{"id":6786,"date":"2026-11-14T16:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T22:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/we-are-the-world-two-songs-that-united-humanity\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T16:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T22:16:29","slug":"we-are-the-world-two-songs-that-united-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/we-are-the-world-two-songs-that-united-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are the World: Two Songs That United Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 November 14, 2026 (STL.News) We Are The World \u2013 Some songs entertain us. Others become part of our personal memories, reminding us of people, places, and moments we never want to forget. But occasionally, a song accomplishes something much greater. It brings people together, crosses cultural and political boundaries, raises money for people facing unimaginable suffering, and reminds humanity of the extraordinary things that can happen when individuals work together for a common purpose. \u201cWe Are the World\u201d is one of those remarkable musical achievements. <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FDpDwu1K2Wzc%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Are The World - USA For Africa + We Are The World 25 For Haiti (1985 + 2010) (Full HD)\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DpDwu1K2Wzc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> Play First recorded in 1985 by an extraordinary gathering<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/we-are-the-world-two-songs-that-united-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 November 14, 2026 (STL.News) We Are The World \u2013 Some songs entertain us. Others become part of our personal memories, reminding us of people, places, and moments we never want to forget. But occasionally, a song&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6788,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786\/revisions\/6788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}