War is hell, and great songs like "Gimme Shelter" and "Alice's Restaurant" bring home that message more successfully than the rest.

Some songs were made for the charts, others for the streets. Across decades and genres, many pieces have served as ...

If House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks Lee Greenwood should play the Super Bowl, it’s time to bury his overplayed “God Bless ...

Ahead of October 18th’s nationwide ‘No Kings’ Day, some Republican leaders tried desperately to rebrand the protest against President Trump’s policies, not just as un-American, but as anti-American.

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If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

Rolling Stone’s list of “The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far” is out, and several K-pop songs made the cut! With the first quarter of the 21st century winding to a close, the American ...

This house music, it's gonna set you free. In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house ...

Here's to the Spirit of 76. Happy birthday to Bruce Springsteen of Freehold, who just turned 76. The Boss was born today to Adele and Douglas Springsteen at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch on ...

The grants will be available to use on civic education and promoting American history “with an unbiased approach,” the Trump administration says. The news came the same day the launch of the America ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said on Wednesday it will prioritize giving grant money to programs that focus on "patriotic education," which critics say ...

I’ve never been more alarmed about the state of our democracy. The U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism faster than ever, while corporate media turns a blind eye. That’s why Common Dreams exists—to ...