Madonna stepped into the gun violence debate on Wednesday with a music video containing graphic dramatizations of a mass shooting. Called “God Control,” the disco beat song and video depicts a gunman opening fire in a crowded nightclub or bar and images of actors playing dancers who fall to the ground, bleeding, or try to flee. A message before the …

Can music quell political controversy? The Israel Palestine conflict does not appear to be making much progress in terms of peace. The bloody feud stems from several political issues, the main one being the creation of Israel by the United States and other countries after World War II as a place for the persecuted Jewish population to live. That land …