Lorraine Ali is news and culture critic of the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she was television critic for The Times covering media, breaking news and the onslaught of content across streaming, cable and network TV. Ali is an award-winning journalist and Los Angeles native who has written in publications ranging from the New York Times to Rolling Stone and GQ. She was formerly senior writer for The Times’ Calendar section where she covered entertainment, culture, and American Arab and Muslim issues. Ali started at The Times in 2011 as music editor after leaving her post as a senior writer and music critic at Newsweek Magazine.
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The revelation that presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a parasite that ate parts of his brain is just the latest bizarre news this election cycle.
May 9, 2024
Tucking opposition to the protest movement in a flippant screed against Gen Z isn’t just obnoxious and cowardly, it’s dangerous, columnist Lorraine Ali says.
May 3, 2024
Student protests are big news. But they are blocking out the horrors of the Gaza war that inspired them.
April 29, 2024
The public is locked out of witnessing a seismic moment in American history because the first criminal trial of a former president will not be televised.
April 22, 2024
You’ve likely heard of former President Donald Trump’s mouthpiece and social media platform, Truth Social. But do you know what it’s really like? I’ll tell you.
April 3, 2024
Immigrants built America, but some politicians and pundits would like us to believe that the great contributions of immigrants stopped somewhere in the late 1800s.
March 29, 2024
‘Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV’ revealed that Brian Peck received 41 letters of support from notable Hollywood figures during his 2004 sentencing, but why are they now silent?
March 20, 2024
Republicans chose Alabama’s Sen. Katie Britt to give their response to the State of the Union address, but the kitchen setting said more about what the party thinks of women.
March 8, 2024
Arab Americans voting ‘uncommitted’ rather than for President Biden wasn’t just a protest against his Hamas-Israel policies. It reflected something deeper.
March 1, 2024
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. found an audience to laugh with him rather than at him at a comedy campaign fundraiser in downtown L.A.
Feb. 23, 2024