From the National Mall to the streets of Minneapolis to TikTok screens across the country, harmonizing has become a tool of resistance. The big picture: Protest anthems have punctuated tense moments in American history, rallying demonstrators during the early labor movement and again during the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam upheavals of the 1960s. Driving the news: Bruce Springsteen , an outspoken Trump critic, is among the artists releasing anti-administration anthems. - He slammed "King Trump's private army" in his new song , "Streets Of Minneapolis," singing: "In chants of 'ICE out now' / Our city's heart and soul persists / Through broken glass and bloody tears / On the streets of Minneapolis." - Protest comes naturally to…
On this week’s episode of “Batya!”, tensions remain high across the country over immigration enforcement. Batya Ungar-Sargon speaks with two families whose lives were forever changed by illegal immigration. Sabine Durden-Coulter lost her son to a migrant truck driver in 2012. Coleman's daughter, Dalilah, was struck by a migrant truck driver in 2024, which left her nonverbal and relearning how to walk. Both parents tell "Batya!" Americans don't understand how hurt they are to see them fighting against Trump's deportation agenda. Plus, Joel Berry, managing editor of The Babylon Bee, joins “Batya!” to weigh in on Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE anthem, released in the wake of unrest in Minnesota. “What is it, 1965? When’s the…
The Dalai Lama’s Grammy win for an audiobook, narration and storytelling has been described by Beijing as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.”
One resident said she was hit with rubber bullets while trying to get home. Others said they wore gas masks or slept in their bathtubs to escape the tear gas.
