Smith served with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, known as the Blackhorse Regiment. Their mission was to find enemy forces, often deep in hostile territory, and destroy them. Days were spent in the ...

In May 1970, National Guard troops clashed with students at Kent State University in Ohio. Four students were killed, and nine were injured.

Dead Presidents' drew from true events, Vietnam memoirs, and a young team’s creative hunger to confront America’s ...

John Cleary, who was shot in the chest by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in 1970, a chilling moment in American history that was captured in a Life ...

We're highlighting several well-known songs that incorporate political themes that might not be obvious to every listener.

Apart from hip-hop and the occasional rock or country song, these times of protest and divisiveness lack the musical voices ...

Jon Landau ’68, H’19, has been Bruce Springsteen’s producer and manager for nearly 50 years. By David Levin October 29, 2025 ...

Apparently, expressing any type of opinion on political discourse in country music almost automatically gets you labeled as ...

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 ...

Maybe what we need today isn’t more division about how we act, but more faith that we can act – together. The fire for ...

These hit songs from the 1960s definitely swayed you in certain directions when your music taste was forming as a child.