In the news this week: the US west's wildfire catastrophe explained
"The climate crisis and fire suppression underlie the disaster. Addressing it means altering society’s relationship to the land."
Video of the week: Why is there still poverty in America?
Watch a 10-min video from The Economist to (re)activate vocabulary on social issues, expand your range of examples & arguments for a...
Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump: what happens now?
The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has announced a formal impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, making him the fourth president in US...
George HW Bush: passing of a patriarch
The head of the Bush dynasty and 41st US President, remembered for his steady hand during the Soviet collapse, has died aged 94. Read the...
Midterms - Diversity makes headway in American elections
There were historic firsts across the United States on Nov. 6th, as Native American, Muslim and African-American women, and L.G.B.T....
Midterm elections results: how blue was the wave?
Study the New York Times' infographics to understand the political shift resulting from last Tuesday's elections.
Read - The NY Times anonymous op-ed disparaging Trump
The New York Times on Wednesday published a rare anonymous op-ed in which a "senior official in the Trump administration" said many of...
RevisionReads: 50 years after Martin Luther King, a divided America
A very informative, long US civilization read from The Economist. Click here to download the article .
Donald Trump and the "NFL-gate": explained
Why is the American president targeting popular sports figures? Last week, Donald Trump spectacularly lashed out at some of the most...
Exhibition - America after the fall: painting the age of anxiety
Need a cultural break to take your mind off revisions for the Concours Blanc? Take a Saturday out in Paris to visit the brilliant...