Washington, D.C. - August 13: Dave Zirin looks onward during a book release at Busboys and Poets on August 13, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Zirin’s newest book, “The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn,” is a biography of historian and social scientist Howard Zinn. The book focuses on events and people who shaped Zinn, and his approaches to commentary and social activism. (Tim Nwachukwu/Nwachukwu Works)