by Amy Goodman | Aug 3, 2026 | Donald Trump, education, history, Howard Zinn, Interview
We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation, about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn, chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States. For Zinn, says Zirin, “being an academic was always secondary to being in the streets and making history, not just studying history.”…
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by Shireen Akram-Boshar | May 7, 2026 | AP US History, bans on critical race theory, DEI, education, Florida, Florida Board of Education, Howard Zinn, News, Ron DeSantis
Florida has released a new U.S. History course for high school students that aims to provide a conservative alternative to Advanced Placement courses — the latest attack on public education in the state by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Though students across the country take Advanced Placement courses for college credit — with over half a million U.S. high school students doing so last year…
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