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A firefighter monitors the spread of the Auto Fire in Oxnard, North West of Los Angeles, California, on January 13, 2025.

It’s Time to Rethink Everything About How We Fight Fires It’s Time to Rethink Everything About How We Fight Fires

The LA disaster is a wake-up call: Our firefighting playbook was written for a world that no longer exists. We need a new approach, and we need it now.

Jan 14, 2025 / Lazo Gitchos

Billie Allen, an artist and writer who has maintained his innocence since being sentenced to death in a sham trial more than 25 years ago.

An Appeal to President Biden: Pardon Billie Allen An Appeal to President Biden: Pardon Billie Allen

Biden’s decision to commute Allen’s death sentence deserves praise and gratitude, but the president should go even further—and free an innocent man.

Jan 14, 2025 / Yusef Salaam

Jimmy Carter addresses the nation.

A Tale of Two Presidents A Tale of Two Presidents

Remembering Carter as we steel ourselves for Trump’s second inauguration.

Jan 14, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan

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Letters From the February 2025 Issue Letters From the February 2025 Issue

Systemic failure… Industry capture…

Jan 14, 2025 / Our Readers

Let’s Cool It With the Hot Takes

Let’s Cool It With the Hot Takes Let’s Cool It With the Hot Takes

Much of the immediate commentary on the election turned out to be wrong. If we want to avoid the same outcome in the future, we'd better slow down.

Jan 14, 2025 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Nation’s Early Experiments in Jazz

The Nation’s Early Experiments in Jazz The Nation’s Early Experiments in Jazz

When the magazine began covering jazz in the 1920s, it often struggled to catch the beat.

Jan 14, 2025 / Richard Kreitner

Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans after the terrorist attack.

Terrorist Attack in New Orleans Terrorist Attack in New Orleans

Jan 14, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Fady Joudah’s Poetry of Dislocation

Fady Joudah’s Poetry of Dislocation Fady Joudah’s Poetry of Dislocation

In his new book of poetry, […], the poet, translator, and ER doctor explores Palestinians’ experiences of exile and displacement—and the difficulty of healing amid the ongoing Nak...

Jan 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar

Nation Poetry

Leaving the Ruins Leaving the Ruins

Jan 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Peter Balakian

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