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Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace
The company is conducting an experiment in how far it can push white-collar workers to get them to achieve its ever-expanding ambitions. By Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld, New York Times…
Les haïtiens et la République dominicaine : la bombe à retardement
The dominican Time Bomb New York Times Like so many visitors to the Dominican Republic before and since, I saw a deep vein of racism and xenophobia that a world…
Teenagers Keep and Make Friends Online, Pew Says
Dino Grandoni New York Times Researchers say they have discovered something that teenagers already know: Young people use the Internet to maintain friendships made at school or work, but also…
La révolte contre le tourisme
By ELIZABETH BECKER New York Times Now tourism accounts for one in 11 jobs worldwide. In 2012 the global tourism industry counted a record one billion trips abroad, and many more…
In Tourist Destinations, a Picture of Excess
New York Times From posing naked at Machu Picchu to filming their dives from hotel balconies into courtyard swimming pools, travelers across the world have been indulging in what officials…
Mona Eltahawy: du voile à l’engagement féministe
Photo du journal Le Monde Huffington Post Mona Eltahawy n'est pas seulement une journaliste engagée dans la lutte pour la liberté de l'information au Moyen-Orient, célèbre pour ses reportages au…
Modern Doctors’ House Calls: Skype Chat and Fast Diagnosis
Abby Goodnough New York Times The same forces that have made instant messaging and video calls part of daily life for many Americans are now shaking up basic medical care.…
On Saudi Arabia : Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines — and Future
By Karen Elliott House Illustrated. 308 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. (Bibliothèque de Westmount) Gagnante d'un prix Pulitzer, elle a passé les trente dernières années à couvrir le royaume. From the…
‘I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’
Mounds of salt in Bolivia, ready for evaporation and transport. Increasing demand for the element may make the country ‘‘the Saudi Arabia of lithium.’’ My 20-year struggle with bipolar disorder.…
Alternative Search Engines
JOSHUA COHEN New York Times At the same time, I was investigating the more practical, or just more traditional, alternatives to Google: Bing (owned by Microsoft), Yahoo (operated by Google…