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Atlanta Braves fans perform the ‘tomahawk chop’ during a playoff game in 2004. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

The Cleveland Indians changed their team name – what’s holding back the Atlanta Braves?

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

In October 1995, as the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves prepared to face off in the World Series, a group of Native Americans rallied outside Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to protest what they called both teams’ racist names and mascots. Some protesters carried signs, including one that said, “Human beings as mascots is not politically incorrect. It is morally wrong.”

27 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Peter Dreier

Views around opposition to abortion may be more complicated than what might appear on the surface. Peter Muhly/AFP via Getty Images

Opposition to abortion doesn’t stop some Americans from supporting friends and family who seek one

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Maxine, a pseudonym for a 58-year-old woman, is among a sizable proportion of Americans who are morally opposed to abortion.

Republican, Christian and a grandmother, Maxine “can’t believe that anybody could honestly say that life doesn’t begin at conception. … That’s the black and whiteness of it, for me: Either it’s life or it’s not.” Abortion is “murder,” she told me.

25 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Tricia C. Bruce

The screen in Piccadilly Circus is lit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee comes amid her declining health, royal backlash and a colonial reckoning

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

A platinum jubilee is unprecedented for the British Royal Family. While historic, this year’s celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne comes at an awkward time for the monarch.

23 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Catherine Ellis

Generation ‘Z’: members of Russia’s Young Army Military Patriotic Movement at a rally in 2021. Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS/Alamy Live News

Russia: programme of ‘patriotic education’ aims to create next generation of Putin faithful

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

As Russia shifts the focus of its “special military operation” in Ukraine to the Donbas region, there seems no end in sight to the fighting. Casualties on both sides are mounting. While Ukraine is able to call on its citizens to help defend their homeland from Russian aggression, Moscow’s ability to rally and maintain support for this war among ordinary Russians will be crucial for sustaining its military effort.

22 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jennifer Mathers y Allyson Edwards

Pro-democracy protesters are arrested by police in Hong Kong on May 24, 2020. Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images

Human rights declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, in countries from Angola to the US to New Zealand

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Human rights activists and international leaders first warned in April 2020 that countries could use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to crack down on human rights.

21 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Stephen Bagwell

Many researchers are interested in the genetic history of the Khoe-San. Dana Al-Hindi, CC BY-NC-ND

How a South African community’s request for its genetic data raises questions about ethical and equitable research

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 9 minutos)

Scientists believe Africa is where modern humans first emerged. For the past decade, our team of genetic researchers from the Henn Lab have worked among the Khoe-San and self-identified “Coloured” communities in South Africa, which comprise multiple ethnic groups in the region, requesting DNA and generating genetic data to help unravel the history and prehistory of southern Africans and their relationship to populations around the world.

20 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Dana Al-Hindi y Brenna Henn

Boris Johnson en una caricatura de DonkeyHontey vía flickr.

Boris Johnson fined by police over partygate – what happens next?

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

After months of dodging the issue, it appears that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did in fact break his own emergency laws during COVID restrictions.

19 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Matthew Flinders

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

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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

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The Cleveland Indians changed their team name – what’s holding back the Atlanta Braves?

Opposition to abortion doesn’t stop some Americans from supporting friends and family who seek one

Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee comes amid her declining health, royal backlash and a colonial reckoning

Russia: programme of ‘patriotic education’ aims to create next generation of Putin faithful

Human rights declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, in countries from Angola to the US to New Zealand

How a South African community’s request for its genetic data raises questions about ethical and equitable research

Boris Johnson fined by police over partygate – what happens next?

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

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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

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