U2 frontman Bono received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday, and in honor of the occasion he's penned a new essay for The Atlantic, titled The Gorgeous, Unglamorous Work of Freedom.
Bono also writes of working with then-senator Joe Biden 25 years ago on canceling developing-world debt, noting, "That's the kind of fighter you want on your side." He adds the fight for freedom needs "faithful, stubborn, unselfish effort."