“Anti-white racism is growing in our cities.” It’s a statement that the French have heard several times over the past few years, during TV and radio interviews; debates; perhaps from their neighbor. But never before has it been heard publicly by a politician who isn’t affiliated with the far-right National Front (FN) party. So when Jean-François Copé, secretary general of France’s center-right... 

A Frenchwoman who wears an Islamic face veil, in defiance of the nationwide ban implemented since April, is aiming to run for president in the upcoming elections next year. Kenza Drider is part of a group of women challenging the law, asserting that it violates fundamental rights, and seeking to defend the rights of all French women. The controversial law banning Muslim face veils on the streets of...