Art and truth are closely linked for many, so it seems appropriate that as the second day of the Iowa Arts Festival unfolds downtown, there will be an event elsewhere in Iowa City centered on the importance of students receiving an “honest, inclusive education” about American history and society — especially the parts some might […]
Howard Zinn
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Revisiting Howard Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States’
Howard Zinn’s most famous book, A People’s History of the United States, was first published in 1980. Zinn intended it to be an overview of American history, but with a different point of view: “ … this book will be skeptical of governments and their attempts, through politics and culture, to ensnare ordinary people in […]
