Relations between the US and France have never seemed so strained as today but cultural historian Philippe Roger says, c'est pa grave. His book, L'Ennemi Americain chronicles the long history of tension between the Gauls and the Yanks. Roger's inspiration came from the hostile responses of his French counterparts when he discussed American politics: "We [the French] keep creating a mythological America in order to avoid asking ourselves questions about our real problems." Also: black-on-black gentrification in Harlem.
Six Feet Under
John Parker, Washington bureau chief for the Economist, on the Bush administration's bid for the "middle six" Security Council votes
Stark Contrasts
Kai Newkirk, a senior at Hampshire College in Amherst Mass and an organizer for STARC (Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations), a member National Youth and Student Peace Coalition and Tamieka Byer, a senior at Hunter College and a member of SLAM (Student Liberation Action ...
Control Freak
Richard J. Paulson, professor at the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California, on a birth control pill that reduces menstruation to 4 times a year
Le Jour de Gloire Est Arrivé!
Philippe Roger, professor of literature and cultural history at The School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris and author of L'Ennemi Americain (Seuil, 2002) and The American Enemy (University of Chicago Press, upcoming), on the history of strained relations between France and the US
Purgatory Is a Fixer Upper Brownstone
Monique Taylor, professor of sociology at Occidental College , on her book Harlem: Between Heaven and Hell (University of Minnesota Press, 2002), a look at the gentrification of Harlem by black middle class professionals
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