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Matthew Rothschild

Editor of The Progressive magazine, regarded as one of the leading voices for peace and social justice in the United States.

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# 5 News Story selected by Project Censored in 2009

Seizing War Protesters’ Assets

by Matthew Rothschild, Michel Chossudovsky

9 May 2010

George W. Bush signed more laws and executive orders trampling civil rights and liberties than any president in US history. The two examined below, specifically crafted to stifle and criminalize protests both at home and abroad against U.S. policies in Iraq and Lebanon, fly in the face of the (…)

#3 News Story selected by Project Censored in 2009

Exclusive! The FBI Deputizes Business (video)

by Matthew Rothschild

Madison, Wisconsin (USA) | 31 March 2010

FBI is outsourcing to the private sector, turning national security and population surveillance into an industry not quite like the others. With thousands of private contractors wielding extraordinary powers in the first line of "defense", the FBI has acquired a new set of eyes and ears with (…)

Obama Surrenders on Health Care

by Matthew Rothschild

19 August 2009

Woman who opposes health care reform, yells as she listens to panelists during a health care town hall meeting in Alhambra, Calif., August 11, 2009.
Over the weekend, the Obama Administration waved the white flag on the public option for health care.
He got rolled by industry, and by the (…)