Tag: Social issues
Macky Sall calls for general mobilization in the face of soaring food prices
The Senegalese president addressed the nation on the eve of the country’s 62nd independence anniversary. While Muslims began Ramadan this Sunday, April 3 and Christians are in the middle of…
In France, the end of the winter break raises fears of an upsurge in evictions
With the end this Friday April 1 of the winter break, the associations fear an upsurge in evictions of tenants, after two years of calm during the pandemic. It is…
restaurateurs are looking for an alternative
From March 31, heated terraces will be prohibited in France. Resulting from the Climate Law, this measure will come into force after numerous postponements due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Restaurant…
purchasing power, a major problem for students
The question of purchasing power and social inequalities is one of the key topics of the 2022 presidential election in France. Among students, an often “forgotten” social class, there are…
mobilization of Disney employees against an anti-LGBT law in Florida
Disney employees in Florida have rallied against a new law that prohibits elementary school teachers from discussing homosexuality with their students. All week, Disney strikers in Orlando demonstrated against this…
several candidates presented their program to Medef
French presidential candidates Fabien Roussel, Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot, Valérie Pécresse, Éric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen defended their economic program on Monday, February 21, in front of nearly 400…
Fabien Truong, the size of the origins
He’s a sociologist well in his shoes. A new generation sociologist who ties his shoelaces, either to scream into the microphone with his punk friends, or to find his students…
Rachida Brahim, on the trail of racist crimes
Another sociologist? Yes, but not just any. This one has a visceral need for history. Of a History of France which would not put under the carpet, under the pile…
In the UK, protesters take to the streets against the fall in purchasing power
Demonstrations were organized in several cities in the United Kingdom, Saturday, February 12, to protest against soaring prices and the decline in purchasing power. In London’s Westminster borough, around 2,000…
The “freedom convoys” wreak havoc on the Champs-Élysées
Some of the thousands of opponents of the vaccine pass, whose convoys were heading for Paris, managed to reach the Champs-Élysées on Saturday, quickly triggering the intervention of the police…