Tag: Emmanuel Macron
France leads global charge for reproductive rights by anchoring abortion in...
In a landmark move, France becomes the first nation to constitutionally guarantee abortion rights, setting a precedent amidst global reproductive rights rollbacks.
More than a thousand arrested as Yellow Vests protests over economic...
Some 1,220 people were arrested in France on Saturday as more than a hundred thousand took to the streets – leading to a lockdown...
France to ban all new development of shale oil and gas
The days of unfettered fossil fuel extraction are over.
China’s Xi Jinping and France’s Emmanuel Macron talk climate
I know which leader is a more positive force in international affairs, by far (domestic policies and press are a different issue, though I don’t trust Trump on those, either.)
The attack on Western democracy
Are Western democracies under attack from Russia and the alt-right in America, in an effort to put racist nationalists in power?
France prepares to vote against a backdrop of civil unrest
Rather than trying to heal the wounds of the past it seems that most Western leaders are bent on creating new ones.
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Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Military moral injury, iolence, and the parable of the Guinea worm
An unexpected encounter with compassion.
Taxing the rich is key to challenging the far-right
There are many things that need to change in this world. But one thing is clear: anyone who claims to oppose the rise of the far right must, at the very least, support higher taxes on extreme wealth.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.