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Resurrection of Christ depicted in 14th-century fresco in Chora Church, Istanbul, Turkey. LP7/Collections E+ via Getty Images

Christians hold many views on Jesus’ resurrection – a theologian explains the differing views among Baptists

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Every year, Christians from around the world gather for worship on Easter Sunday. Also known as Pascha or Resurrection Sunday, Easter is the final day of a weeklong commemoration of the story of Jesus’ final days in the city of Jerusalem leading up to his crucifixion and resurrection.

18 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jason Oliver Evans

Wearing his military uniform, Jackie Robinson signs a contract on Oct. 23, 1945 to becomes the first Black to play with a white professional baseball team. Bettmann/Getty Images

Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, forever changing baseball and society.

Robinson was Black, and the integration of all-white major league baseball was perhaps the most important story about civil rights in the years immediately following World War II.

16 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Chris Lamb

Musk argues Twitter is better off in private hands – his. Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP

Elon Musk argues Twitter would be better off in private rather than public hands – corporate governance scholars would disagree

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

Billionaire Elon Musk says he wants to take Twitter private by buying 100% of its publicly held shares in a deal worth US$43 billion.

15 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Bert Spector

The Black Ferns review shows – again – why real change in women’s high performance sport is urgently overdue

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

New Zealand Rugby’s just released report into the culture of the Black Ferns national women’s team is damning, but sadly all too familiar.

14 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Holly Thorpe y Alida Shanks

Anastasia Parshkova tenant une affiche qui dit « Tu ne tueras point », devant la cathédrale du Christ-Sauveur, à Moscou, le 15 mars 2022, peu avant son arrestation. (Résistance féministe antiguerre), Author provided

Sur les réseaux sociaux, dans la rue à coup d’affiches et de graffitis, les féministes russes protestent contre la guerre

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Dès l’invasion de l’Ukraine le 24 février 2022, le président russe Vladimir Poutine a décrété des lois draconiennes de propagande. Ceux qui dénoncent la guerre et les crimes de la Russie s’exposent à 15 ans d’emprisonnement.

Ce faisant, il a anéanti un paysage médiatique riche et varié.

13 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Maria Silina

Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati (L) celebrates with teammates during the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter final. EPA-EFE/Alejandro Garcia

How fans fall in love with women’s football

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Women’s football is on the rise. Tickets for the final of the Women’s European Championship, due to take place at Wembley Stadium on 31 July 2022, recently sold out within less than an hour of going on sale. The match could break the attendance record for any European Championship match, men or women’s.

12 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Stacey Pope y Rachel Allison

What is a non-dom? An expert answers our questions about the tax status claimed by Rishi Sunak’s wife and other wealthy people

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

It has emerged that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife, Akshata Murty, claims non-domicile (or “non-dom”) tax status, meaning that she does not have to pay UK taxes on income earned elsewhere. This revelation has drawn criticism, especially in light of Sunak raising taxes for working households.

09 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Ronen Palan

Worrying insights from UN’s first-ever assessment of water security in Africa

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

When it comes to water security – a reliable, good supply of safe water – just 29 African countries have made some progress over the past three to five years. Twenty-five have made none.

07 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Grace Oluwasanya y Duminda Perera

Sports-related sexual assaults often take place in the locker room. Thomas Barwick/Getty Images

Shame and secrecy shroud culture of sexual assault in boys’ high school sports

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

A coat hanger. A broomstick. A pool cue.

All these objects were used in a series of sexual assaults in recent years in which the perpetrators allegedly targeted high school boys who play sports.

06 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jamie L. Small

The start of a movement or a moment? AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez

Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

April 1, 2022, may go down as a pivotal day in the history of American unions.

In a result that could reverberate in workplaces across the U.S., the independent Amazon Labor Union – first formed in 2020 by Chris Smalls, an Amazon worker fired for protesting what he saw as inadequate COVID-19 safety precautions – got the better of the previously successful anti-union efforts of the online retailer. It means that Smalls’ warehouse in Staten Island, New York, will be the first to have a unionized workforce.

04 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por John Logan

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Five lessons the pandemic taught us about ending homelessness permanently

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

One surprising success story to come out of the pandemic was how many countries and cities were able to significantly reduce street homelessness. Lockdowns enabled governments to treat homelessness as a public health emergency and act swiftly to accommodate and support people experiencing homelessness.

03 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jeremy Williams

A l'entre-deux tours, le 26 avril 2017, Marine Le Pen avait créé la surprise en rendant visite aux ouvriers et employés de l'usine Whirlpool à Amiens, bastion du candidat Macron qui s'y trouvait au même moment. AFP

Le travail, ultime lieu de fabrique de la politique (et de l’abstention) ?

(Tiempo de lectura: 7 - 13 minutos)

Les derniers sondages mettent en avant une forte proportion d’abstentionnistes, près de 30 %, dès le premier tour de l’élection présidentielle. Si les travaux de sociologie électorale, notamment en France, insistent sur l’existence de « variables lourdes » de l’abstention, les relations entre la participation électorale et le travail, malgré ses mutations, sont toujours structurantes.

02 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Tristan Haute

Activists participate in a march urging Congress to pass voting rights legislation in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 2021. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Black Lives Matter protests are shaping how people understand racial inequality

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Considered to be the largest social justice movement since the civil rights era of the 1960s, Black Lives Matter is more than the scores of street protests organized by the social justice group that attracted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across the world.

31 Marzo 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jelani Ince y Zackary Dunivin

Budget 2022: Frydenberg has spent big – but on the whole, responsibly

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

So good, and so unexpected, has been Australia’s economic improvement over the past three months, it has wiped one-third of the projected 2022-23 budget deficit. Or it would have, had the government not decided to give away almost half (45%) the windfall.

30 Marzo 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Peter Martin

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Christians hold many views on Jesus’ resurrection – a theologian explains the differing views among Baptists

Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’

Elon Musk argues Twitter would be better off in private rather than public hands – corporate governance scholars would disagree

The Black Ferns review shows – again – why real change in women’s high performance sport is urgently overdue

Sur les réseaux sociaux, dans la rue à coup d’affiches et de graffitis, les féministes russes protestent contre la guerre

How fans fall in love with women’s football

What is a non-dom? An expert answers our questions about the tax status claimed by Rishi Sunak’s wife and other wealthy people

Worrying insights from UN’s first-ever assessment of water security in Africa

Shame and secrecy shroud culture of sexual assault in boys’ high school sports

Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement

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Five lessons the pandemic taught us about ending homelessness permanently

Le travail, ultime lieu de fabrique de la politique (et de l’abstention) ?

Black Lives Matter protests are shaping how people understand racial inequality

Budget 2022: Frydenberg has spent big – but on the whole, responsibly

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Necesitamos tu apoyo económico para hacer un periodismo fiable y con valores sociales

Necesitamos tu apoyo económico para hacer
un periodismo fiable y con valores sociales