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Can You Really Fight Populism With Populism?

John Hendrickson

April 14, 2025

Bernie Sanders stands on a stage at a podium and points out

The Great Tesla Sell-Off

March 31, 2025

An illustration of someone handing over Tesla keys

Relatable Mom

Curtis Sittenfeld

March 30, 2025

A green bowl upside down on a reddish-brown wood table, with spilled milk and Cheerios to its right. A silver spoon lies upside down in the milk.

An Iranian American Rom-Com That Breaks the Mold

Porochista Khakpour

March 26, 2025

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COVID-19: Five Years Later

The COVID Mistake No One Talks Enough About

March 18, 2025

A distorted image of an empty hospital bed

Conan O’Brien Understood the Assignment

March 2, 2025

Collage of Conan O'Brien hosting the 2025 Oscars

A Proven Way to Ease L.A.’s Housing Crisis

Grimes, M. Nolan Gray, and Nicole Nabulsi Nosek

February 16, 2025

An illustration that shows housing surrounded by stacks of paper

The House Where 28,000 Records Burned

February 13, 2025

In a photo collage, music albums are layered and burned

How to Rebuild From the Ashes

Conor Friedersdorf

February 8, 2025

Aerial photo of sprawling houses with a yellow tint over half the image.

Trump Is Threatening California in the Wrong Way

Juliette Kayyem

February 1, 2025

Black-and-white photograph of a burned home in Los Angeles

To Rebuild Los Angeles, Fix Zoning

Jerusalem Demsas

January 31, 2025

A small house growing into a taller building, next to palm trees

What to Read in the Face of Disaster

January 24, 2025

A photo of the sky with eight decorative holes in it

What the Fires Revealed About Los Angeles Culture

January 24, 2025

A beachfront property in the aftermath of a fire

David Lynch, My Neighbor

January 23, 2025

The ‘Dark Prophet’ of L.A. Wasn’t Dark Enough

Carolina A. Miranda

January 22, 2025

A long rectangular black and white photo of a bearded man collaged with a picture of raging fires over palm trees.

Dave Chappelle’s Sincere Plea on Saturday Night Live

January 19, 2025

Dave Chappelle on SNL

Los Angeles’s Ash Problem

Katharine Gammon

January 19, 2025

a fireplace and a palm tree on a burned house

What David Lynch Knew About the Weather

January 18, 2025

Photos of David Lynch, and vintage images of cloudy skies

The End of L.A.’s Magical Thinking

January 18, 2025

a match bent into a circle, on a green background

How Does a Real Person Become a Character?

January 17, 2025

A painting of a book and flowers on a table

The GoFundMe Fires

January 17, 2025

Map of L.A. with GoFundMe pins.

L.A. Isn’t Ready for What’s Next

Conor Friedersdorf

January 17, 2025

A photo of an area destroyed by a mudslide

The Atlantic Daily

The End of the DEI Era

John Hendrickson

January 16, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg looks ahead in front of an image of Capitol Hill

The Place Where I Grew Up Is Gone

January 16, 2025

A black and white photograph of a man looking at a burned down home

Beyond Doomscrolling

January 16, 2025

Photo-illustration of a burning phone

My Favorite Trails Are Destroyed

January 15, 2025

A car drives up a dirt road winding up a Los Angeles mountain that is burned from fire.

What Happens When a Plastic City Burns

January 15, 2025

Color photograph of a burned house with melted plastic in Los Angeles

How Los Angeles Must Rebuild

Conor Friedersdorf

January 14, 2025

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

The Atlantic Daily

Time for Senate Republicans to Decide

January 13, 2025

An empty chair in the Senate chambers

The Atlantic Daily

Eight Perfect Episodes of TV

January 12, 2025

Marnie wears a red dress and leans on Charlie's shoulder in a subway

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

January 11, 2025

A photo of a smoldering L.A. neighborhood

The Message in the Sky Over Los Angeles

January 11, 2025

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

Altadena After the Fire

Xochitl Gonzalez

January 11, 2025

Images from Altadena

It’s Time to Evacuate. Wait, Never Mind.

January 10, 2025

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

January 10, 2025

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

The Unfightable Fire

January 10, 2025

fighting fires in LA