Censorship (again), but with an Autocratic Twist

It must be that time of year again. Politicians on the right are lining up
to censor history— specifically, what texts can be used in the classroom.
And, once again, they’re pulling out their copies of Howard Zinn, shaking
them in the air, and decrying writers who challenge their triumphalist
versions of U.S. history. This time it’s the president—a person who, I can
say with relative confidence, has never read more than a few pull quotes
from the book.