Opinion

CRITICAL MASS | OPINION: How protest songs shape public memory — from Bob Dylan and Nina Simone to Springsteen and U2

This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s elegiac “American Obituary,” written in response to immigration ...
Salon

Bruce Springsteen’s protest songs still hit where it hurts

On January 28th, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song he’d written “in response to the state terror being visited on the ...
Dallas Observer

Protest Music Is Making a Comeback, But It Never Really Left Dallas

As protests happen nearly weekly, we'd like to remind you our local musicians aren't rookies to standing up for justice.
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How historic protest music, including old Bible hymns, has inspired anti-ICE resistance in Minnesota

On Jan. 28, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a hard-hitting protest against the immigration enforcement surge in the city, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex ...