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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu delivers his general policy speech to the National Assembly in Paris on October 14, 2025. Thomas Samson/AFP

With delay of pension reform, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu puts France’s Socialist Party back in the spotlight

Will the new French government last? The suspension of the controversial reform until after the 2027 French presidential election was key to the Socialist Party agreeing not to support a potential no-confidence vote in the government.
Residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, demonstrate for women’s rights in 2018 in front of the Woody Guthrie Centre, which features a mural depicting the folksinger, a native of the state, playing his iconic guitar emblazoned with the slogan “This Machine Kills Fascists”, below the title of his most famous song, “This Land is Your Land”. Vineyard Perspective/Shutterstock

The troubling relevance of Woody Guthrie’s new album, released 58 years after his death

In his lyrics, the folksinger and herald of US postwar social struggles described his era. In some ways, it resembles our own.
The obligatory showing of the red briefcase containing budget details is as exciting as it gets in the U.K. Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Shutdowns are as American as apple pie − in the UK and elsewhere, they just aren’t baked into the process

With hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed as part of the latest US government shutdown, a scholar explains why such events never occur in the UK.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the courthouse on 25 September 2025 after being sentenced to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya. AFP

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy handed five‑year prison term for criminal conspiracy over Gaddafi money

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be imprisoned. This decision illustrates the growing independence of the judiciary and the application of the principle of equality before the law.
The U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1 after Congressional leaders were unable to strike a deal. Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

Even a government shutdown that ends quickly would hamper morale, raise costs and reduce long‑term efficiency in the federal workforce

A study of the 2013 shutdown that lasted 16 days revealed long-term negative effects on federal workers and led to weakened government performance.
ABC briefly suspended ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ after the host made controversial remarks about the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Turner

Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before

President Nixon tried and failed to cancel ‘The Dick Cavett Show.’ Since then, deregulation and consolidation have made media conglomerates more willing to accommodate those in power.

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