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As a new Zinn biography makes clear, A People’s History of the United States arose from a life of deep and admirable commitment. Read it, and you will be shocked and outraged, and learn. But as historical analysis, it has real flaws.

This is only the beginning. This is what three decades of inaction and insufficient action have produced. Ludicrous would be allowing the US, under the grasp of a handful of villainous, ecocide billionaires and ideologues, to drag us into the abyss

Who will manage Cuba’s market?

Workers deserve far more time off the job. But getting to a shorter work week will require a labor movement that can wield power to extract such demand

We speak to Dave Zirin, author 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.

Once again, people have lost their lives at Europe’s border, and once again, the real question remains unanswered.

The Democratic establishment’s hysteria over the Democratic Socialists of America’s organizing methods has it exactly backward: the Democratic Party has almost no ability to democratically organize voters, while DSA is reviving grassroots campaigning

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of tech lords?

Christopher Nolan’s smash hit epic has continued to excite and enrage everyone from rightwingers to academics, an old-fashioned throwback to a uniting big-screen event

A slate of union-backed working-class Democratic candidates is running on an economic-populist platform in swing districts. If the Blue Collar Brigade proves successful, their strategy could set a precedent for winning working-class votes.