It was one year ago today -- January 27, 2010 -- that Howard Zinn died at the age of 85.
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011
The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan. It's about preventing democracy in the United States, not bringing it to Southwest ...
The Huffington Post | Howard Zinn | Posted 05.25.2011
Howard Zinn, the much-loved author, professor, and political activist who is perhaps most famous for "A People's History of the United States," died o...
Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011
It is ironic that Howard Zinn should have died in the week of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision glorifying and enhancing corporate power.
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011
No American historian has left a more lasting positive legacy on our understanding of the true nature of our country than Zinn, mainly because his books reflect a soul possessed of limitless depth.
Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011
Our country lost one of its greatest patriots yesterday, and I lost a friend and longtime role model and inspiration, when historian and activist Howa...
Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011
Anyone who believes that the United States is immune to radical politics never attended a lecture by Howard Zinn. And only Howard could pull that off because he was entirely authentic.
Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011
In a 2008 interview, the progressive icon told me he believed that "the American people have the capacity to change the direction of our nation from being a military power to being a peaceful nation, using our enormous wealth for human needs."
Sam Chaltain | Posted 05.25.2011