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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Reflections on the Murder of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 12, 2012

I want to live in a world where anyone can mock any religion and put out any film on any subject without occasioning a murderous response.read more

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Support the Chicago Teachers Union »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 10, 2012

They are resisting the testing mania that George W. Bush and Barack Obama have been imposing on our public schools.read more

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Support the Chicago Teachers Union »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 10, 2012

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Triumphant Sing Along at Madison Capitol »

By Matthew Rothschild and Rebecca Kemble, September 7, 2012

More than 200 defenders of free speech defy police orders not to carry signs.read more

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The Pluses and Minuses of Obama’s Speech »

by Matthew Rothschild, September 7, 2012

It was reassuring to hear him pronounce the three letters, “FDR,” again, which I thought had been deleted from the President’s alphabet.read more

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Tommy Takes Low Road Against Tammy Baldwin »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 6, 2012

His political director sends out a video of her dancing at a gay pride rally and mocks her “heartland values.”read more

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Free Speech Advocates Defiant in Madison, WI »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 6, 2012

Wisconsin Democratic Representative Chris Taylor calls these arrests “absolutely crazy.” She adds: “It’s really too bad that the new chief is proceeding this way.”read more

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Madison Capitol Police Crackdown Begins »

By Matthew Rothschild and Rebecca Kemble, September 5, 2012

Eight people were arrested on Wednesday for holding signs or T-shirts in the capitol.read more

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The Campaign Finance Difference »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 5, 2012

In Charlotte, the Dems and Obama favorably consider a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.read more

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Paul Ryan Has It Wrong on Where Our Rights Come From »

By Matthew Rothschild, August 30, 2012

Actually, they don’t come from God or nature.read more

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Don’t Expect Much from Obama’s Second Term »

By Matthew Rothschild, August 27, 2012

Obama is Bill Clinton with a functional zipper.read more

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Obama’s Achilles Heel »

By Matthew Rothschild, August 24, 2012

To some extent, Obama is getting a bad rap on the economy. But he does bear some of the responsibility for the bad shape people are in.read more

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Rightwing Evangelical Gets Play Banned in Wisconsin State Park »

By Matthew Rothschild, August 23, 2012

“This play has been performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington. The jokes are as old as Moses’s toes. Now one bully with a microphone shuts it down.”read more

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No Decent Reason for 2,000 Dead in Afghanistan »

By Matthew Rothschild, August 22, 2012

Obama’s surge has brought about a surge of U.S. deaths, and the reasons why we’re there only get murkier and murkier.read more

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