Commentary
France’s presidential candidates compete to coddle corporations
The first debate of France’s upcoming presidential election, hosted by employer federation Medef two weeks ago, was strangely reminiscent of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Like the aging, angry monarch asking his three daughters “who doth love us most?”, corporate leaders asked the leading seven candidates what more they could do for business. Read More Read More
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CHILD MORTALITY: A strategy that could help arrest its rise
Not far from the beaches and cafés of seaside Cape Town, is the township of Du Noon, where children play in rubbish-strewn streets near pools of stagnant water and lop-sided rows of outdoor toilets. “They play and eat without washing their hands, so it’s not healthy,” says local health care worker, Nontuthuzelo Debesse, who is […]
Reportage
French police “targeting Black and Arab men” with discriminatory fines
Sitting at the living room table in her Paris apartment, Khady Mané opens one white envelope after another, scanning the notices and adding them to a growing pile of fines and late payment reminders. “They arrive almost every day, it doesn’t stop,” she said.
