Howard Zinn, R. I. P.

'People's History' author Howard Zinn dies at 87 | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose leftist 'A People's History of the United States' became a million-selling alternative to mainstream texts and a favorite of such celebrities as Bruce Springsteen and Ben Affleck, died Wednesday. He was 87."