About 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.

Will California Voters Buy What Hilton Is Selling? He'll Say Anything to Make a Deal Sep 10, 2026

SAN DIEGO — California is the birthplace of Hollywood. Yet, if you were to write a script about the unlikely rise of unconventional Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton and his unorthodox campaign for the top job in the Golden State,... Read More

What This Governor's Race Has Revealed About Democrat Xavier Becerra Is Not Good Sep 08, 2026

SAN DIEGO — As a Mexican American born and raised in Central California, I started paying attention to politics as a 15-year-old high school freshman. Even at that age, I figured out three things: those who looked like me were treated as inferi... Read More

Americans Lost Their Way When They Lost Respect for Labor -- And Those Who Do It Sep 03, 2026

SAN DIEGO — This Labor Day, let's accept the fact that Americans tend to do this holiday all wrong. We think it is about beaches, barbecues and being with family. Oddly, we decided that the best way to honor workers was to take a day off from w... Read More

Democrats Need to Stop Getting In Their Own Way Sep 01, 2026

SAN DIEGO — It's like we're trying to lose. That's how a friend put it to me over dinner recently. By "we," she meant her fellow Democrats. She's a loyal member of the blue team, who has probably never voted for a Republican in her life. And a... Read More

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