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.

Indian Americans Followed the Rules, and They're Still Getting Grief Sep 24, 2026

SAN DIEGO — Injustice is everywhere. In the United States, everyone gets a turn to spin the wheel. Sadly, not everyone gets a fair hearing. Americans have been conditioned to hear about injustices committed against individuals who are Black, LG... Read More

AI Doesn't Threaten Your Job, but It Threatens Everything Else Sep 22, 2026

SAN DIEGO — Change of plans, folks. For the last several weeks, I've been planning to write a column on artificial intelligence (AI). It was going to be about how Americans need to chill and not worry so much about the possibility of AI replac... Read More

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

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