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Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images

Wole Soyinka’s life of writing holds Nigeria up for scrutiny

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, known simply as Wole Soyinka, can’t be easily described. He is a teacher, an ideologue, a scholar and an iconocla...

09 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Abayomi Awelewa

The fall of Boris Johnson: any democracy should look to his case and ask if it is enabling machiavellian leaders

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister is not just a portentous political event. His time in office – and the nature of his departure – throw u...

08 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Stephen Coleman

Joe Biden is the oldest person to be sworn in as US president. New research shows politicians are likely to live longer than the populations they represent. BiksuTong / Shutterstock

Politicians live longer than the populations they represent: new research

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

In many countries, inequalities in income and wealth have been rising since the 1980s. It has been estimated that the top 1% of income earners globall...

07 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Philip Clarke y dos más

A protester holds a Q sign as he waits to enter a campaign rally with then-President Donald Trump in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in August 2018. AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons were trying to topple Europ...

06 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Donovan Schaefer

Criminal barristers are striking over pay. SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo

Barristers on strike: why criminal lawyers are walking out – and what they really get paid

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

For hundreds of years, barristers in England and Wales have ensured that parties in court are entitled to a fair trial with their own advocate present...

05 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Andy Boon

Nouvellement élue, la présidente de l'Assemblée nationale Yael Braun-Pivet, première femme à ce poste, ouvre une nouvelle législature s'annonçant riche en rebondissements. Photo datée du 29 juin 2022. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/ AFP

Comment les groupes parlementaires structurent la vie politique française

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Remous provoqués par la scission de la Nouvelle union populaire écologique et sociale (Nupes) en quatre groupes politiques, interrogations autour de l...

04 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Elina Lemaire

Tyson ‘Freedom George’ Billings, a prominent figure in the ‘freedom convoy,’ leaves the Ottawa courthouse after being released on June 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

What the truck? The ‘freedom convoy’ protesters are heading back to Ottawa

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

July 1 marks the first in-person Canada Day celebrations in the nation’s capital since 2019. But the celebrations could be overshadowed by a potential...

03 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Fiona MacDonald

A migrant from Haiti waits with others at a clinic for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. AP Photo/Gregory Bull

Supreme Court’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ ruling puts immigration policy in the hands of voters – as long as elected presidents follow the rules

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

In the very last decision of its latest term, the Supreme Court released a major ruling that not only clears a barrier to ending a signature policy of...

02 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Kevin Johnson

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the land. Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images)

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Shortly after noon on June 30, 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson took the judicial oath and officially became a Supreme Court Justice of the United States –...

01 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Matt Williams

Reenactments of Old West gunfights, like this one at a tourist attraction in Texas in 2014, are part of the mythology underpinning the United States’ gun culture. Carol M. Highsmith via Library of Congress

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70% of Republicans said it is more important to protect gun rights than to control gun violence,...

30 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Pierre M. Atlas

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Manifestation le 7 juin 2022 des professionnels de la santé demandant entre autres, une revalorisation des salaires et de meilleures conditions de travail. AFP

Manifestations, grèves : vers un troisième tour social ?

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Déjà les thèmes sociaux mobilisent les organisations syndicales inquiètes de la possible paralysie de la vie politique. De nombreux appels à la grève ...

29 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Dominique Andolfatto et Dominique Labbé

A half-century of reproduction rights upended by the Supreme Court. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court. The ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Wom...

28 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Linda C. McClain and Nicole Huberfeld

The end of Roe: what now for the women of America?

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

In a post-Roe world, 26 US states are certain or likely to ban abortion and one quarter of abortion clinics are predicted to close. Indeed, many close...

27 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Erica Millar and Barbara Baird

A military officer salutes during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein/AP

Friday essay: if growing US-China rivalry leads to ‘the worst war ever’, what should Australia do?

(Tiempo de lectura: 11 - 22 minutos)

Should Australia join the United States in a war against China to prevent China taking the US’s place as the dominant power in East Asia? Until a few ...

26 Junio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Hugh White

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Wole Soyinka’s life of writing holds Nigeria up for scrutiny

The fall of Boris Johnson: any democracy should look to his case and ask if it is enabling machiavellian leaders

Politicians live longer than the populations they represent: new research

Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous

Barristers on strike: why criminal lawyers are walking out – and what they really get paid

Comment les groupes parlementaires structurent la vie politique française

What the truck? The ‘freedom convoy’ protesters are heading back to Ottawa

Supreme Court’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ ruling puts immigration policy in the hands of voters – as long as elected presidents follow the rules

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

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Manifestations, grèves : vers un troisième tour social ?

Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision

The end of Roe: what now for the women of America?

Friday essay: if growing US-China rivalry leads to ‘the worst war ever’, what should Australia do?

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