Max Bearak

Friends, I have a new job @nytimes: "to examine the levers of power in global climate policy and go where the consequences of those decisions are most vividly playing out." It's urgent work, I think, and to do it well I'll need your tips/leads. Talk soon🙏 https://t.co/E7SgMzlAeu

RT @siobhan_ogrady: On Feb. 26, after a Russian strike, we found someone's lost family photos scattered on the ground outside their destroy…

It was a perfect summer day, puffy white clouds reflecting off the calm lake, the air shimmering with heat. The temptation to dive in? Irresistible. But below the lake’s surface was an invisible danger. On dangers facing regular Ukrainians this summer: https://t.co/aWmBYtLYXk

“It may shock your typical Western liberal activist, but when you witness war, your values change.” Ukraine’s LGBTQ activists are grappling with what war means in their own fight for equal rights — and finding reason for hope in new, unexpected alliances. https://t.co/5c6BiEw2fE

It's one thing to know Russia's on a scorched earth campaign in Donbas — and another entirely to see it hear it feel it in this harrowing piece by @siobhan_ogrady @NastyaGalouchka @Heidiphotos who came under relentless shelling while on an embed near Lyman https://t.co/gN5XrUbpRG

"This is as if someone came to your house, saw that everything is well and beautiful, and therefore shits on your white bed. They are jealous that we can do something.” Inside Chernobyl's looted laboratories, with @s_morgunov & @StrekKasia. https://t.co/zhzlmXEKQt

RT @ikhurshudyan: U.S. is preparing to send long-range rocket systems to Ukraine, by ⁦@John_Hudson⁩ https://t.co/KfbAOOpq7m

"The border will never be the same:" As Russia builds up forces again along the border north of Kyiv, Ukraine's border guards are both wary and determined that they are now prepared for a reinvasion. With @s_morgunov & @StrekKasia in rural Chernihiv. https://t.co/NBByewsC0U

RT @maria_avdv: For me, the story of Sophia began on May 7, when a friend said that relatives were looking for a missing 13-year-old girl w…

RT @s_morgunov: «There was a time when #Ukraine’s traditional clothing, known for its intricate #embroidery, was so specialized that most v…

Among Ukraine's many heroes, Nataliia Zaretska stands out. She has one of the hardest jobs — healing the hidden wounds of Bucha's most psychologically scarred people, helping them win their inner wars. It's a privilege to share her story here: https://t.co/ns0o3vga2u

RT @leloveluck: In southeast Ukraine, a stalemate in ghost villages on the front line: https://t.co/J33XNJddLs our report, photographed by…

RT @declanwalsh: Many other reporters will be there in spirit. Strength to @AlJazeera and @AJEnglish colleagues after this appalling loss.…

The story, and history, of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, a site born of great human ingenuity but now seeing its third bout of wanton brutality in a century. By @Anthony_Faiola & @loydstern https://t.co/ENXBc0jCDB

RT @emilyrauhala: Finland will today signal intent to join NATO. Here is how Putin’s war pushed the country to this point. https://t.co/du…

RT @michaelbirnbaum: NEW: Ukrainian refugees being forced into Russia face systematic interrogations, detention and other abuses. Strip sea…