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Bad Takes: San Antonio leaders should crack down on wage theft as Congress squeezes working class
Wage theft steals more from working people than any other crime in the U.S., according to one analysis.
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Bad Takes: Gina Ortiz Jones is a better choice for San Antonio, but she can’t go it alone
The mayoral race has taken a turn for the nasty, which has shown Rolando Pablos’ true colors.
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Bad Takes: Trump’s cuts to federal weather agencies setting us up for a perfect storm
The consequences are far more dire than leaving home without your umbrella.
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Bad Takes: No, John Courage, homelessness isn’t ‘very easy’
The San Antonio councilman last month suggested being homeless was easy, adding ‘you just sleep out on the streets.’
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Bad Takes: Are there (gasp!) some Trump administration proposals that make sense?
Against the grain of chaos and outrage inspired by the current administration, it’s worth asking which of its reforms actually are worth keeping.
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Bad Takes: The Trump GOP’s vilification of government workers is an old and familiar game
So much for the notion Trump is a champion of working people. Especially if they happen to be civil servants.
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Bad Takes: Trump’s and Abbott’s targeting of DEI is ripping MLK’s dream to shreds
The right-wing clickbait machine’s stoking of outrage over DEI has real and damaging consequences.
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Bad Takes: Whether from right or left, militant protest deserves mercy, not mass incarceration
It’s unlikely conservatives will scrape either the ‘Trump 2024’ or the ‘Back the Blue’ stickers off their cars following the president’s pardon.
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Texas’ whitewashing of slavery in the school curriculum is a disservice to future generations
Maybe our nation’s original sin was the sin of omission.
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Severance is back for a second season, but is anyone watching?
The show has important things to say about our work lives, but it streams on AppleTV+, which not many people view.
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Bad Takes: Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s defense of San Antonio’s failure to aid poorest residents flunks the test
Nirenberg’s progressive grandstanding has frequently stood in contrast with the city’s less-than-inspiring governance.
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Bad Takes: Texas’ right-wing extremism is driving away smart folks the state needs
Expect the brain drain to continue as the Lone Star State leans further to the right.
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Bad Takes: Apps like Nextdoor aren’t making us more neighborly but more paranoid
The loss of a sense of community can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Bad Takes: Let’s stop with the myth that working class voters handed Trump the election
Those ‘most enthralled with Donald Trump were not at the very bottom,’ but rather ‘the elite of the left-behind.’
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Bad Takes: Both political parties are too beholden to wealthy donors to enact real reforms
Neither Democrats nor the incoming Trump administration are willing to threaten the economic status quo.
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Bad Takes: It’s time to stop making self-serving excuses for not moving away from fossil fuels
Increasing evidence shows fracking results in the release of harmful chemicals and an uptick in earthquakes.
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Bad Takes: Musk and Trump working to protect the 1% and screw everyone else
Texas resident Musk is spending big to ensure Trump gives monied elites everything they want.
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Bad Takes: From deportations to tariffs, Trump’s policies would crater the economy
Trump is offering up a perfect storm of fiscal calamity for everyone but the super-rich.
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Bad Takes: Joe Rogan’s fawning interview with Trump was a disservice to democracy
Rogan offered no pushback as the presidential candidate repeatedly lied and offered false claims.
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Colin Allred lands jabs during Tuesday’s debate with Ted Cruz
Neither candidate mentioned climate change or the Uvalde school shooting.