California

July 17, 2022

Up for Debate

Your Odes to Summer

Conor Friedersdorf

July 11, 2022

Umbrellas on a beach, with beachgoers strolling around them

Viewfinder

Under the Fluorescent Lights

Hannah Giorgis

May 2022 Issue

black and white photo of office cubicles with a female office worker's head visible in the back over the cubicle walls

Science

People Deserve to Know Their Houses Are Going to Burn

Emma Marris

March 15, 2022

A fire approaches a house; the sky is orange.

Technology

Silicon Valley Is Coming for Your Chocolate

Larissa Zimberoff

February 23, 2022

An image of chocolate squares with a lab dropper above them.

Press Room

Nadja Drost Wins 2021 Michael Kelly Award for California Sunday Magazine Cover Story

January 27, 2022

Ideas

What Slavery Looked Like in the West

Kevin Waite

November 25, 2021

Artwork depicting a historical photograph of two Native American children overlaid on a blue-toned photograph of the Santa Barbara Mission

Science

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans

Judith Lewis Mernit

November 4, 2021

Viewfinder

Climbing the Economic Ladder in Fresno, California

José Vadi

November 2021 Issue

Ideas

What Is Larry Elder Running For?

Annie Lowrey

September 11, 2021

black-and-white photo of Larry Elder in a small crowd

Ideas

Why Afghan Refugees Aren’t Actually Welcome in California

Darrell Owens and Muhammad T. Alameldin

September 9, 2021

Politics

What California’s Recall Election Says About America

Edward-Isaac Dovere

August 27, 2021

Gavin Newsom, looking pensive and worried.

Politics

The Well Fixer’s Warning

Mark Arax

August 17, 2021

Matt Angell posing between almond tress on an orchard

Politics

When Your Yard Can Kill You

Morgan Ome

August 11, 2021

Politics

The Voters Who Could Turn California Red

Christian Paz

August 4, 2021

Two Trump supporters hold placards saying "Latinos for Trump" during a rally in Los Angeles.

Politics

What Does California Owe Its Incarcerated Firefighters?

Jaime Lowe

July 27, 2021

Rainbow Crew 4 after fighting a small fire near Hemet, 2017

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: Is the California Dream Dead?

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 22, 2021

Ideas

The University of California Is Lying to Us

Caitlin Flanagan

July 22, 2021

Ideas

The California Dream Is Dying

Conor Friedersdorf

July 21, 2021

Housing in California over postcard with coastal scene

Science

California’s Cliffs Are Collapsing One by One

Ramin Skibba and Hakai Magazine

July 17, 2021

Apartments at the edge of an eroding cliff in Pacifica, California

Ideas

Our Towns: State Programs Are Laboratories for the Nation

James Fallows

June 5, 2021

Ideas

L.A. Is a City State

Rosecrans Baldwin

May 31, 2021

Triptych of people on the streets of L.A.

Ideas

The Forgotten History of the Western Klan

Kevin Waite

April 6, 2021

A Chinese butcher and grocery store in San Francisco, 1885.

Ideas

How Californians Are Weaponizing Environmental Law

M. Nolan Gray

March 12, 2021

An illustration of a plant growing out of a hard hat.

Ideas

The Pandejo Movement Destroyed California’s Pandemic Progress

Gustavo Arellano

January 28, 2021

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: On the Capitol Rioters

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

January 12, 2021

Politics

How a Well-Meaning Health Policy Created California’s Coronavirus Nightmare

Olga Khazan

January 12, 2021

A patient rests in a corridor, waiting for a room at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in California on January 3, 2021.

Health

California Has Lost Control

Whet Moser

December 21, 2020

Registered nurse Carmen Verano wipes her CAPR helmet after attending a Covid-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California on December 18, 2020.

Science

Tires Are a Hidden Environmental Nuisance

Laura Trethewey and Hakai Magazine

November 29, 2020

Ideas

Why California Rejected Racial Preferences, Again

Conor Friedersdorf

November 10, 2020

An illustration of the state of California with black and white color bars

Ideas

A ‘Climate Corps’ of California Volunteers

James Fallows

September 28, 2020

The burnt remains of trees in the hills of Santa Barbara, California, after the Cave Fire in 2019

Science

The Most Important Number for the West’s Hideous Fire Season

Robinson Meyer

September 15, 2020

Science

Photos of California’s Suffocating Smoke

Jacob Stern

September 13, 2020

Ideas

What I’ve Learned About Managing Eternity

Terri Cheney

September 11, 2020

Politics

Republicans’ ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’

Kevin Townsend

August 24, 2020

California Assembly Member Chad Mayes, of Yucca Valley, at the California Capitol in Sacramento

Ideas

How Can We Plan for the Future in California?

Leah C. Stokes

August 23, 2020

Sections

The Print Edition

Why We Remember Floods and Forget Droughts

Your Odes to Summer

Under the Fluorescent Lights

People Deserve to Know Their Houses Are Going to Burn

Silicon Valley Is Coming for Your Chocolate

Nadja Drost Wins 2021 Michael Kelly Award for California Sunday Magazine Cover Story

What Slavery Looked Like in the West

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans

Climbing the Economic Ladder in Fresno, California

What Is Larry Elder Running For?

Why Afghan Refugees Aren’t Actually Welcome in California

What California’s Recall Election Says About America

The Well Fixer’s Warning

When Your Yard Can Kill You

The Voters Who Could Turn California Red

What Does California Owe Its Incarcerated Firefighters?

The Atlantic Daily: Is the California Dream Dead?

The University of California Is Lying to Us

The California Dream Is Dying

California’s Cliffs Are Collapsing One by One

Our Towns: State Programs Are Laboratories for the Nation

L.A. Is a City State

The Forgotten History of the Western Klan

How Californians Are Weaponizing Environmental Law

The Pandejo Movement Destroyed California’s Pandemic Progress

The Atlantic Daily: On the Capitol Rioters

How a Well-Meaning Health Policy Created California’s Coronavirus Nightmare

California Has Lost Control

Tires Are a Hidden Environmental Nuisance

Why California Rejected Racial Preferences, Again

A ‘Climate Corps’ of California Volunteers

The Most Important Number for the West’s Hideous Fire Season

Photos of California’s Suffocating Smoke

What I’ve Learned About Managing Eternity

Republicans’ ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’

How Can We Plan for the Future in California?