Matthew Rothschild

Matthew Rothschild is the editor of The Progressive magazine, which is one of the leading voices for peace and social justice in this country. Rothschild has appeared on Nightline, C-SPAN, The O'Reilly Factor, and NPR, and his newspaper commentaries have run in the Chicago Tribune, the L.A. Times, the Miami Herald, and a host of other newspapers. Rothschild is the host of "Progressive Radio," a syndicated half-hour weekly interview program. And he does a two-minute daily radio commentary, entitled "Progressive Point of View," which is also syndicated around the country.
Rothschild is the author of You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression (New Press, 2007). He also is the editor of Democracy in Print: The Best of The Progressive, 1909-2009 (University of Wisconsin Press, 2009).
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Why I Didn’t Like “Lincoln” »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 26, 2012

It’s tedious, it’s misnamed, it airbrushes Lincoln, and where, or where, was Frederick Douglass?read more

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Prop. 37 Backer Keeps Fighting Monsanto »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 25, 2012

Meet Lori Grace, who has also thrown herself into the issues of global warming and election protection.read more

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Warnings Pile Up Before Qatar Climate Talks »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 24, 2012

The World Bank and the UN ring the alarms, while Obama fiddles.read more

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Thankful on Thanksgiving, 2012 »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 22, 2012

To Tammy Baldwin, Elizabeth Warren, to the DREAMERs, and the LGBT activists who are changing the country for the better.read more

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How Safe Will Your Turkey Be? »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 21, 2012

The USDA has proposed a rule that would lessen regulation on the poultry companies. Bon appétit.read more

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Congress’s Shameful Support for Israeli Bombing »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 19, 2012

This unconditional support for brutal Israeli actions won’t make Israel any safer.read more

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In the Petraeus Scandal, the FBI Ran Amok »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 14, 2012

Notice how the FBI can take down any person in the country on the flimsy basis of their private, consensual behavior.read more

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The Poetry of Protest »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 12, 2012

How Auden, Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, June Jordan, Wendell Berry, Martín Espada, Irena Klepfisz, Marilyn Hacker, and Marge Piercy show us how to move the rock of history.read more

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No Tears for Petraeus »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 9, 2012

I would hope that President Obama would search for a replacement who is not a Langley lifer or Pentagon gargoyle.read more

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Obama, Baldwin, Warren Lead Progressive Victory »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 7, 2012

Romney ran as a candidate of the 1 percent; this was a victory for the 99 percent.read more

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10 Reasons Why Romney Will Lose »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 5, 2012

To say that Romney is a chameleon is to insult chameleons everywhere.read more

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Springsteen, Obama Strike Populist Chords in Madison »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 5, 2012

“The folks at the very top, they don’t need another champion in Washington,” said Obama.read more

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Sandy: Chronicle of a Storm Foretold »

By Matthew Rothschild, October 29, 2012

For decades now, scientists have been warning us that global warming would be delivering storms like Sandy.read more

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Obama Bloodies Romney in Boca »

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Obama Burns Romney in Boca »

By Matthew Rothschild, October 22, 2012

Romney had no answer to Obama’s charge of being “all over the map.”read more

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