The Limits of Outrage Politics
The precipitous decline of France's Yellow Vest movement—like the sputtering end to Occupy Wall Street—shows why political movements need more than inchoate anger.
Yellow Vests
The People’s Emergency
France’s gilets jaunes protests are the latest Western uprising against rule by technocratic insiders.
Selling the Green New Deal With Optimism, Not Fear
If citizens are encouraged to help shape climate justice, they will be far more likely to join the project.
There Is No Profound Meaning to the Notre Dame Fire
Yes, French politics and society are in turmoil. But there's a simpler lesson from the cathedral's burning.
The Dispossessed
Édouard Louis confronts the French elite’s contempt for the poor.
The Ugly, Illiberal, Anti-Semitic Heart of the Yellow Vest Movement
The protests have combined legitimate economic grievances with the worst of far-right politics. And the French left has been happy to go along.
The Rough Year Ahead for France
Macron's concessions to the Yellow Vest protesters won't fix a problem that's fundamentally about the European Union.
Can the Yellow Vest Movement Remake French Politics?
The protests have included both right-leaning rural white voters and the diverse urban districts. That almost never happens.
France’s Yellow Vest Protesters Want to Fight Climate Change
Trump says the violence is proof that people oppose environmental protection. He couldn't be more wrong.
