French people

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.

French tabloid “Closer” exposed an alleged affair between French President François Hollande and a French actress. Hollande isn’t the first French president to stray, though he isn’t married, so why is this alleged affair causing such a stir?

Bennetta Jules-Rosette, director of the African & African-American Studies Research Center at the UCSD, attended the 1963 March on Washington. She watched as Josephine Baker spoke to the crowd. It was a moment that changed Bennetta Jules-Rosette’s life.

A decade ago, the former supermodel Carla Bruni released her debut album, surprising people who’d been more than a little skeptical of her as a musician.

Instead of avoiding taxes during tough economic times, France’s super rich have signed a petition asking the government to raise their taxes.