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When it came down to it, some Republicans couldn’t vote for Herschel Walker. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

Georgia runoff: Candidate quality meant fewer Republicans turned out for Walker

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Runoff elections tend to be races of attrition. Turnout will most likely be lower, as voters are less accustomed to turning out for off-cycle election...

08 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Andra Gillespie

All adult citizens who have not been convicted of a crime have the right to vote in federal and state elections. Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

‘Independent state legislature doctrine,’ now before Supreme Court, could reverse 200 years of progress in giving more say over elections to the people

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

In a case to be heard on Dec. 7, 2022, Moore v. Harper, the U.S. Supreme Court could decide that state legislatures have control over congressional el...

07 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Henry L. Chambers Jr.

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, under whose leadership the communist bloc was brought to an end, was met in the w...

06 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Richard Shorten

Talokan is inspired by Mesoamerica, a vast area that encompasses Central America and parts of Mexico. Marvel Studios

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ continues the series’ quest to recover and celebrate lost cultures

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

As someone who teaches and writes about Afrofuturism, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” I’m particularly exc...

04 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Julian C. Chambliss

Les paysans du Burkina Faso sont inquiets pour leur avenir. Pour cause, l'insécurité grandissante, la pression foncière et la surexploitation des terres. Raphael Belmin / Cirad, CC BY-NC-ND

Photoreportage : Au Burkina Faso, un laboratoire à ciel ouvert pour la transition agroécologique

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 9 minutos)

Un petit matin de septembre 2022 : Hamado Sawadogo et son équipe d’agronomes ont quitté la ville de Ouagadougou aux aurores. Ils filent vers le nord-o...

03 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Raphaël Belmin, Amélie d’Anfray

Protesters march along a street in Beijing on Nov. 28, 2022. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

Protests in China are not rare – but the current unrest is significant

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Street protests across China have evoked memories of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations that were brutally quashed in 1989. Indeed, foreign media hav...

02 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Teresa Wright

Members of the Oath Keepers stand in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

Oath Keepers convictions shed light on the limits of free speech – and the threat posed by militias

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

The verdicts in a high-profile, monthslong trial of Oath Keepers militia members were, as one defense lawyer acknowledged, “a mixed bag.” Leader Stewa...

01 Diciembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Amy Cooter

Le nouveau patron de Twitter dit vouloir s’appuyer sur la « vox populi » dans ses décisions. Frederic J. Brown/AFP

Twitter 2.0 : le populisme assumé d’Elon Musk

(Tiempo de lectura: 5 - 9 minutos)

Dès l’annonce de son intention de devenir le seul propriétaire de Twitter, il y a six mois, Elon Musk avait laissé entrevoir que sa gestion future de ...

30 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Barthélémy Michalon

Le chef du Parti québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, lors d'une conférence de presse, le 17 octobre 2022, à l'Assemblée législative de Québec. Il a réitéré qu'il ne voulait pas prêter serment au roi Charles III. La Presse canadienne/Karoline Boucher

Il n’y a pas de version française officielle de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867. Le serment au roi en français est-il valide ?

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Depuis l’élection des premiers députés péquistes en 1970, la controverse entourant le serment d’allégeance au souverain que doivent prêter les députés...

29 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Yan Campagnolo, François Larocque

A still from del Torro’s Pinocchio. Netflix

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio review: this tale of a lost child is the filmmaker’s destiny

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

That Guillermo del Toro would eventually create a version of Pinocchio feels something like cinematic destiny. The overriding theme of his cinematic v...

28 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Keith McDonald

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Military troops drive through Goma in North Kivu, eastern DRC, in November 2022. Augustin Wamenya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Conflict in the DRC: 5 articles that explain what’s gone wrong

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

For nearly three decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in violence. Millions of people have been killed, and an estimated...

26 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Julius Maina y Kagure Gacheche

Wilma Mankiller, first female principal chief of Cherokee Nation, led with compassion and continues to inspire today

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

If you fish in your pocket or purse for a U.S. quarter today, there’s a chance you’ll see Wilma Mankiller’s face. She was the Cherokee Nation’s first ...

24 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por La redacción

Young activists have been pushing to keep a 1.5-Celsius limit, knowing their future is at stake. AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty

After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5 degrees global warming limit – here’s what we can still do about it

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, a level many scientists consider a dangerous ...

23 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Peter Schlosser

Twitter itself produces a lot of data that’s available nowhere else. STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images

What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter: Valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior, as well as a habitat for trolls

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tra...

21 Noviembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Anjana Susarla

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Georgia runoff: Candidate quality meant fewer Republicans turned out for Walker

‘Independent state legislature doctrine,’ now before Supreme Court, could reverse 200 years of progress in giving more say over elections to the people

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ continues the series’ quest to recover and celebrate lost cultures

Photoreportage : Au Burkina Faso, un laboratoire à ciel ouvert pour la transition agroécologique

Protests in China are not rare – but the current unrest is significant

Oath Keepers convictions shed light on the limits of free speech – and the threat posed by militias

Twitter 2.0 : le populisme assumé d’Elon Musk

Il n’y a pas de version française officielle de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867. Le serment au roi en français est-il valide ?

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio review: this tale of a lost child is the filmmaker’s destiny

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Conflict in the DRC: 5 articles that explain what’s gone wrong

Wilma Mankiller, first female principal chief of Cherokee Nation, led with compassion and continues to inspire today

After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5 degrees global warming limit – here’s what we can still do about it

What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter: Valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior, as well as a habitat for trolls

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

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