California

January 14, 2025

A color photograph of smoke rising in orange light above burned homes.

Ideas

How Well-Intentioned Policies Fueled L.A.’s Fires

M. Nolan Gray

January 11, 2025

A photo of a smoldering L.A. neighborhood

Science

The Message in the Sky Over Los Angeles

Ross Andersen

January 11, 2025

An aerial image showing vehicles driving on a freeway as the sun sets behind smoke from wildfires in Los Angeles

Ideas

Altadena After the Fire

Xochitl Gonzalez

January 11, 2025

Politics

These Bizarre Theories About the L.A. Wildfires Endanger Everyone

Yair Rosenberg

January 10, 2025

A digital and pixelated image of an eye with a raging fire behind it

Planet

The Unfightable Fire

Zoë Schlanger

January 10, 2025

Planet

‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’

Nancy Walecki

January 8, 2025

Planet

The Palisades Were Waiting to Burn

Zoë Schlanger

January 8, 2025

A line of palm trees against an orange sky resulting from flames along the ground in L.A.

Books Briefing

How ‘the End’ Helps Us Find New Beginnings

Emma Sarappo

January 3, 2025

A vanitas painting of a skull, flowers, globe, butterfly and more

Economy

The California Job-Killer That Wasn’t

Rogé Karma

December 22, 2024

Books

Oliver Sacks’s Lifelong Search for Recognition

Michael S. Roth

December 16, 2024

A black-and-white photo of a man with glasses and a beard

Culture

Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment

Caitlin Flanagan

January 2025 Issue

Seamus Heaney photographed at the Royal Society of Literature in London, March 16, 1995.

Health

The Real Appeal of Raw Milk

Yasmin Tayag

December 5, 2024

A viral particle and a cow's udder merging to form a circle

Books

The Road Dogs of the American West

Andrew Aoyama

November 26, 2024

Black-and-white photo of a man sitting on the ground in a barren desert landscape, half in shadow

Viewfinder

Hydraulic Revolution

Alejandra Molina

December 2024 Issue

photo of hydraulic car resting on back wheels with front wheels in air above the head of man standing behind it, with tall arched bridge in background

Technology

A Defense of the Leaf Blower

Ian Bogost

October 27, 2024

Photo from ground level of a man blowing fallen leaves

Work In Progress

Blue States Gave Trump and Vance an Opening

Jerusalem Demsas

October 26, 2024

Black-and-white photo of a wooden house with the American flag painted on it

Technology

America’s Strangest Tourist Destination

Ross Andersen

October 24, 2024

A photo of a 1961 sign advertising "SOUVENIRS of the BOMB EXPLOSION," next to a photo of the Trinity-test mushroom cloud

Science

The Farmers Subletting Their Fields to Birds

Natalia Mesa

October 19, 2024

Migrating tundra swans fly over a flooded rice field in Marysville, California.

Technology

What’s With All the Trumpy VCs?

Kaitlyn Tiffany

October 15, 2024

Photo collage of Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel

Politics

The Question Hanging Over Harris’s Campaign

Reihan Salam

October 14, 2024

Books

The Woman Who Would Be Steinbeck

Mark Athitakis

October 10, 2024

Technology

What Went Wrong at Blizzard Entertainment

Jason Schreier

October 7, 2024

Ideas

The Southern California Wildfire Paradox

Conor Friedersdorf

September 22, 2024

The Bridge Fire burns in Wrightwood, California, September 10, 2024.

Planet

This Fire Is Too Close to L.A. for Comfort

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 10, 2024

a row of people look out on the Line Fire in the hills

Planet

California’s Fire-Insurance Crisis Just Got Real

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

August 12, 2024

A house under cracking glass dome, against a red background

Planet

California’s Fire Luck Just Ran Out

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 27, 2024

North of Chico, California, the Park Fire burned vans, cars, and houses in its path.

Health

I Went to Death Valley to Experience 129 Degrees

Ross Andersen

July 11, 2024

Science

California Is 150 Years Overdue for a Massive Earthquake

Ross Andersen

June 27, 2024

Illustration of the state of California, filled with seismograph readings, on a red background

Culture

The Lies Los Angeles Was Built Upon

Chris Stanton

June 25, 2024

Science

America’s Doublethink on Working Through the Heat

Zoë Schlanger

June 21, 2024

A construction worker in an orange hat and shirt drinks from a liter bottle of water under the glaring sun

Planet

California’s Climate Has Come Unmoored

Ross Andersen

February 7, 2024

Photo of a person holding an umbrella beside the Los Angeles River during heavy rains

Ideas

Shrugging Off the Apocalypse

Amy Wilentz

February 6, 2024

Ideas

Why California and Oregon Broke With the CDC

Juliette Kayyem

February 4, 2024

Books

Living Through the End of California

Casey Schwartz

February 2, 2024

Poem

Beloved

Patrycja Humienik

January 28, 2024

a cloudy beige sky, darker at the top of the image and lighter in the middle

Sections

The Print Edition

How Los Angeles Must Rebuild

How Well-Intentioned Policies Fueled L.A.’s Fires

The Message in the Sky Over Los Angeles

Altadena After the Fire

These Bizarre Theories About the L.A. Wildfires Endanger Everyone

The Unfightable Fire

‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’

The Palisades Were Waiting to Burn

How ‘the End’ Helps Us Find New Beginnings

The California Job-Killer That Wasn’t

Oliver Sacks’s Lifelong Search for Recognition

Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment

The Real Appeal of Raw Milk

The Road Dogs of the American West

Hydraulic Revolution

A Defense of the Leaf Blower

Blue States Gave Trump and Vance an Opening

America’s Strangest Tourist Destination

The Farmers Subletting Their Fields to Birds

What’s With All the Trumpy VCs?

The Question Hanging Over Harris’s Campaign

The Woman Who Would Be Steinbeck

What Went Wrong at Blizzard Entertainment

The Southern California Wildfire Paradox

This Fire Is Too Close to L.A. for Comfort

California’s Fire-Insurance Crisis Just Got Real

California’s Fire Luck Just Ran Out

I Went to Death Valley to Experience 129 Degrees

California Is 150 Years Overdue for a Massive Earthquake

The Lies Los Angeles Was Built Upon

America’s Doublethink on Working Through the Heat

California’s Climate Has Come Unmoored

Shrugging Off the Apocalypse

Why California and Oregon Broke With the CDC

Living Through the End of California

Beloved