Tag: France
Rape survivors like Gisèle Pelicot are choosing to speak out, refuting...
Nomi Dave, University of Virginia
The high-profile criminal trial of Dominique Pelicot is wrapping up. The French man is...
Calls grow in Europe for wealth tax to finance the green transition
Martin Baloge, Institut catholique de Lille (ICL)
Slowly but surely, calls for a wealth tax to finance the...
French schools’ ban on abayas and headscarves is supposedly about secularism...
Carol Ferrara, Emerson College
France’s decision to ban public school students from wearing the abaya – a long dress...
The Martinican bèlè dance – a celebration of land, spirit and...
Camee Maddox-Wingfield, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
On May 22 each year, when the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique...
How treaties protecting fossil fuel investors could jeopardize global efforts to...
Rachel Thrasher, Boston University; Blake Alexander Simmons, Colorado State University, and Kyla Tienhaara, Queen's University, Ontario
Fossil fuel companies...
What countries have nuclear weapons, and where are they?
Miles A. Pomper, Middlebury and Vasilii Tuganov, Middlebury
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised fears among the public...
What’s the G-7? An international economist explains
Emily J. Blanchard, Dartmouth College
The Group of 7 is an informal group of seven powerful democracies: Canada, France,...
Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend...
Paolo Sigismondi, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
As a kid growing up in Italy, I remember watching...
EXPLORING NATURE
How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...
Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University
Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States....
