Jean Guerrero is an opinion columnist at the Los Angeles Times. Her writing has been featured in Vanity Fair, Politico, the Nation, Wired, the New York Times, the Washington Post and “Best American Essays 2019,” and she has contributed to NPR, “PBS NewsHour” and more. She started her career as a commodities correspondent in Mexico City for the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. She is the author, most recently, of “Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda.” Her first book, “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir,” won a PEN Literary Award. A native of San Diego, she is a graduate of USC’s journalism school and has a master of fine arts in nonfiction from Goucher College. Twitter: @jeanguerre
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Dec. 4, 2023
Without social media to occupy me at all times, my mind went empty: gloriously empty, with space for nature and new ideas. It was exhilarating.
Nov. 27, 2023
El presidente podría comenzar con permisos de trabajo para algunos inmigrantes en California y otros estados, y luego crear un programa de libertad condicional para Dreamers y familiares indocumentados de ciudadanos estadounidenses.
Nov. 8, 2023
The president could start with work permits for some immigrants in California and other states, then create a parole program for Dreamers and undocumented relatives of U.S. citizens.
Nov. 6, 2023
Once relegated to private ofrendas and cemetery visits among immigrant families, the newly popular holiday has a lesson for all Americans.
Oct. 30, 2023
For democracy’s sake, political leaders need to rein in the tech industry’s power to collect personal data and manipulate consumers.
Oct. 23, 2023
Si los electores latinos de De León perdonan su silencio y los feos chistes racistas en esa conversación grabada en secreto con Nury Martínez y Gil Cedillo, ¿refleja eso su propio racismo?
Oct. 18, 2023
Aida Rodriguez follows up an HBO comedy special, ‘Fighting Words,’ with a memoir, ‘Legitimate Kid,’ about growing up with a single mom and many social stigmas.
Oct. 16, 2023
If De León’s Latino constituents forgive his silence and the ugly racist jokes in that secretly recorded conversation with Nury Martinez and Gil Cedillo, does it reflect their own racism?
Oct. 16, 2023
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