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What does the future bring for American capitalism? Visual China Group/Getty Images

American capitalism is being remade by state power

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Is the Trump administration trying to reshape American capitalism? Recent moves by Washington, such as taking a 10% share of semiconductor maker Intel...

03 Septiembre 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por H. Sami Karaca

Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas look on during the 60th presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP

How the conservative Federalist Society will affect the Supreme Court for decades to come

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

During the 2016 presidential election campaign, candidate Donald Trump took the unprecedented move of releasing a list of his potential Supreme Court ...

01 Septiembre 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Paul M. Collins Jr. and Tim Komatsu

The Democratic Republic of Congo has major deposits of critical minerals like cobalt. Dreamstime

Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where ...

28 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Hanri Mostert and Tracy-Lynn Field

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talks with Board of Governors member Lisa Cook on June 25, 2025. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Trump’s push to fire Fed governor threatens central bank independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

The fate of Lisa Cook, who is fighting attempts by President Donald Trump to remove her from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, has huge implic...

27 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Ana Carolina Garriga y Cristina Bodea

Le premier ministre François Bayrou pendant la conférence de presse lundi 25 août. Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP

Le projet de budget 2026 sous la menace de la censure… et du FMI – Bayrou demande un vote de confiance

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 9 minutos)

C’est à une clarification qu’appelle François Bayrou. Le premier ministre a indiqué lors d’une conférence de presse lundi 25 août qu’il prononcera un ...

26 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Éric Pichet

James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, participates in the National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House on May 3, 2007. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

By ‘focusing on the family,’ James Dobson helped propel US evangelicals back into politics – making the Religious Right into the cultural force it is today

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

For decades, one name was ubiquitous in American evangelical homes: Focus on the Family. A media empire with millions of listeners and readers, its me...

25 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Richard Flory

Les textes religieux sont encore mobilisés pour justifier des guerres contemporaines, comme celle menée par Israël dans la bande de Gaza depuis les attentats du 7 octobre 2023. Mais que disent vraiment la Bible, le Coran et la Torah de la guerre ? Mohammed Saber/EPA/AAP

Que disent la Bible, le Coran et la Torah de la guerre ?

(Tiempo de lectura: 7 - 13 minutos)

Les guerres sont souvent menées au nom de conceptions religieuses. Mais que disent vraiment les textes fondamentaux du christianisme, de l’islam et du...

22 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Robyn J. Whitaker et deux plus

Scientists protest in London in October 2023. Crispin Hughes

How scientists can contribute to social movements and climate action

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Despite decades of scientists’ warnings about climate and ecological breakdown, record-breaking heat and escalating environmental disasters have becom...

19 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Aaron Thierry and Tristram Wyatt

Des femmes et des fillettes attendent de recevoir à manger, région d’Al-Mawasi, à l’ouest de Khan Younès, dans le sud de la bande de Gaza, le 13 mai 2025. Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock

Ce que la famine fait au corps humain

(Tiempo de lectura: 6 - 11 minutos)

Deux spécialistes de la nutrition décrivent, sur le plan physiologique, les différentes étapes de dégradation du corps humain lorsqu’il est soumis à d...

15 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Ola Anabtawi et Berta Valente

Two-party control of U.S. politics runs contrary to the vision of the Constitution’s framers. Douglas Rissing/Getty Images

Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party will likely be derailed by a US political system hostile to new voices

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the idea of an alternative, however unlikely, gains traction. Elon Musk’s rec...

08 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Thom Reilly

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Hulk Hogan’s international fame as a wrestling superstar began in the 1980s. This photo is from 2009. Paul Kane via Getty Images Entertainment

As wrestling fans reel from the sudden death of Hulk Hogan, a cardiologist explains how to live long and healthy − and avoid chronic disease

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

On July 24, 2025, the American pro wrestling celebrity Hulk Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, died at the age of 71. Hogan had chronic lymphocy...

04 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por William Cornwell

A core principle of the U.S. justice system is that the government must act in accordance with the rule of law. arsenisspyros, iStock Getty Images

Due process: What it means in US law and its implications for migrant rights

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

As the United States edges up to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, one of the core principles the founders sought to a...

20 Agosto 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Ray Brescia

The prime minister has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown that does not bode well for the future. Alamy/Ben Stansall/AP

The mistakes Keir Starmer made over disability cuts – and how he can avoid future embarrassment

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Labour MPs have forced a major government climbdown over disability benefit cuts, in an embarrassing turn of events for Keir Starmer. The prime minist...

22 Julio 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Thomas Caygill

Les actifs potentiellement taxés : actions cotées et non cotées, obligations, produits dérivés, fonds d’investissement et fonds négociés en bourse (ETF), contrats d’assurance épargne, contrats d’assurance placement, cryptomonnaies, devises… et l’or. Max.ku/Shutterstock

La Belgique est-elle toujours un paradis fiscal ?

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Le 1er janvier 2026, la Belgique taxera de 10 % les plus-values d’actifs financiers tels que les actions, les obligations, les assurances-épargne, l’o...

16 Septiembre 2025
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Paolo Mazza

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American capitalism is being remade by state power

How the conservative Federalist Society will affect the Supreme Court for decades to come

Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea

Trump’s push to fire Fed governor threatens central bank independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)

Le projet de budget 2026 sous la menace de la censure… et du FMI – Bayrou demande un vote de confiance

By ‘focusing on the family,’ James Dobson helped propel US evangelicals back into politics – making the Religious Right into the cultural force it is today

Que disent la Bible, le Coran et la Torah de la guerre ?

How scientists can contribute to social movements and climate action

Ce que la famine fait au corps humain

Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party will likely be derailed by a US political system hostile to new voices

Más..

As wrestling fans reel from the sudden death of Hulk Hogan, a cardiologist explains how to live long and healthy − and avoid chronic disease

Due process: What it means in US law and its implications for migrant rights

The mistakes Keir Starmer made over disability cuts – and how he can avoid future embarrassment

La Belgique est-elle toujours un paradis fiscal ?

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