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In 1956, Zinn joined the history department of Spelman College, the country's oldest black college for women.

Stephen Hawking. Maybe worth a chuckle or two, and a fist-bump for cleverness, John Boswell's AutoTuned Sagan delivers easily my hook of the year.

The small-screen version of Marxist historian Howard Zinn's leftward-slanted history of America, The People Speak, aired Sunday night on the History Channel.

In 1997, Matt Damon played the part of a janitor who turned out to be not only a math wizard, but one of the most brilliant men you could find anywhere.

On the new animated special, "Yes, Virginia" , which uses the voices of Neil Patrick Harris and Jennifer Love Hewitt to retells the story behind the famous 19th century newspaper editorial.

Lupe and company speak on our history this Sunday. XXLmag.com There's rarely anything good on TV.

Mr. Trautman is on the faculty of the Peace and World Order Studies program at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA.

It may be the biggest season finale yet for "Dexter" . Audiences have been growing such that last week's episode was the most watched original hour in the channel's history and suspense of course has been growing all season as the splatter analyst and mass murderer Dexter Morgan seems to have found his match in the Trinity killer chillingly ...

Saturday, December 12, 2009 Howard Zinn -- The People Speak Bill Moyers Journal "They're willing to let people think about mild reforms and little changes, and incremental changes, but they don't want people to think that we could actually transform this country." Howard Zinn has long been known as the historian of the American everyman and woman.

You are viewing the print friendly version of Matt Damon's Good Will Hunting 2 ? Today 7:15 AM PST The History Channel Ready for a sequel to Good Will Hunting ? Yeah, neither are we.

Matt Damon on The Early Show. Matt Damon is a blockbuster star who is bringing his shine to the new historically-based film, "Invictus." But history isn't just something Damon performs -- it's one of his passions.

The two most important questions for society, according to the Greek philosopher Plato, are these: What will we teach our children? And who will teach them? Left-wing celebrities have teamed up with one of America's most radical historians to take control of the classroom in the name of "social justice." Parents, beware: This Hollywood-backed ...

Matt Damon joins an all-star cast for The History Channel's premiere of the historical documentary "The People Speak." History is made cool again with new documentary "The People Speak" Based on a book called "A People's History of the United States" Documentary features Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and others doing readings from the book The film will ...

Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States is the seminal text on American radicalism, and keeping the progressive spirit alive, it is coming to a television near you.

Liberals, take note: Christmas comes early this year, when the History channel premieres its new telefilm The People Speak.

Viggo Mortensen and Matt Damon on their new History Channel project about Howard Zinn's popular history, Sarah Palin's political viability - and what's next for Jason Bourne.

America's history has been written not by VIPs, but EPs - everyday people - argues historian Howard Zinn.

Monday, December 07, 2009 The People Speak Friends, colleagues, comrades! Join us for the premier of Howard Zinn's new film: The People Speak @ Al's Bar on Sunday, Dec 13.

When Cambridge cutie-turned-Hollywood heavy Matt Damon was in the fifth grade, he brought author Howard Zinn 's "A People's History of the United States" to school for Columbus Day.

Actor Josh Brolin and producer Chris Moore are taking the title of their documentary collaboration The People Speak quite literally.