Historian Howard Zinn passed away last night.
Every American should read his A People’s History of the United States, a truly groundbreaking work that examines the people who are commonly forgotten in the triumphal, self-congratulatory narratives about our nation’s past.
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Because I grew up in Volvo driving, latte drinking, hippie VT, we read “A People’s History of the United States” in my 11th grade U.S. History class. I loved it. My dad – not so much.