Babel

Angela Rayner, porn in parliament and a depressing week for British politics

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There are more women in the UK parliament and government than ever before – making up about one third of the total 650 members. Yet, there are still c...

01 Mayo 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por La redacción

What’s at stake for Trump, Twitter and politics if the tweeter-in-chief returns from banishment

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Any speculation about whether Donald Trump will return to Twitter after his permanent suspension in 2021 must begin with two caveats. First, we do not...

30 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Michael Humphrey

Will Smith accepts an Oscar during the 94th Annual Academy Awards. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Revisiting Will Smith’s slap and what it means to protect a loved one

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

It took less than a nanosecond before The Slap was seen around the world. It took a little longer – about two weeks – before the Academy of Motion Pic...

29 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Neil Roberts

Members of shack-dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo protest the alleged theft of COVID-19 funds in Durban, South Africa. Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Pressure groups offer the best hope for South Africa’s democracy

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

South Africans have learnt that democracy isn’t simply a destination that they reached with the formal end of apartheid on 27 April 1994. It is also a...

28 Abril 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Keith Gottschalk

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 Atl...

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 an...

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 ...

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. Casualtie...

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 ...

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 amo...

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

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Boris Johnson en una caricatura de DonkeyHontey vía flickr.

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

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

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...

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’

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

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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Angela Rayner, porn in parliament and a depressing week for British politics

What’s at stake for Trump, Twitter and politics if the tweeter-in-chief returns from banishment

Revisiting Will Smith’s slap and what it means to protect a loved one

Pressure groups offer the best hope for South Africa’s democracy

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

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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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