers

  published July 10, 2003

  If you’d ignored all the news of the past three years and just read Justice Anthony Kennedy’s decision last Thursday striking down the Tex... More >>

• The Recall’s Reach

  published June 26, 2003

  I have a problem. I can no longer go to a party, a dinner or even a lunch in D.C. without someone asking me about the Davis recall in... More >>

• The Godfather

  published June 5, 2003

  “Deron has his godfather, it’s Nate,” L.A. County Federation of Labor chief Miguel Contreras noted as he sat down in his office to talk ab... More >>

• Which Black L.A.?

  published May 22, 2003

  If you’re old enough and have been in L.A. long enough, you can remember a time when the city’s black community was at t... More >>

• Neocons Run Amok!

  published May 1, 2003

  Whom the gods would destroy, they would first lead to military victory in Iraq. With the resounding success of the military... More >>

• Perle the Impervious

  published April 17, 2003

  Richard Perle looks to be a genius at breaking, or at least bending, the rules, but recently he found one to live by: If you have to resign... More >>

• The Neocons’ War

  published April 3, 2003

  When the histories of the U.S.-Iraqi war are written, someone is going to have to track down when exactly the neoconservatives sold the... More >>