Springsteen's Protest Song Sparks Community Action

0:00On March 31st, Bruce Springsteen dropped a raw protest track called Streets of Minneapolis, calling out ICE agents for killing two U.S. citizens there. Recently, first, a 37-year-old mom named Renee Good got shot less than three weeks ago. Then Alex Pretty, a 37-year-old veteran's nurse, on January 24th. The feds tried labeling them terrorists, but videos and witnesses say otherwise, and the boss released his song just four days after Pretty's death. He's debuted it live at a fundraiser, with Tom Morello for the families, then again at the huge No Kings rally in St. Paul on March 28th. Drawing 100,000 people on the state Capitol lawn. That gig also had Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers, Bernie Sanders, and Jane Fonda rocking the stage. Folks in the Twin Cities are feeling it deep. Teachers like Marta Shore and her crew aren't massive fans, but snag tickets to his tour kickoff at. Target Center on March 31st. A 13-year-old kid named Zeke Scott learned the song in one day and strummed it at the

1:03rally, saying it hit specific on the pain. College student Campbell Casper drove two hours to join, calling it a torch pass from the 76-year-old legend. The ICE search has wrecked the area, with Minneapolis losing $203 million economically. 81 million from small businesses. And restaurants alone as family stay home fearing raids. People's run mutual aid, go fund me drives, and even blow whistles to war neighbors, plus massive protests in sub-zero code that felt like church. Springsteen Spotlight amps up the fight, pulling in cash for struggling families. But the real fires in the grassroots resolve you don't mess with. This community, and they're saving themselves every step. This has been Music News Today, Power by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.