Welcome!
Dear students,
This website aims to provide you with the resources we studied in class or to help you find out more about the topics we reflected on.
You will also find here some projects or presentations created by your classmates or former students, as well as useful links to check out.
Feel free to contact me if need be! I am all ears!
Lauranne JOUANNO
News Highlights (May-June 2026):
"The true meaning of the 'Trumpification' of the 2026 World Cup", The Independent
"The World Cup is exposing FIFA's ugly partnership with power", Jacobin
"Keir Starmer has quit as Prime Minister: what will happen in the UK", The Guardian
"After UK PM's resignation, Andy Burnham could take over by mid July", Le Monde
"The UK's social media ban has just empowered Big Tech", The Guardian
News highlights (February 2026)
"5 Takeaways from Trump's State-Of-The-Union Address", NPR
"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's Arrest Prompts Call for Justice in the US", The Guardian
"Keir Starmer Apologises to Epstein Victims for Believing 'Mandelson's lies'", BBC News
"Andrew Arrested: Is it the end of the Royal Family?", The Guardian
"Winter Olympics 2026", The Guardian
"Serena William slammed over 'disgusting' weight-loss ad at the Super Bowl", The Daily Mail
News highlights (January 2026):
"Every reference to ICE at the 2026 Grammy awards", Forbes
"As officials disparage Alex Pretti and Renée Good, families of black people killed by police have déjà vu", ABC News
"2026 Olympians use global stage to criticize Trump Administration", Axios
"Read Canadian Prime Minister's full speech at Davos", CBC.ca
"Starmer apologizes to Epstein victims for believing Mandelson's 'lies'", BBC News
"The slopaganda era: 10 AI-generated image and what they teach us.", The Guardian
News highlights (December 2025)
"The Powerful Names in the Epstein Files", The Week
"'Rage bait' is the Oxford Dictionary Word of the year 2025", Oxford Dictionary
"'Slop' is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025", Merriam-Webster
"'Demonic': AI app that lets users 'talk' to dead loved ones faces backlash", Decrypt.co
"Starmer's Labour branded 'austerity-lite' and 'rudderless' in scathing attack on PM by Unite Boss", The Independent
News highlights (November 2025)
"Epstein emails: Key takeaways from 200,000 of newly released pages", The Guardian
"Trump, the Epstein Files, and the Persistent Fantasy of his Downfall", Iris-France.org
"How Zohran Mamdani won in NYC", USA Today
"The 'rage-bait' era - how AI is twisting our emotions without us even realising it", The Independent
"Australia's teens brace for social media ban", The Week
"'Deeply shocking': Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of anti-semitism", The Guardian
News highlights (October 2025)
"The East Wing demolition speaks to Trump's wrecking-ball presidency", CNN
"2025 government shutdown", NPR
"Donald Trump fires back at Rupert Murdoch in Epstein lawsuit", The Financial Times
"Larry Ellison: the billionaire's burgeoning media empire", The Week
"More than 30 arrested, including NBA stars, in FBI's illegal gambling probe", NPR
"King Charles strips Prine Andrew of Prince tile and ejects him from mansion", The Financial Times
News highlights (September 2025):
"Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off the air. Anyone could be next, says comedian", CBS Radio
"Free speech battle erupts in the US after Charlie Kirk's killing", Le Monde
"'Free speech for me, not for thee': How Trump's censorship is splitting the right", The Guardian
"Jane Fonda relaunches her father's Mc-carthy ear free speech initiative", CBS News
"Why did the US government shutdown?" BBC News
"Hyundai and LG's giant US plant in shock after massive ICE immigration raid", Le Monde
"Britain is heading for another winter of discontent", LBC
"The King has single-handedly saved our embattled Prime Minister", The Independent
"Starmer decries Reform's 'racist' plan as ministers escalate attacks on Farage", The Guardian
"How terror attack at Manchester synagogue unfolded", The Independent
News highlights (August 2025)
"Americans worry democracy is in danger amind gerrymandering fights", USA Today
"Trump federalizes D.C. Police: Deploys guard over crime", Newsweek
"What do we know about the Epstein files?", BBC News
"Trump diagnosed with 'chronic veinous insufficiency", Al Jazeera
"The Democrats are in deep trouble in the US - and Labour is on the way to joining them", The Guardian
"The Guardian view on Labour's first year in power: crisis reveals the cost of caution", The Guardian
"Over 46,000 public bodies spurned offer of free King Charles portrait", The Guardian
News (archives)
News archives (2024-2025)