The Band Formerly Known as the Dixie Chicks Has No More “F–ks” to Give. Finally

We've noticed a common thread among our NextTribe readers, an attitude that comes with age and confidence. We really stop caring what other people think. Most of us feel liberated from that cage—whether created by society or ourselves or both—and start to follow a path that feels most true to who we've always been. We've written about it again and again.

So it's beyond gratifying when we see that metamorphosis writ large, the way the band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks is demonstrating now. Seventeen years after they were vilified for criticizing President George W. Bush for invading Iraq, they are back with a new album, Gaslighter, and a new, shall we say?, boldness that we applaud heartily.