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Max J. RosenthalMJR

Max J. Rosenthal

Digital Editor
Max J. Rosenthal is a former Digital Editor PRI.org. He has previously reported for The Huffington Post in Beirut and Cairo, and the Associated Press in Jerusalem. He's also a veteran of the US Army and a so-so Arabic speaker. He's covered mostly foreign news and military affairs, but also loves a good sports story and anything space-related.Max holds degrees from the University of Virginia and Columbia Journalism School.
Leonard Nimoy, cast member of the new film "Star Trek Into Darkness," poses as he arrives at the film's premiere in Hollywood on May 14, 2013.
Culture
Leonard Nimoy, ‘Star Trek”s Spock, dies at 83
Predator drones featured on a hand-woven rug from Pakistan.
Arts
Drones are everywhere — even on rugs
One of the images Levi Bettweiser developed from among 31 rolls of World War II film for his Rescued Film Project.
Culture
These never-before-seen WWII photos are ‘just the tip of the iceberg’
A man assembles police observation cameras near the Bayerischer Hof hotel before the start of the 50th Conference on Security Policy in Munich on January 31, 2014
Technology
The year of surveillance is finally over
The sign outside the headquarters of the US Army's new Cyber School at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The school is part of the Army's creation of a new cyberwarfare branch.
Conflict
The Army is getting serious about cyberwarfare
Col. Todd Wood, then commander of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, talks with soldiers at FOB Masum Ghar in Kandahar province, Afghanistan in 2011.
Culture
Seven words and phrases used by soldiers that we could all learn from
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches a display at a military air show with Air Force officers in May 2014.
Global Politics
Kim Jong-Un is back! Who cares?
People take part in the 69th Annual Columbus Day Parade in New York in 2013.
Justice
More and more cities are saying goodbye, Columbus
Arts
How do you make a movie about jazz? Add plenty of blood
Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, wave to crowds from their limousine during Reagan's first inauguration parade in 1981.
Books
How air conditioning got Ronald Reagan elected president
Blood Bucket Challenge video
Global Scan
European youth have started the #BloodBucketChallenge
MIT robo-cheetah
Global Scan
MIT researchers create a robo-cheetah that runs and jumps off-leash
A man looks at a computer screen showing logos of Russian social network VKontakte in an office in Moscow.
Global Politics
The ISIS Internet army has found a safe haven on Russian social networks — for now
Google Streetview of Egyptian pyramids
Global Scan
If Egypt feels too dicey to visit, now you can walk around there with Google
Passenger pigeons
Science
The long-extinct passenger pigeon might get the Jurassic Park treatment
Demonstrators protest against the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on August 18, 2014.
Culture
Here’s why you should care if you don’t have any black friends
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko react while posing for a group photo during peace talks that started in Minsk on August 26, 2014.
Conflict
As peace talks start, Ukraine and Russia are still pressing for battlefield advantage
Kevin Fisher-Paulson with his husband Brian and his sons Zane (right) and Aiden.
Lifestyle
How do you have ‘the talk’ with your black child if you’re not black yourself?
An unidentified Filipino man who sold his kidney for a transplant shows his scar while cooking at his home in a slum of Manila.
Medicine
How Costa Rica became the epicenter of the black market in kidneys
Global Scan
Vietnam tries to crack down on a booming trade in cat meat
Pope Francis speaks outside the Castelpetroso sanctuary near Isernia in southern Italy on July 5, 2014. During the speech, he told students that environmental damage was a sin.
Lifestyle & Belief
Why Pope Francis is ‘throwing down a gauntlet’ on environmental destruction
An oil refinery is pictured in the southern Sydney suburb of Kurnell. After the scrapping of Australia's carbon tax, companies will be allowed to voluntarily reduce emissions without requirements for reductions.
Environment
Australia and the UK roll back their environmental successes — big and small
Israeli tanks maneuver outside the northern Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014. Israel intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and warned it could "significantly widen" an operation Palestinian officials said was killi
Conflict & Justice
Why will Israel’s invasion of Gaza be different this time around?
Israeli tanks maneuver outside the northern Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014. Israel intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and warned it could "significantly widen" an operation Palestinian officials said was killi
Conflict & Justice
Why will Israel’s invasion of Gaza be different this time around?
An armed pro-Russian separatist stands at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
US officials say rebels shot down a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine
An armed pro-Russian separatist stands at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
US officials say rebels shot down a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine
Doctors David Ghozland and Marc Winter perform a single-site robotic-assisted hysterectomy.
Health & Medicine
Doctors are ready to test temporary ‘suspended animation’ to save people with severe injuries
Doctors David Ghozland and Marc Winter perform a single-site robotic-assisted hysterectomy.
Health & Medicine
Doctors are ready to test temporary ‘suspended animation’ to save people with severe injuries
An Aboriginal performer in Sydney, Australia. Aboriginal languages in Australia are among the fastest-disappearing tongues in the world.
Environment
When languages die, ecosystems often die with them
Isodoro the ocelot picks Germany to win the World Cup.
Sports
Izzy says ja! It’s Germany for the World Cup title
Mynor Guevara speaks to a colleague after he barricaded himself in the Guatemala City pharmacy where he shot activist Patricia Samayoa. She was the sixth friend of journalist Jill Replogle to die in the past five years in Guatemala.
Conflict & Justice
Even thousands of miles away, there’s seemingly no escape from Guatemala’s violence
Uncontacted Brazil tribe hi-res
Global Scan
An ‘uncontacted’ tribe emerges from the Amazon — and into the dangers of modern life
Arjen Robben of the Netherlands falls on the pitch during the 2014 World Cup round of 16 game between Mexico and the Netherlands at the Castelao arena in Fortaleza June 29, 2014. No foul was called.
Global Scan
Brazil wins the title for most faked injuries in the World Cup
Astronaut Reid Wiseman's photo from the International Space Station of Hurricane Arthur.
Environment
From space, Hurricane Arthur makes a stunning 4th of July show
Global Scan
Right to be forgotten? Google has a backup plan
Global Scan
‘The Hong Kong we are living in today is not the Hong Kong we knew’
An Algerian soccer fan waves the Algerian flag in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. With 16 French-born players on the Algerian team, Franco-Algerians have celebrated the Algerian victories with huge celebrations in French cities.
Sports
At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it
An Algerian soccer fan waves the Algerian flag in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. With 16 French-born players on the Algerian team, Franco-Algerians have celebrated the Algerian victories with huge celebrations in French cities.
Sports
At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it
An employee works with documents at the Russian State Archives.
Global Scan
From Russia with smut: Inside the Soviet Union’s porn collection
A member of the Iraqi security forces stands watch over Shiite men who have volunteered to fight ISIS. While the Shiite militias have helped boost numbers in the fight against jihadis, their loyalty to the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is qu
Conflict & Justice
Baghdad is in danger as ISIS continues its ‘clean sweep’ across Iraq
Global Scan
Vladimir Putin would like you to know he too opposes fracking
Global Scan
Will the Pentagon’s next war be 3-D printed?