Shows featuring Matt Rothschild
Editor of The Progressive magazine.
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Madison-Based The Progressive Magazine Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary
Democracy Now! broadcasts from Madison, Wisconsin, where The Progressive magazine is celebrating its 100th anniversary. We speak to The Progressive editor Matt Rothschild. [includes rush transcript]May 01, 2009 | Story -
Report: Over 23,000 Business Leaders Working With FBI and Homeland Security
The Progressive magazine is reporting that more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The business leaders form a group known as InfraGard that receives warnings of terrorist threats directly from the FBI before the public does. We speak with the the reporter who broke the story and the editor of The Progressive...February 11, 2008 | Story -
"Whose Station? Our Station!" a Major Victory for the Independent Media Movement As Theinterim Pacifica National Board Votes to Restore the Fired and Banned Producers to New York Stationwbai; Juan Gon
Well, the independent media movement has won a major victory. This weekend, the interim national board of thePacifica Radio foundation voted to restore dozens of fired and banned producers to New York station WBAI. The boardalso chose Dan Coughlin, as its interim Executive Director. In 1999, Coughlin was ousted from his position asPacifica news director, for including a short report on Pacifica...January 14, 2002 | Story
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]


