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Matthew Rothschild

  • Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and Senior Editor, The Progressive
Madison
As seen in: The Progressive, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Spokesman-Review, Common Dreams, Holmen-Courier Life, La Crosse Tribune, The Tomah Journal, Isthmus, The Chippewa Herald, Barn Raiser
Matthew Rothschild is former executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and editor of The Progressive Magazine.
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Book Review: a Birdwatcher’s Take on the ‘Birdman of the Senate’

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By Matthew Rothschild, Matt worked
| The Progressive Verified
Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate is a warm, if workmanlike, biography of an obscure New England Senator of the early twentieth century, written by his descendant, Will McLean Greeley. Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate by Will McLean Greeley RIT Press, 350 pages Publication Date: March 3, 2023 George P.
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Local Self-Government After Scott Walker

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By Matthew Rothschild, Jaclyn Moyer, Cari Shane Verified
| Barn Raiser Verified
In Wisconsin, the fight for local democracy was part of the Progressive movement’s agenda. The legislature passed a home rule bill in 1911, and it was signed into law by Gov. Francis McGovern, who was a La Follette Republican. A year later, however, the Wisconsin Supreme Court threw the law out, so advocates of home rule set about amending the Wisconsin Constitution, which they achieved in 1924.
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Comment: The Fight for Democracy

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By Matthew Rothschild
| The Progressive Verified
Forty years ago, I came to Madison, Wisconsin, to work for The Progressive magazine after a stint at a publication founded by Ralph Nader. I admired The Progressive (still do!), and I relished the opportunity to live in a state with such a clean reputation and a storied progressive tradition. Well, Wisconsin is not clean anymore, and it has long since lost its claim as a laboratory for democracy.
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