Patt Morrison

Columnist

Patt Morrison is a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist who has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes. Her broadcasting work has won six Emmys and 11 Golden Mikes. Her book about the Los Angeles River was a bestseller, and she was the first woman in nearly 25 years to be honored with the L.A. Press Club’s lifetime achievement award. Pink’s, the legendary Hollywood hot dog stand, named its veggie dog after her.

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Opinion

Column: How Never Trumpers can get the GOP to stand up for constitutional conservatism again

Opinion

Column: How Never Trumpers can get the GOP to stand up for constitutional conservatism again

Patt Morrison talks with Sarah Longwell first woman to head the National Log Cabin Republicans Group, publisher of the Bulwark conservative website, and executive Director of Defending Democracy Together.
Opinion

Column: The dirty history of L.A.'s smog

Opinion

Column: The dirty history of L.A.'s smog

Ed Avol is a professor of clinical preventive medicine at USC’s Keck medical school and a devoted 5K runner who’s breathed L.A.’s air for some 50 years.

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Opinion: Seven things you probably don’t know about L.A.'s smog
Opinion

Opinion: Seven things you probably don’t know about L.A.'s smog

Opinion

Opinion: Seven things you probably don’t know about L.A.'s smog

Smog killed L.A.'s farms and other facts about our toxic air.

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Column: The dirty history of L.A.'s smog
Opinion

Column: Salman Rushdie on how to write the great L.A. novel — and why he shouldn’t be the one to do it

Opinion

Column: Salman Rushdie on how to write the great L.A. novel — and why he shouldn’t be the one to do it

Patt Morrison talks with Salman Rushdie, the British Indian novelist and essayist.
Opinion

Column: Fast fashion is cheap, wasteful and hurting the planet — and you can stop it

Opinion

Column: Fast fashion is cheap, wasteful and hurting the planet — and you can stop it

Did you know it takes 5,000 gallons of water to make a T-shirt and jeans? Patt Morrison talks with Dana Thomas about her book “Fashionopolis.”
Opinion

Column: How will Russian manipulation affect the 2020 election? We still have no idea

Opinion

Column: How will Russian manipulation affect the 2020 election? We still have no idea

MIT professor Sinan Aral explains how taking four basic steps could help us explain the effect of social media manipulation on our election.
Opinion

Column: Hollywood’s labor problem is a gender bias problem

Opinion

Column: Hollywood’s labor problem is a gender bias problem

Gender bias still plays a sinister role in Hollywood, says ‘This Changes Everything’ director Tom Donahue.
Travel

On Canada’s Via Rail, a return to the older — and let’s be honest, better — way of traveling

Travel

On Canada’s Via Rail, a return to the older — and let’s be honest, better — way of traveling

The train trip across Canada was a chance to see the land before it collapses in on itself.
Opinion

Column: How much are conspiracy theories really shaping American life?

Opinion

Column: How much are conspiracy theories really shaping American life?

“American Conspiracy Theories” author Joseph Uscinski on how conspiracy theories shape our public life.
Opinion

Column: Why good old graffiti thrives in the Internet age -- especially in L.A.

Opinion

Column: Why good old graffiti thrives in the Internet age -- especially in L.A.

Pitzer College professor Susan A. Phillips’ new book on graffiti in Los Angeles examines the expressions that often go overlooked but endure for ages.