The Nation: Karina Piser on walking while trans New York police are accused of routinely using legislation dubbed the Walking While Trans ban to target trans women of color....
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Washington Post: Karina Piser on France and #MeToo A backlash against French author Gabriel Matzneff, who wrote about his sexual encounters with children, suggests that France is finally reckoning with its attitude toward sexual liberation....
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Foreign Policy: Karina Piser on Marine Le Pen’s Plan France's far right party, the National Rally, has turned its attention to aggressively campaigning in local elections,
Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) reports for
Foreign Policy.
"As the National Rally seeks to shed its image as a political pariah and settle into the mainstream, municipal elections have emerged as an indispensable strategy," she writes. "Although the strategy has yet to translate into national gains, the party has decided that chipping away at local offices will be critical to its long-term success."...
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Washington Post: Karina Piser on Macron’s lurch to the right France’s new restrictions on asylum seekers have alarmed human rights groups, Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) reports for The Washington Post. Is the move “tactical,” to defuse the far right’s appeal, or is President Emmanuel Macron simply beginning to show his true colors? Read the full article here. Image credit here....
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From Paris to Brussels, a rightward lurch on immigration Do centrists really think they can beat the far right by imitating it?...
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Paris from center to periphery A summer stroll provides a window into the striking inequality of today’s cities....
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France’s far right eyes the prize In the south, the National Rally hopes local elections next year will pave the way to national victory....
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The battle for a ‘French Islam’ In an ideologically charged tug-of-war, divergent figures jockey over who best represents France’s Muslims....
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Denmark’s far right has already won on immigration The Danish People’s Party may be losing support, but its policies have crept into the mainstream....
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In secular France, Catholic roots run deep The Notre-Dame fire is shedding light on the country’s complex relationship with religion at a moment populists across Europe are distorting the notion of Christian identity. ...
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