“If you’re paying attention to politics in 2026, it’s not that hard to see where the trend line is heading. The big buzzword this election year is “affordability,” with the vast majority of Americans telling pollsters that the basic staples of life are becoming painfully beyond reach. Meanwhile, a president who got elected by stirring up working-class resentment is focused on gutting Medicaid while”
“Bruce Springsteen’s 18th record, High Hopes, is a collection of new recordings of songs he's been playing for 10 or 12 years. They're essentially outtakes from The Rising, Magic, and Working on a Dream*,* but Springsteen re-recorded them with producer Ron Aniello—often with Tom Morello on guitar—and sequenced them into an album.”