goodbye

Cette semaine l'hebdomadaire américain Newsweek, crée en 1933,  publie sa dernière édition papier. A partir de janvier 2013 il ne sera plus disponible qu'en version numérique. Ne manquez pas l’occasion d'acheter cette dernière édition (4.50  euros en France); vous y retrouverez de nombreuses unes ainsi que quelques articles sur des sujets majeurs de l'histoire américaine de ces dernières années (race, politics, foreign policy)

Quand Barbie se met à la construction....

December 3, 2012 

More Dads Buy the Toys, So Barbie, and Stores, Get Makeovers

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/business/more-dads-buy-the-toys-so-barbie-and-stores-get-makeovers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Conseil de lecture

Pour ceux et celles qui cherchent des lectures en anglais, voici un ouvrage à commander au Père Noël....

Gone Girl: A Novel

A la fois roman policier, portait psychologique de deux personnages complexes, et tableau d'une Amérique déboussolée par la crise économique

Book description (Amazon)
Marriage can be a real killer. 

   On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a killer? 
   As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering how well they know the one that they love. With his twin sister, Margo, at his side, Nick stands by his innocence. Trouble is, if Nick didn’t do it, where is that beautiful wife? And what was in that silvery gift box hidden in the back of her bedroom closet?
   With her razor-sharp writing and trademark psychological insight, Gillian Flynn delivers a fast-paced, devilishly dark, and ingeniously plotted thriller that confirms her status as one of the hottest writers around.

us elections

résultats état par état, popular vote and electoral college results

http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results

Apportionment data

documents (tables and map):

Apportionment population 2010
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9sqsAmL1RzRVVVQUnNDNmhCNXM

1940-2010 seat change by state
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9sqsAmL1RzRWnBrVFUzbEFoODQ

map 2010
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9sqsAmL1RzRZHVmcDNCNmUyM2c

you can also go to:
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-data.php

On the meaning of race in the US...

The New York Times, Oct. 8, 2012

Race and College Admissions, Facing a New Test by Justices

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/us/supreme-court-to-hear-case-on-affirmative-action.html?hp&_r=0

Images of Jim Crow

PPT by Don Spooner and Chris Harper

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9sqsAmL1RzRN0pRUjRnMXphdWc

Supreme Court Ruling on Healthcare Law

Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand, in Victory for Obama

La Cour Suprême des Etats-Unis a jugé hier que l'obligation individuelle ("individual madate" ) de la réforme du système de santé était conforme à la Constitution, permettant ainsi à la loi de continuer à être appliquée.
More on

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/us/supreme-court-lets-health-law-largely-stand.html?ref=us

De complexes relations raciales: les ancêtres blancs de Michelle Obama

The First Family: A New Glimpse of Michelle Obama’s White Ancestors

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/22/us/first-lady-family-q-and-a.html?ref=politics#/#1

Meet Your Cousin, the First Lady: A Family Story, Long Hidden

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/us/dna-gives-new-insights-into-michelle-obamas-roots.html?pagewanted=all

mort de Rodney King

Il était l’automobiliste afro-américain violemment battu par des policiers de Los Angeles en mars 1991.
L'acquittement de ces quatre policiers l’année suivante provoquera les émeutes de Los Angeles, qui durèrent 6 jours et firent plusieurs dizaines de victimes. Véritable traumatisme pour la ville et le pays tout entier, les émeutes affectèrent gravement les relations entre les différentes communautés ethniques de Los Angeles ainsi que l'image de la police de la ville.
http://www.europe1.fr/International/Rodney-King-icone-des-emeutes-de-LA-est-mort-1132719/

E 62 Civilisation Américaine

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