Activist and folksinger Phil Ochs realized that one day he would no longer be able to work toward peace: “Can't be singing louder than the guns when I’m gone.” He wisely reasoned: “So I guess I’ll ...

The late Phil Ochs used to boast that most of his songs were inspired by reading Newsweek. He sang about Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement, and preferred to be called a "singing journalist" rather ...