“When most of us build or buy a home, we carefully appraise the neighborhood. In Malibu the neighborhood is fire. Fire that revisits the coastal mountains several times a decade. In the past sixty years, ten of these frequent events have turned into all-consuming firestorms.” Welcome to 2025, friends. Peter here. As it does all too often, […]
In the wide, quiet spaces of BLM land, I heard echoes of a past we’ve buried—and a future we still might save.
“As a girl in Austria, Evy Mages was confined to a mysterious institution in Innsbruck. Decades later, she learned why.”
Every story we selected for the number five slot in our weekly newsletter, in a handy digest.
“Joshua Tree National Park is synonymous with the desert. Yet record numbers of guests threaten to overwhelm its beauty, wildlife, and small staff.”
The true story of a Ukrainian father and son who became the first — and only — Soviet defectors to seek freedom in the West by crossing the icy Bering Strait.
When we reach for our limits, what is it that we ultimately grasp?
“In five years Dante McFallo went from White House honoree to dying in a hail of bullets on New Year’s Day.”
This week we’re recommending stories by Moira Donegan, Danyel Smith, Dan Kois, Michael Aylwin, and Becky Ferreira.
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