December 23, 2024

THE INFORMED VOTER

Bringing Informed Perspectives to Political Dialogue

“There is the past and its continuing horrors: violence, war, prejudices against those who are different, outrageous monopolization of the good earth’s wealth by a few, political power in the hands of liars and murderers, the building of prisons instead of schools, the poisoning of the press and the entire culture by money.
It is easy to become discouraged observing this, especially since this is what the press and television insist that we look at, and nothing more.”

Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States

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I am often taken aback by the phrasing and appropriateness of Zinn’s writings. The People’s History should be mandatory reading in a high school American history curriculum.