Phil Morris

Opinion Editor

Opinion

Morris became opinion editor and vice president in July 2024 after working as an editorial writer and columnist for newspapers in Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio. He has been recognized as a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for columns he wrote while working at the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 2020, Morris became a contributing writer to National Geographic, frequently penning essays about race, culture and law enforcement. He authored cover stories for the magazine on the COVID-19 pandemic and the removal of confederate iconography in the southern United States. He also penned commentaries on capital punishment as well as the worldwide social unrest following the murder of George Floyd. Morris completed a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2012, researching the use of social media in social justice movements.

Morris became opinion editor and vice president in July 2024 after working as an editorial writer and columnist for newspapers in Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio. He has been recognized as a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for columns he wrote while working at the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 2020, Morris became a contributing writer to National Geographic, frequently penning essays about race, culture and law enforcement. He authored cover stories for the magazine on the COVID-19 pandemic and the removal of confederate iconography in the southern United States. He also penned commentaries on capital punishment as well as the worldwide social unrest following the murder of George Floyd. Morris completed a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2012, researching the use of social media in social justice movements.

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Latest from Phil Morris

Columnists

Morris: Get to work

Minnesota House lawmakers should use the current occasion to ask themselves why faith in government is often shaken or deeply discounted.

February 6, 2025

Columnists

Morris: Frozen the Federal Musical hits a sour note

Trump is not beneath demonstrating a willingness to play chicken with other branches of government and the American public.

January 29, 2025

Columnists

Morris: Tragedy struck at the dawn of a new year

The attack in New Orleans won’t be taken lightly, but neither will it derail our resolve.

January 2, 2025

Columnists

Morris: What are you paying for, exactly? Wouldn’t *you* like to know?

With a new transparency law taking effect in Minnesota, you can.

December 31, 2024