Jordan Thomas

Jordan Thomas is author of When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World, forthcoming from Riverhead Books. He is a former wildland firefighter and a doctoral candidate in anthropology at UC Santa Barbara.

Smoke, Heat, Flame

California’s recent firestorms may be unprecedented in their intensity and damage, but what seems like a new crisis is just the latest chapter in a longer history of exploitation.

February 15, 2025

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