Carolina Miranda, a former columnist for the LA Times, wrote in the Washington Post an op-ed likening El Salvador's infamous ...

Every president brings to office an aesthetic that sets the look and tone. This is Donald Trump’s. Throughout 2025, columnist Carolina A. Miranda will examine President Donald Trump’s aesthetic — and ...

Carolina A. Miranda is a writer in Los Angeles who covers the intersection of design and visual culture with politics and society. Until 2024, she was a columnist at the Los Angeles Times ...

In Carolina Miranda’s latest analysis of the aesthetics of Donald Trump’s presidency, she is focused on the gold that now drips everywhere from a White House asymptotically approaching Versailles.

CAROLINA A. MIRANDA: I did not see it on stage. But I was living in New York when “In the Heights” came out. And I remember the ripple of excitement when it landed — for the story ...

I’m an art and culture journalist based in Los Angeles and have long been fascinated with the ways in which visual culture is used to make statements and wield power. I'll be covering the ...