Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations are a potent force to fight for social justice.

Bashing the elite is what I'm all about in my music because they absolutely don't deserve the privileged position that they're in, and we're seeing this around the globe right now.

The way corporate media likes to portray America is as a homogenous whole that high-five's each other at the Super Bowl. But what we have is a grotesque disparity between the rich and poor that is only getting wider.

Amazingly talented singer who sang like an angry angel

I've always been on a personal mission to save the guitar.

I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders.

I didn't grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago.