About Ruben Navarrette

Ruben Navarrette

Ruben Navarrette

Ruben Navarrette is a nationally syndicated columnist, writer of the Navarrette Nation newsletter at Substack, regular contributor to Spectrum News 1 in Los Angeles, contributor to The Daily Beast (on the left) and Newsmax Magazine (on the right), feature writer for Latino Magazine, member of USA Today’s Board of Contributors, host of the podcast “Ruben In The Center,” regular contributor of video commentary to Omaha-based Straight Arrow News, author of “A Darker Shade of Crimson: Odyssey of a Harvard Chicano” (Bantam), founder & CEO of “The Navarrette Sonic Podcast Network,” and communications coach specializing in personal brand development and the creation of media projects for individuals, companies and nonprofit organizations.

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Americans Don't Trust Each Other Nov 25, 2025

SAN DIEGO — With all due respect to baseball, the real national pastime is complaining. Oblivious to how soft and comfortable our lives are compared to those of millions of other people around the world, Americans love to gripe. Whether it's ha... Read More

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Why Trump Lost Latinos -- It's More Than Immigration Nov 20, 2025

SAN DIEGO — Democrats take Latino voters for granted. But Republicans must take us for fools. Burned by both parties, U.S. Latinos are political nomads who don't feel like we can let our guard down in our own country. In this land of the free,... Read More

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How President Trump and His Thugs Broke Law Enforcement Nov 18, 2025

SAN DIEGO — My father's love affair with policing was sparked decades ago by a children's book that featured a cat stuck in a tree. The book was part of a series that was popular in the 1950s. The main characters were two children named Dick an... Read More

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Anti-Semitism on the Right Is Nothing New Nov 13, 2025

SAN DIEGO — I love the smell of vindication in the morning. I'm getting a strong whiff now that at least some conservatives are finally acknowledging something I've tried to get them to confront for years: Anti-Semitism is alive and well within... Read More