The "1812 Overture" isn't even about America's War of 1812. So how did music celebrating Russia's pushback against a foreign power become associated with America's Fourth of July?
In France, the dropout rate at public universities is high — only 40 percent make it past the first year. That's one reason the French government is overhauling its rules on higher education, but some say the changes "break the way universities work."
France doesn't collect comprehensive statistics based on race, ethnicity or religion. And that has something to do with its experience in World War II.
Josephine Baker was a superstar on the French stage. But she was also a member of the French resistance in World War II and an American civil rights activist. A new graphic biography chronicles her many identities.
The director of a new Baltimore production of "M. Butterfly" got to meet the real French embassy worker at the heart of the story. And he came away with even more questions.
Samia Orosemane is a French stand-up comedian of Tunisian descent, who jokes about stereotypes of Africans and Muslim women ... and of course, about her mother.
"In France, we talk constantly about Muslims, especially Muslim women, but you never get to hear us." That's why some French Muslim women started the online magazine, Lallab.
This weekend, French President François Hollande confirmed that he is separating from his partner Valérie Trierweiler. The French seemed to shrug at the news of Hollande's affair with actress Julie Gayet, seeing love and politics as separate. But France's neighbors and its former colonies don't necessarily agree.
Antonin Baudry was hired as a speechwriter for the French foreign minister in 2002, just months after 9/11. And the experience inspired him to write a graphic novel, which has just become the film, "The French Minister."
France prides itself on its people placing country over religion. But it's been a long struggle for Muslims and other minorities in France when it comes to integration.
The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, told parliament in Paris that the country is ‘at war’ with terrorism and radical Islamists. But he stressed France is not at war with Islam. Ten thousand troops are being deployed to protect potential targets, like Jewish schools.
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France Sees Great Potential in the Chinese Tourism Industry
The number of trips abroad for the Chinese has gone from 10 million in 2000 to 83 million in 2012. A look at this booming market from France.
France Sees Great Potential in the Chinese Tourism Industry
The number of trips abroad for the Chinese has gone from 10 million in 2000 to 83 million in 2012. A look at this booming market from France.
Arts, Culture & Media
What the French president's affair and separation say about love, politics and French culture
Global Voices Online
January 26, 2014
This weekend, French President François Hollande confirmed that he is separating from his partner Valérie Trierweiler. The French seemed to shrug at the news of Hollande's affair with actress Julie Gayet, seeing love and politics as separate. But France's neighbors and its former colonies don't necessarily agree.
Arts, Culture & Media
Here's how the life of a French official became the satirical film, 'The French Minister'
PRI's The World
March 21, 2014
Antonin Baudry was hired as a speechwriter for the French foreign minister in 2002, just months after 9/11. And the experience inspired him to write a graphic novel, which has just become the film, "The French Minister."
Culture
Why making French Muslims more French is such a challenge
PRI's The World
January 09, 2015
France prides itself on its people placing country over religion. But it's been a long struggle for Muslims and other minorities in France when it comes to integration.
Justice
France is ‘at war’ with Islamists, says prime minister
PRI's The World
January 13, 2015
Updated
The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, told parliament in Paris that the country is ‘at war’ with terrorism and radical Islamists. But he stressed France is not at war with Islam. Ten thousand troops are being deployed to protect potential targets, like Jewish schools.
Conflict
Why did the attackers target France?
The Takeaway
November 16, 2015
“France is becoming a soft target in Europe,” says Samuel Laurent, author of "Al-Qaeda in France" and "The Islamic State.”
Conflict
Inside Molenbeek, the troubled Brussels neighborhood linked to terror in Paris
GlobalPost
November 16, 2015
Few were surprised that this Brussels neighborhood had a link to violence. It is portrayed as a jihadist breeding ground and a no-go area for police.
Global Politics
From his bedroom hundreds of miles away, this teenager helped find the missing of Paris
PRI's The World
November 23, 2015
It never occurred to Steve Puget NOT to use Facebook to help. And he was totally unsurprised when it worked.
Conflict
A migrant camp in northern France has grown so big it's now 'a village within the town'
PRI's The World
February 01, 2016
What happens when no one is in charge at a camp that shelters migrants in northern France? "Total anarchy," says one charity worker.