Tag: France

Rather than trying to heal the wounds of the past it seems that most Western leaders are bent on creating new ones.

The French national assembly voted on Friday to monitor slaughterhouse practices and worker behavior to prevent animal cruelty as well as hygiene and safety violations.

France has become the first country to ban the use of single-use plastic kitchenware by 2020.

Islamophobic conservatives express outrage that Western progressives support Muslim rights that the conservatives want to curb. But progressives also support Sikhs, Haredi Jews and others who want to be different, as long as their being different doesn’t harm anyone.

If the Republicans actually want to hinder terrorists, they might consider confirming a new treasury undersecretary and tightening up legislation.

The mayor of Nice says that it is the worst tragedy in Nice’s history.

There is some good news on the emissions front, and new renewable energy installations are key to it.

Waste is a pretty bad thing – particularly in these days when we are all noticing that the price of food is increasing.

France's National Assembly just voted to totally ban this bee-killing pesticide.

Under the state of emergency, French police can raid any home without judicial oversight. The vast majority of those targeted in the raids have been Muslim. Watch the interview with Yasser Louati, spokesperson and head of the International Relations Desk for the Collective Against Islamophobia in France.