A Paramount-Warner merger will hurt Hollywood and people of color
Published: September 21, 2026 20:59
Latino and Black spending represents the profit margin for the industry, and yet those voices will be the first silenced.
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California leads the way in bringing menopause care to prisons
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-21/california-menopause-care-prisons
Published: September 21, 2026 10:02
Menopause isnât just the next frontier in womenâs health: Itâs our chance to finally build a healthcare movement that reaches everyone.
As Altadena faces another potential disaster, taxpayers foot the bill
Published: September 20, 2026 14:00
'Itâs obscene that Big Oil soaks in multibillion-dollar profits and subsidies year after year as our community, still weary from the last disaster, bears the billion-dollar costs to buffer the next,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Mosquitoes are making Los Angeles summers a living hell
Published: September 20, 2026 10:00
The tiny tyrants have ravaged Southern California, leaving disease and death in their wake. But that's what they've done for millennia.
How to make sure Americans remember what Trumpâs done to the Kennedy Center
Published: September 19, 2026 14:00
The next president 'should have the center torn down [and] leave the debris ... Build a large structure over it that looks like a 19th century tombstone inscribed with the words, âSite of the former Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, courtesy ofâŚ
Some of Bob Mackie's tiniest dresses, for 11.5-inch Barbie, made the biggest splash
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-19/designer-bob-mackie-dresses-barbie
Published: September 19, 2026 10:01
Mackie, the designer who died Monday at 87, said Barbie was his favorite client because she didnât complain if he accidentally stuck a pin in her.
Sydney Sweeney isn't bringing back sexist advertising â women are
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-18/sydney-sweeney-sexist-advertising
Published: September 18, 2026 20:00
Like it or not, Novig's campaign has been a runaway success.
As we head into midterms, both primary parties are failing us
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-18/midterm-voting-third-party
Published: September 18, 2026 14:30
'Every day there are more independent voters and we represent a class willing to compromise and move forward for the common good,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Women are crying out for more postpartum care. Listen to them
Published: September 18, 2026 13:30
'At the most vulnerable time in a womanâs life â after she just gave birth to a new human being â society largely wonât notice a problem, but these women still need help,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Changing a past climate report doesnât move us forward in any way
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-18/2023-climate-report-changes
Published: September 18, 2026 13:30
'Changing a past report will do nothing to help us or our children and grandchildren. We should vote for representatives who will look forward and support science,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
LA28 canât let mountains of plastic waste be part of its legacy
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-18/la-olympics-plastic-waste
Published: September 18, 2026 13:00
'LA28 organizers and major sponsors like Coca-Cola have an opportunity to showcase beverage systems built around reusable packaging rather than more single-use plastic,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
LAUSD needs to finally right-size to better serve the taxpayers
Published: September 18, 2026 12:30
'Currently, the operating deficit continues to grow, which is being covered by "reserves,â whatever that means,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
L.A. needs to be more careful when working with homelessness charities
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-18/la-homeless-services-fraud
Published: September 18, 2026 12:00
'When it comes to dispersing funds to alleviate homelessness, why not choose organizations that have proven themselves to be honest and effective over many years?,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
The cruel politics that pit struggling Americans against each other
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-18/snap-benefit-cuts-politics
Published: September 18, 2026 10:02
Whether itâs race, geography, neighborhood ⌠it doesnât really matter what divides, so long as the poor lack compassion for one another.
The Fed is doing its part to fight inflation. Now Congress needs to act
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-17/inflation-interest-rates-fed-congress
Published: September 17, 2026 20:30
Nearly six years after our generationâs âGreat Inflationâ began, prices still continue to rise much faster than they should.
Donât just build new condos. Save the ones that we already have.
Published: September 17, 2026 13:30
'If we donât get this right, people will lose their homes and their investments, and we will collectively lose a significant share of this stateâs affordable housing,' an L.A. Times reader writes.
Trumpâs most enduring monument wonât be an arch or a name on a building
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-17/mail-ballots-limits-trump
Published: September 17, 2026 13:00
'What may ultimately define his place in history is something very different: being the first president to refuse to provide a peaceful transfer of power and a president who sought unprecedented federal influence over the administration of AmericanâŚ
California already has proven that high taxes on the rich donât work
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-17/federal-wealth-tax-california
Published: September 17, 2026 12:30
'Note that the 1% pay approximately 40% of California income taxes and 12% of all California taxes of any type. And all that disparity has done is create a society of the rich and their professional advisers,' an L.A. Times reader writes.
In rolling back emissions limits, Trump endangers our planet even more
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-17/power-plant-emissions-limits
Published: September 17, 2026 12:00
'This administration has seriously endangered our precious âblue marbleâ of a planet. Does that not make them criminally responsible?' writes an L.A. Times reader.
David Ellison won Washington. Heâs losing Hollywood
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-17/david-ellison-losing-hollywood
Published: September 17, 2026 10:00
If the billionaire's son wants to carve out his own story, he should be courting Hollywood talent and not Washington bureaucrats.
Op-comic: When friendship is a long-distance affair
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-17/before-sunset-film-friendship-long-distance
Published: September 17, 2026 10:00
Romantic partners will give up everything to forge a life together. Why won't we do that for friends?
Trump loves to throw around taxpayers' money
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-17/trump-dividend-national-debt-fiscal-responsibility
Published: September 17, 2026 10:00
Even without his reckless promise to buy off every American adult with $5,000, he was on track to break his first-term record for adding to the unsustainable U.S. debt.
Without defense attorneys, the American legal system doesnât work
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-16/defense-attorney-ucla-911
Published: September 16, 2026 14:00
'Our society needs to thank defense attorneys. The right to competent counsel is one of the greatest privileges afforded to our citizens,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
A bus lane through Eagle Rock âwill literally split our community in halfâ
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-16/eagle-rock-bus-lane
Published: September 16, 2026 13:30
'The dedicated bus lane makes the project outrageously expensive, penalizes automobile drivers and provides a negligible speed increase for the bus,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
L.A. needs to make structural changes to have more effective officials
Published: September 16, 2026 13:00
'There are at least two ways to address this. One would be for the mayor to hold department heads accountable and institute a program to change the culture,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Trumpâs proposed census changes are another attempt to distort reality
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-16/census-data-immigrants-trump
Published: September 16, 2026 12:30
'Rejecting proposed changes to the census would help prevent further distortion of what most of us have learned about social facts and social reality,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Hydrogen is expensive and currently inefficient. The LADWP needs a backup plan
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-16/hydrogen-power-plants-ladwp
Published: September 16, 2026 12:00
'This is a very expensive solution, with just a single proposed hydrogen-ready power plant expected to cost close to $1 billion,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
AI models are the good, the bad and the ugly, all at once
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-16/ai-models-are-good-bad-ugly-all-at-once
Published: September 16, 2026 10:03
Thereâs no clean cut where the Good outdraws the Bad and rides off; all three traits ship in the same system.
Raise taxes on billionaires federally, not state by state
Published: September 16, 2026 10:02
Proposition 40, Californiaâs proposed wealth tax, takes aim at the ultra-rich, but critics warn it could erode the stateâs innovation edge and push entrepreneurs to lower-tax states.
The war in Ukraine is becoming very inconvenient for Trump
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-15/war-in-ukraine-trump
Published: September 15, 2026 17:30
It is utterly dishonorable to watch the president excoriate and victim-blame Ukrainians on a geopolitical scale.
Californiaâs clean energy achievements prove the power of our vote
Published: September 15, 2026 14:30
'Californians elected forward-thinking politicians who set clean energy goals. ... Californiaâs clean energy achievements are the result of enlightened politics,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Smithsonianâs Lonnie Bunch never wavered in portraying our history honestly
Published: September 15, 2026 14:00
'As secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, he has stood firm against the Trump administrationâs efforts to reshape American history to fit its political agenda,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
AI isnât the only danger to humanity that companies should rein in
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-15/ai-ceos-danger-regulation
Published: September 15, 2026 13:30
'I would hate to be saved from destruction by AI only to succumb to environmental collapse or nuclear war,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
California should think beyond letters and numbers for license plates
Published: September 15, 2026 12:30
'European car plates are somewhat wider than California plates. ... Switching to the European size with an extra symbol makes for more combinations,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Trumpâs $5,000 pledge flies in the face of all of our democracyâs principles
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2026-09-15/trump-dividend-5000-midterms
Published: September 15, 2026 12:00
'Hopefully, the vast majority of Americans will remember it wasnât that long ago, in the self-proclaimed âgreatest democracy in the world,â that people actually voted for free, without any expectation of a $5,000 reward for doing so,' writes an L.A. TimesâŚ
Hispanic Heritage Month was a worthy but doomed idea
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-15/national-hispanic-heritage-month-history-culture
Published: September 15, 2026 10:18
People rarely say, 'Iâm Hispanic.' Thatâs just a box we check on forms. Most of us identify by our familyâs country of origin.
The one question to ask anyone running for office
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-15/ask-presidential-candidates-why-they-want-the-job
Published: September 15, 2026 10:02
My father, Ronald Reagan, said he served because he earnestly felt that he could help make the world a more peaceful place, a more civil place.
Los Angeles is a great literary city (no matter what New Yorkers say)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-15/los-angeles-great-literary-city
Published: September 15, 2026 10:00
The city's iconic bookstores remain essential third places for Angelenos â sanctuaries that pull us away from screen-surfing and back into our minds.