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Shinzo Abe: Japan’s longest-serving post-WWII prime minister, who was assassinated on July * 2022. EPA-EFE/ Kimimasa Mayama

Shinzo Abe: the disputed legacy of a politician who dominated public life in Japan after WWII

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has shaken the nation to its core. Abe was murdered while making a speech in support of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate in Nara in the run-up to last weekend’s elections – but, based on early reports, the shooting did not have a political motive.

12 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Saori Shibata

Cassidy Hutchinson is sworn in to testify before the House January 6th committee, on June 28, 2022. Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images

Cassidy Hutchinson and Greek tragedy show that courage is rare and cowardice more common

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Ever since former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s remarkable testimony in the recent January 6 committee hearing, I’ve been thinking – as I’m sure many people have – about courage. Seeking analogies in literature, I think of two women from Greek mythology: Antigone and Iphigenia.

11 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Rachel Hadas

Nageur naturiste à la piscine Roger Le Gall à Paris dans le 12e arrondissement. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP

Piscine et nudité : le maillot de la discorde

(Tiempo de lectura: 6 - 12 minutos)

Depuis le premier mai 2022, la ville allemande de Göttingen autorise à titre d’essai les femmes à se baigner la poitrine nue dans les piscines municipales. À quelques jours de cette décision, le 16 mai précisément, c’est au tour de la ville de Grenoble de légiférer à propos du costume de bain. Cette fois, c’est le port du burkini, un maillot de bain couvrant intégralement le corps, qui fait l’objet d’un vote favorable. L’histoire pourrait s’arrêter là. Mais les esprits s’échauffent.

10 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Sylvain Villaret

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 iconoclast, an elder statesman, a patriot and a culturalist.

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 up vital questions about democratic values and institutions.

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 globally earn 20% of total income. But inequality isn’t just about wealth – elite groups also have advantages over the rest of society in areas such as education and health. They also tend to live longer. Life expectancy of the top 1% of income earners in the US is almost 15 years longer than the bottom 1%.

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 European monarchies. In the mid-20th century, historian Richard Hofstadter described a “paranoid style” that he observed in right-wing U.S. politics and culture: a blend of “heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy.”

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 presenting their point of view. This was an important step in establishing a fairer justice system, bringing protections promised by Magna Carta to the general population.

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’attribution aux groupes d’opposition de certains postes-clés à l’Assemblée nationale (vice-présidences, questures, présidence de la – très stratégique – commission des finances), réception des présidents des groupes par le président de la République au lendemain des élections, puis par la Première ministre à quelques jours de son discours de politique générale… La situation politique inédite résultant des élections législatives des 12 et 19 juin dernier met en lumière l’importance des groupes parlementaires, structures assez largement méconnues du grand public, ainsi que les enjeux liés à leur formation.

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 potentially large number of returning so-called “freedom convoy” protesters and sympathizers like the “Rolling Thunder” bikers.

03 Julio 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Fiona MacDonald

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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 the Trump administration but also signals that the future of immigration policy is in the hands of the electorate.

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 – the first Black woman to sit on the bench.

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, while 92% of Democrats and 54% of independents expressed the opposite view. Just weeks after those mass shootings, Republicans and gun rights advocates hailed the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated New York state’s gun permit law and declared that the Second Amendment guarantees a right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense.

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

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 dans certains secteurs, comme les transports ou la radio-télévision publique viennent alimenter l’effervescence actuelle. Un troisième « tour » social s’annonce-t-il ?

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

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Shinzo Abe: the disputed legacy of a politician who dominated public life in Japan after WWII

Cassidy Hutchinson and Greek tragedy show that courage is rare and cowardice more common

Piscine et nudité : le maillot de la discorde

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

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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

Manifestations, grèves : vers un troisième tour social ?

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