Section: Society
Gender differences become taboo 

Gender differences become taboo 

Peggy Sastre and Leonardo Orlando denounce the academic and media omerta that today surrounds the differences between men and women. Drawing on decades of scientific research, they call for a return to fact-based debate.
How «Le Peuple» designed an RTS Observatory 

How «Le Peuple» designed an RTS Observatory 

With Agora, the French-language media outlet «Le Peuple» has launched an unprecedented observatory of RTS news production, based on a public, reproducible methodology. Journalist Raphaël Pomey describes the genesis, results and democratic issues involved. 
Greek audiovisual tragedy 

Greek audiovisual tragedy 

In 2013, crisis-stricken Greece abruptly shut down its public broadcasting system. Nicolas Brodard recounts the battle over ERT: social struggles, control of the narrative and the illusions of a public service reinvented under Greek austerity, in the heart of chaos. 
«What's a pogrom, ma'am?»

«What's a pogrom, ma'am?»

In this article, Marina Rougement, a doctoral student at the University of Lausanne and secondary school German teacher, uses classroom situations to denounce the trivialization of anti-Semitism and the ambiguities of anti-Zionist discourse.
The art of taking a rake

The art of taking a rake

The journalist delivers a message in each of her columns. This month, she argues for the acceptance of rejection in love, not as a humiliation to be overcome, but as a necessary apprenticeship to respect and dignity in relationships.
Schools and positivism

Schools and positivism

Every month, youtuber Ralph Müller delivers his scathing analysis of a phenomenon typical of the times. This month, he discusses the challenges facing education in the age of artificial intelligence, and questions the role of schools in the face of positivism.
Anti-racism that «infantilizes blacks»

Anti-racism that «infantilizes blacks»

African-American linguist John McWhorter sees contemporary anti-racism as a betrayal of Martin Luther King's universalist ideal, and as an ideology that designates whites as oppressors and reduces blacks to incapable beings.