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.

With an Eye Toward 2028, Vance Makes a Pitch to Voters Who Want to Return to 1928 Sep 18, 2026

SAN DIEGO — How many of us are lucky enough in life to find ourselves exactly where we belong? Vice President JD Vance is one lucky guy. This administration is a legit three-ring circus, where President Donald Trump reigns as the Ringmaster. An... Read More

We Have Tolerated So Much Lying from Police That We No Longer Recognize the Truth Sep 15, 2026

SAN DIEGO — Cops lie. That's a fact. Some of you won't like hearing it. But that doesn't make it any less true. Frankly, I don't like hearing it. My father was on the job for 37 years, from 1966 to 2003. I was raised to look up to law enforcem... Read More

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

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