As France's first ZAC (Zone d'Aménagement Concerté, or concerted development zone), Grigny is the ideal place to describe how France transformed its dream of a happy suburb into an impoverished urban ...

In a bold move toward modernizing its operations and reducing environmental impact, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has officially announced a 146 million euro ($171 million) investment in its Grigny ...

Successive governments have tried to find answers for France’s disaffected banlieues — a code word for the high-crime suburbs that surround Paris. Can French President Emmanuel Macron succeed where ...

Grigny-La Grande Borne, a large housing project south of Paris, the miserable condition of the buildings in the large city.

Despite years of emergency assistance, residents of the suburbs that erupted into violence in 2005 are still waiting for things to improve Nadira Achab looked out across the curved concrete blocks of ...

Malian entrepreneur Hamad Bathily has faced many roadblocks trying to launch his career. After working as an illegal immigrant in New York City, he headed to the Republic of Congo to set up a ...