Last weekend, student-led cost-of-living protests devolved in some places into violent riots and looting. This weekend, the interior ministry increased its police presence, deploying some 70,000 officers across the country on Saturday. The protests drew support from various groups and organizations, including the gilets jaunes, or yellow vests. On Saturday morning, military officers and a
Italy deployed soldiers to Milan as the nation’s fashion and finance capital braced for fresh protests on Saturday, one week after looting and clashes with police. Premier Giorgia Meloni announced a raft of measures, including sending an additional 500 soldiers to Milan, and tougher penalties for minors, who police said made up a large part of the
Carol Graham built her career on measuring happiness. Lately, the numbers keep pulling her somewhere darker. “I used to work on happiness and I seem to work more on despair now,” she told Fortune. “So that’s not great, but that’s the state we’re in.” Graham is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings
Supporters of California’s proposed billionaire tax say it could raise $100 billion, with 90% of the proceeds earmarked for health care. A pair of Stanford economists warn it could instead leave the state $39 billion worse off in today’s dollars. Proposition 40, on California’s Nov. 3 ballot, would impose a one-time 5% tax on the
Student-loan borrowers are legally entitled to debt relief — but they’re still waiting for it to arrive, a new court filing says. The Project on Predatory Student Lending — a borrower advocacy group — filed a new motion in its years-long lawsuit to get relief for thousands of defrauded borrowers. In July, a federal court
The fire that badly damaged Limoges’ 19th-century city hall was set on purpose, the local prefect said. By Sunday it was under control, and France was counting the damage: more than 2,400 arrests on Saturday alone, according to authorities, nearly 1,000 police and gendarmes injured, and hundreds of businesses looted in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and
