“Which Side Are You On?” was composed in 1931, a woman’s spontaneous response to a coal company’s effort to prevent miners in Harlan County, Kentucky, from joining the United Mine Workers of America.

Protest music has been around as long as protesting itself. Here we examine the power of the protest song, considering tracks ...

Protest songs transform emotion into action, and Bruce Springsteen's anthem to Minneapolis is one in a long line of powerful ...

Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, ...