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A student is arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Interrogations of university leaders spearheaded by conservative congressional representatives. Calls from right-wing senators for troops to intervene...

30 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

O.J. Simpson montre au jury une paire de gants similaires à ceux trouvés sur les lieux du crime, lors de son procès à Los Angeles en 1995. POO/AFP via Getty Images

Le procès d’O.J. Simpson, ou l’histoire d’un emballement médiatique américain

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Avec la mort d’O.J. Simpson, je ne peux m’empêcher de me demander si les médias ont tiré des leçons de la couverture de son procès, au cours duquel l’...

17 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Frankie Bailey

Izikhothane display their expensive Italian shoes - which they sometimes destroy in public. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

Izikhothane: a deeper history of a South African youth subculture where luxury items are trashed

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In South Africa, a skhothane is a young, fashionably dressed black urban resident who engages in destructive conspicuous consumption. This involves re...

15 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Mthobeli Ngcongo y Sifiso Mnisi

A monumental case, unfolding in a court of law and a court of public opinion – Trump goes on trial

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Former President Donald Trump’s New York trial on charges related to paying hush money to an adult film star begins on April 15, 2024. The Conversatio...

13 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por La redacción

International Court of Justice President Joan Donoghue, center, and other judges arrive prior to the preliminary order announcement on Jan. 26, 2024. Remko De Waal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images

UN court ruling against Israel shows limits of legal power to prevent genocide − but rapid speed

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

The International Court of Justice ordered Israel on Jan. 26, 2024, to prevent possible genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. But the court did not c...

10 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Victor Peskin

Then-Vice President Joe Biden at the NCAA men’s Final Four semifinal between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Syracuse Orange on April 2, 2016, in Houston. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

Even presidents need a touch of madness − in March

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Why would a president faced with lingering inflation at home and wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, among other problems, take time out to participa...

08 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Daniel Palazzolo

Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, at the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from the stereotypes that have long dogged it

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

On Super Bowl Sunday, Beyoncé released two country songs – “16 Carriages” and “Texas Hold ‘Em” – that elicited a mix of admiration and indignation.

07 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por William Nash

Sam Bankman-Fried got 25 years for his role in overseeing a multibillion-dollar crypto fraud. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years − how he went from $30B crypto CEO to prison inmate

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

The case of Sam Bankman-Fried, who was sentenced on March 28, 2024, to 25 years in prison, is emblematic of the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, in...

01 Abril 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por D. Brian Blank y Brandy Hadley

Certains panneaux de cette manifestation pour les droits des femmes (Paris, 2020) n'auront pas besoin d'être brandis en 2024 : les femmes persécutées du fait de leur genre pourront désormais, sous condition, bénéficier du droit d'asile en Europe. Jeanne Menjoulet / Flickr

Être une femme devient un motif d’obtention du statut de réfugié

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Alors que le Congrès réunit à Versailles vient de voter l’inscription de l’interruption volontaire de grossesse (IVG) dans la Constitution, une autre ...

30 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Thibaut Fleury Graff

Pro-abortion rights activists rally in front of the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, the day justices heard oral arguments about the use of mifepristone. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images

Abortion drug access could be limited by Supreme Court − if the court decides anti-abortion doctors can, in fact, challenge the FDA

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Who has the legal right to challenge decisions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration? And should the moral umbrage of a group of anti-abortion righ...

27 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Naomi Cahn y Sonia Suter

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Giorgia Meloni (debout) s'adresse aux participants du sommet Italie-Afrique à Rome le 29 janvier 2024. Site officiel de Giorgia Meloni

Italie: le « Plan Mattei », nouvelle politique africaine du gouvernement Meloni?

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 9 minutos)

Le 29 janvier 2024, dans le cadre de la présidence italienne du G7, le gouvernement italien a organisé à Rome une conférence Italie-Afrique. Ce sommet...

23 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jean-Pierre Darnis

Why Fani Willis was allowed to stay on as prosecutor of criminal case against Trump in Georgia – and what happens next

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

In an unexpected decision, a Georgia judge ruled that the conspiracy to commit election intereference case against Donald Trump and several associates...

19 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por La redacción

Russian elections: despite fixing the opposition, Vladimir Putin wants lots of people to vote for him

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Russians head to the polls this week in a presidential election that will almost certainly result in Vladimir Putin decisively winning yet another six...

14 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Natasha Lindstaedt

Harvard President Claudine Gay, University of Pennsylvania then-President Elizabeth Magill and MIT President Sally Kornbluth testify before Congress on Dec. 5, 2023. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Why university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide − college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

If the same student left her perch on the sidewalk and returned to the Harvard campus to continue the rant, the student could be silenced by campus po...

13 Marzo 2024
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Lynn Greenky

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College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right

Le procès d’O.J. Simpson, ou l’histoire d’un emballement médiatique américain

Izikhothane: a deeper history of a South African youth subculture where luxury items are trashed

A monumental case, unfolding in a court of law and a court of public opinion – Trump goes on trial

UN court ruling against Israel shows limits of legal power to prevent genocide − but rapid speed

Even presidents need a touch of madness − in March

With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from the stereotypes that have long dogged it

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years − how he went from $30B crypto CEO to prison inmate

Être une femme devient un motif d’obtention du statut de réfugié

Abortion drug access could be limited by Supreme Court − if the court decides anti-abortion doctors can, in fact, challenge the FDA

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Italie: le « Plan Mattei », nouvelle politique africaine du gouvernement Meloni?

Why Fani Willis was allowed to stay on as prosecutor of criminal case against Trump in Georgia – and what happens next

Russian elections: despite fixing the opposition, Vladimir Putin wants lots of people to vote for him

Why university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide − college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment

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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