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Jorja Smith, Richard Russell, and Britain’s Poised Pop |

A couple of weeks ago, smartly dressed couples and googly-eyed teens filled Shepherd’s Bush Empire, a two-thousand-seat hall nestled in a mostly residential enclave of West London, for a headlining Valentine’s Day performance by the budding singer Jorja Smith. Partners…

Trump is Enabling Brutal Repression in Bahrain

Republicans often criticized the Obama administration for “mistreating” our allies. Many of them seemed to believe that collecting allies was a bit like accumulating Facebook friends: the more the merrier—never mind whether they share Americans’ values. Some of President Donald…

The Ideological Clash at the Heart of “Black Panther”

Today’s big-budget superheroes are a cosmopolitan crew. Internationalism is in; “truth, justice, and the American way” are out. Indeed, Bryan Singer’s Superman was fighting for “truth, justice, and all that stuff” as early as 2006, while Zack Snyder’s 2017 version…