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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In the Drug War, Americans Locate The Problem -- Once Again, It's Us Dec 11, 2025

SAN DIEGO — Once the Trump administration started attacking Venezuelan drug boats that appeared to be traveling to the United States, it was inevitable that Americans would be pulled back into a conversation about the much-ballyhooed War on Dru... Read More

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Trump Is No Match for the Affordability Crisis Dec 09, 2025

SAN DIEGO — All Americans want for Christmas is for things to cost less. Is that asking too much? It is if they're making the "ask" of President Donald Trump. When it comes to fulfilling his 2024 campaign promise to be the "affordability presi... Read More

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Trump's Racist Attack on Somali Migrants Went Too Far -- Even for Trump Dec 04, 2025

SAN DIEGO — You have to hand it to President Donald Trump. His brutally racist comments about Somali immigrants managed to alarm and terrorize a group of people who — having survived warlords, famine, and marauding gangs — don't sca... Read More

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The Story of National Guard Shooting Doesn't Provide Any Easy Answers -- Only More Questions Dec 02, 2025

SAN DIEGO — It's been less than a week since the tragic shooting of two West Virginia National Guard soldiers by an Afghan refugee in Washington D.C. and already many Americans are pretty far down the road in terms of casting blame and discerni... Read More