Pour 40 % de la population française, l'écart d'espérance de vie avec les 5 % les plus riches s'est creusé au cours des douze dernières années. C'est le produit de politiques publiques qui refusent de prendre en compte le lien entre inégalités de revenus et inégalités d'espérance de vie. Alors que les débats sur le budget de la Sécurité sociale ont été particulièrement animés cette année et que le budget, lui, n'est pas encore voté, une étude de l'Insee vient jeter un pavé dans la mare. (…)

Close your eyes and feel yourself transported to mythical “Franglia,” where liberal values have triumphed over tradition, and human rights now reign. Gender identity is fluid, and refugees from the Muslim world are welcome. You know — a nightmare. That's the dystopic setting for a new Kremlin-funded film that failed spectacularly at Russia's box office this summer. In the three weeks it screened in theatres, Andrey Grachev's Tolerance grossed roughly $1,315 (approximately €1,200) on a budget (…)

Fifteen years ago, Britain's streets were the scene of a mass youth revolt. Hundreds of thousands of students marched, blocked roads, and faced heavy police repression. Forty-six campuses were occupied. Conservative Party headquarters was trashed. Until the autumn of 2010, the widespread trope amongst the commentariat was that young people were apathetic, the children of a post-political age. In one sense, the movement was a direct response to the new Coalition government's policy to (…)