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It is expressions that mark their time by their evocative power. The « alternative truth » Certainly belongs to this category. Appearing in contemporary political vocabulary thanks to a clumsy justification given by a close advisor to Donald Trump in 2017, it is not only a language effect: it is a ...

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Two paths, the same quest for freedom They embodied two faces of the same revolt. Martin Luther King, pastor of dream and non-violence. Malcolm X, the tribune of black pride and self-defence. Two voices, sometimes opposed, but both carried by an emergency: ending racial humiliation and restoring ...

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Fraud is a universal phenomenon, present in all sectors of society and at all levels, from small manipulation to the vast international financial scandal. It is based on deception, concealment or falsification in order to obtain an undue advantage, often to the detriment of others. But behind this word with sounds...

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An island shaped by colonization and sugar cane Located in the heart of the Caribbean, Cuba was long the pearl of the Spanish empire. Colonized from 1511 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, it became a hub of Atlantic commerce and a huge sugar attic. For three centuries, cane plantations rested...

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In the imagination of oppressed peoples, Haiti occupies a unique place. This small Caribbean state was, in 1804, the first country in the world to have established an independent black republic, having defeated one of the most powerful colonial armies of its time: Napoleonic France. This victory, the fruit of a popular uprising, was an act ...

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Words for enlightened youth In the heart of the Caribbean Sea, bent by the trade winds and caressed by the sun, the islands of Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Santo Domingo, Cuba or Dominica once housed peaceful and organized peoples. Long before Christopher Columbus's caravels came to the horizon in 1492, these lands were populated by ...

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Every evening, at 8 p.m., opens a strange collective ritual: millions of citizens settle in their sofa to attend the mass of information. On the screen, an impeccable presenter, locked smile and reassuring tone, unfolds the daily breviary: an indigestible mix of tragedies, futility and publicity. The show is...

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In many African countries, graduation is not only a personal success: it is a family and community pride. The graduate becomes the symbol of social ascent, the one who crossed a barrier reserved for a minority. In societies where access to education is sometimes limited, each diploma is valued beyond its ...

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An educational earthquake on the move Forget blackboards, dusty manuals, timed controls. The school we've known is moving. Not slowly. Brutally. And this earthquake has a name: artificial intelligence. It's no longer science fiction. In the United States, Europe, Asia, schools are already experimenting with a ...

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My name is Soukeyna. I'm 20 years old. I live on the eighth floor of a large grey tower in a city in the northern suburbs of Paris. There's no more « Ethnic French » For a long time. They left, one by one, as if they were running from something. Only we, the children of...

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