Sabrina Tavernise
@stavernise
I am a National Writer at Large for the New York Times. [email protected]
This is a must-listen podcast talk between @lourdesgnavarro & her Iraqi colleague Ali Hamdani. This brought up so many emotions for me, including grief over the 2 @nytimes Iraqi colleagues who were killed and many who suffered. A gift listen on the war: nytimes.com/2023/03/23/opi…
The great @lpolgreen in Haiti, finds "a slender but persistent wisp of hope that this is finally the time to declare a kind of political bankruptcy, clear all old political debts and begin anew" nyti.ms/3CPGqjC
My story from Arkansas: A man with strong views on immigrants who finally met the love of his life, a woman who came illegally. People are glad to see the border closed, but conflicted on deportations. “Everybody wants to enforce the law until it hits home with a personal story.”
He Opposes Illegal Immigration, but Gely Won His Heart nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/…
He Opposes Illegal Immigration, but Gely Won His Heart nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/…
This is just incredible, this story and footage of a Russian soldier surrendering to Ukrainian drone operators. wsj.com/video/series/o…
He Told Their Stories of Repression. Now They Are Telling His. nyti.ms/3Kc1x1X
Excellent piece on the explosion of older Americans who live alone -- 36% of households headed by someone over 50. By the great @gebeloffnyt @DanaGoldstein nytimes.com/2022/11/27/us/…
"I will fight from the inside": How Trump and his generals went to war -- with each other. An excerpt from our new book "THE DIVIDER; Trump in the White House, 2017-2021," with @sbg1 in this week's @NewYorker newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…
The great @adamliptak on the case of Dennis Wayne Hope who has been in solitary confinement in Texas for 27 years nytimes.com/2022/04/15/pod…
Why the next few weeks is so critical to the future of the war in Ukraine, with @EricSchmittNYT and @Tmgneff nytimes.com/2022/04/13/pod…
excellent piece on Russians Turning on One Another Over the War by @antontroian nytimes.com/2022/04/09/wor…
Targets of new Russian law making speaking against the military a crime: teachers who are being turned in by their students. Important piece by @JeanneWhalen washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/…
Putin’s War in Ukraine Shatters an Illusion in Russia nyti.ms/3LMb9Q8
Russia is moving out of authoritarianism — where political passivity and civic disengagement are key features — into totalitarianism, which relies on mass mobilization, terror and homogeneity of beliefs, one expert argued.
Russians long lived with an understanding: Stay away from politics, and live your life as you choose. The war in Ukraine wrecked that idea. tinyurl.com/m6ew6vrr
“Putin is so convinced that he cannot afford to lose, that he will escalate,” one expert said of Putin in Ukraine. “He has staked everything on it.”
Russia is moving out of authoritarianism — where political passivity and civic disengagement are key features — into totalitarianism, which relies on mass mobilization, terror and homogeneity of beliefs, one expert argued.
Russians long lived with an understanding: Stay away from politics, and live your life as you choose. The war in Ukraine wrecked that idea. tinyurl.com/m6ew6vrr
In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, I have felt like I am watching someone I love lose their mind. tinyurl.com/m6ew6vrr
In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, I have felt like I am watching someone I love lose their mind. tinyurl.com/m6ew6vrr
As Russia resets in Ukraine, the city of Mariupol has become Central to Russia's strategy. My colleague, @VALERIEinNYT takes us inside through the account of one woman who managed to escape. nyti.ms/3NIMcHs
The history of the war in Chechnya is essential for understanding the future of the war in Ukraine. The great @carlottagall on Putin’s playbook, and how Ukraine is putting it to the test nyti.ms/3iCrGtm
