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Jean Guerrero: RFK Jr.'s left-wing appeal in LA is no joke

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has plenty of fans in Los Angeles, including at the iconic bodybuilding hub Gold's Gym, where he's been pumping iron, filming strongman-style propaganda and exposing his gray-haired chiseled chest.

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Jean Guerrero: The Supreme Court is waging war on young people

The Supreme Court's right-wing majority seems to be declaring war on young people.

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What's a Latino? Héctor Tobar goes deep on stereotypes and solidarity

Héctor Tobar is tired of the Latino caricature.

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Jean Guerrero: For Republicans, ‘Bomb the Mexicans’ is the new ‘Build the Wall’

When then-President Donald Trump proposed shooting migrants in the legs and firing missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs, he did so in private.

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Jean Guerrero: Smartphones take a toll on teenagers. What choice do parents have?

We can't keep ignoring social media's harmful effects on the mental health of young people.

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Jean Guerrero: The lies of Fox News hurt far more than just Dominion Voting Systems

Fox News is now on trial for defamation, not for its years-long assault on American democracy and civil discourse.

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Jean Guerrero: Gen Z has good reason to be angry. Will they burn it all down?

Generation Z seems like a paradox: far more open to diverse viewpoints and compromise than older Americans, but also in some ways more dogmatic.

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Jean Guerrero: Americans are terrified of other Americans. How to stop the polarization

A few months ago, I knocked on the front door of a house in El Centro while searching for Republicans to interview for a story. An elderly white man opened the main door of the house but left the screen door closed. I struggled to see him through the screen…

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Jean Guerrero: A Trump-like border wall is about to be built — unless Biden stops it

President Joe Biden should call off construction crews gathering at the southernmost edge of California's coastline to erect a border wall that epitomizes Trump's dystopian vision.

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Jean Guerrero: Why is Biden recycling failed strategies to slow immigration?

As Americans become increasingly anxious about immigration, Vice President Kamala Harris is searching for answers in all of the wrong places.

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Guerrero: I dedicated 2022 to making new friends. Here's what I learned

On the morning of Dec. 7, my friend Jenny texted me and our friend Laura: "Last full moon of the year! Astrologically speaking it's supposed to be fierce. I couldn't tell you why but dream big!"

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Jean Guerrero: In ‘Wakanda Forever,’ Black filmmakers did right by Indigenous peoples

After sneaking into Wakanda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Marvel’s merman demigod Namor emerges from the water in the darkness. He startles Queen Ramonda and her daughter Shuri in a rural area of their Black utopia. “Who are you?” the queen asks. “And how did you get in here?”

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Jean Guerrero: If Democrats want to hold Imperial County, they'll have to work for it

For Democrats who mistake demographics for destiny, Imperial County is a mystery. It's California's most heavily Latino county, and yet Republicans have been making gains here.

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Jean Guerrero: Latino support for Karen Bass should put an end to talk of Black-brown strife

Karen Bass' victory in the Los Angeles mayoral race was another blow to the popular caricature of Latino voters as trending conservative.

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Jean Guerrero: Affirmative action cases aren't about ending discrimination. Their goal is white supremacy

The Republican activists leading a decades-long assault on affirmative action, which is poised to succeed in the Supreme Court, claim they want to eliminate racism and create a colorblind society.

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Jean Guerrero: The rise of the MAGA Latino isn't real, but it could be in 2024

The hyped-up rise of the red-capped MAGA Latino, much like the "red wave," failed to materialize in last week's midterm elections.

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Jean Guerrero: In defense of ghosting: It’s useful against toxic partners and politicians

I grew up on stories about worthy men cursed to live as beasts or ogres. Those tales taught that it was a girl’s task to liberate captive Prince Charmings with her love.

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Jean Guerrero: LA needs a new generation of Latino leaders

Behind closed doors, they sound like former President Donald Trump.

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Jean Guerrero: I once fell for the fantasy of uploading ourselves. It's a dangerous myth

The fantasy began to consume me at the turn of the millennium.

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Jean Guerrero: Imagine if white vigilantes and 'illegals' united for their common cause

The first year of Donald Trump's presidency, I interviewed a 78-year-old man who regularly patrolled his border-adjacent property in the rural California town of Boulevard, wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying an AR-10. "It is my duty to protect my country from people invading it," Bob Maupin told me.

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Jean Guerrero: How Biden can do right by undocumented Americans

During Hispanic Heritage Month, which starts this week, President Joe Biden should skip the praise of our various cultures and cuisines. We know he can bop his head to reggaeton. We know the First Lady appreciates breakfast tacos.

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Jean Guerrero: Latinophobia in mainstream news fuels the radical right

A main driver of democracy's decline in the United States is Latinophobia — from its central role in the rise of Donald Trump to its influence in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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Jean Guerrero: In a 'Latinas First' strategy, everyone wins

The GOP has two words that give it strength: "America First."

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Jean Guerrero: Republicans are ready to talk about racism. But only anti-white racism

Whereas the Republican Party once claimed it was "colorblind," now it embraces race-conscious rhetoric. The era of Trump's dog whistle has given way to Tucker Carlson's explicit politics of white grievance.

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Jean Guerrero: Senate candidate Blake Masters doesn't just want to 'build the wall.' He's building a dystopia

The Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Blake Masters wants you to believe he's a nationalist. This Arizonan wants you to think he's trying to "Make America Great Again."

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