The Boss Is Right to Talk About Class

Bruce Springsteen recently accused the Trump administration of taking “sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers.” He rightly attacked the administration’s favorite lie: its claim that Trump represents the working class.

A week after Donald Trump’s victory last November, I was in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s first ever concert in the city. I wondered if the Boss — who has a podcast with Barack Obama and vocally endorsed Kamala Harris’s campaign — would make any political statements. Beyond introducing “Long Walk Home” (a 2007 protest song about the effects of George W. Bush’s presidency on local communities) as a “prayer for my country,” mid-way through the twenty-seven-song set, no explicit political commentary was made.

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