Buzzflash interviews Matthew Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive

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BuzzFlash wanted to know, "What does it mean to be a progressive?" So we asked Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine, a leading voice in this country for peace and social justice.

A graduate of Harvard University, Rothschild edited the Multinational Monitor, a magazine founded by Ralph Nader, prior to coming to The Progressive. He landed at The Progressive in 1983 and has served the magazine in many different capacities -- first as associate editor, then managing editor, then publisher, and since 1994 as editor. Rothschild brought distinguished social critics on as columnists, including Barbara Ehrenreich, Eduardo Galeano, and Howard Zinn. He added original poetry from the likes of Martín Espada and Adrienne Rich, and he recruited the humorists Kate Clinton and Will Durst. On the magazine's website, Rothschild contributes his "This Just In" commentaries several times a week and keeps a running tally of civil liberties infringements in his "McCarthyism Watch."

Rothschild is also co-founder and director of The Progressive Media Project, which since 1993 has been distributing opinion pieces to newspapers around the country in an effort to diversify and democratize the national debate.

We are pleased to bring you our interview with Matthew Rothschild, one of the most articulate and passionate voices in the progressive community.

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