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Egalité: An age-old French virtue’s medical benefits
Written by Stephen Hartka
Inequality, especially uneven access to healthcare, has increasingly come to be seen as central to understanding the development of chronic diseases. In France, a country synonymous with equality because of its revolutionary past, the complexities of combating inequality between individuals and areas provide lessons Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for […]
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Occupiers in Paris: Goodbye La Défense
Written by kammathordarson
Sunday December 4th, 2011 – Paris. This is the last day of Occupy La Défense, Paris’ business district. The encampment has held its ground here for one month despite police harassment and rain. November here isn’t made for sleeping out in the open air, or in this case, under the […]
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Europe’s Atomic Dilemma: Will the anti-nuclear wave increase carbon emissions?
Written by Craig James Willy
Rarely has the relationship between public policy and public opinion been so clear in Europe than in the realm of energy since the Fukushima accident. The effects of the Japanese earthquake in this area appear stronger in Europe than in most other regions and probably greater than even in Japan […]
