Labor Day is a good time to pay tribute to the late Howard Zinn, a rebel historian who broke with the tedious orthodoxy of “patriotic” history to tell the tale of those consigned to the bottom of the ...

His take on history arms youth with the courage to “transform the world.” It’s no wonder the right aims to erase it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born on Aug. 24, 1922, to working-class immigrants in Brooklyn, NY, Zinn joined the Air Force during WWII at 18 years old, flying ...

This six-part series roves from the construction of the Erie Canal to the Donner Party in telling the obstacle-filled story ...

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Controversial Zinn Education Project curriculum adopted by 176,000+ teachers nationwide teaches American history through lens of racial oppression in public schools.

If you took APUSH (AP U.S. History) in high school, then you’re probably very aware of Howard Zinn and his work. If not, he was an American historian, as well as a political scientist and World War II ...