Bad Takes: Opponents of San Antonio’s Prop A are lying to thwart needed criminal-justice reforms

To stoke fear among voters, San Antonio’s powerful police union is mischaracterizing what the Justice Charter actually would do.

by Kevin Sanchez April 19, 2023May 15, 2025

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Bad Takes: Gov. Greg Abbott’s voucher plan would defund Texas’ public schools to aid wealthy elites

There are no private schools in a majority of Texas counties, so where exactly does Abbott’s much-touted ‘school choice’ come in?

by Kevin Sanchez April 6, 2023September 4, 2024

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Bad Takes: Yes, the Texas GOP’s obsession with drag is a distraction, but it will do real harm

If it becomes illegal for drag queens to read to elementary school students at the public library, we are slouching toward theocracy.

by Kevin Sanchez March 22, 2023May 8, 2024

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Bad Takes: Dilbert cartoonist deserves blowback for racist tirade

Adams, the face of white fragility this month, represents millions of racists who have given up on Black people.

by Kevin Sanchez March 7, 2023November 18, 2024

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Bad Takes: Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-diversity rhetoric is a shameful attempt to whitewash history

Abbott’s purported ‘Texas of Tomorrow’ sounds an awful lot like a shameful Texas of the past.

by Kevin Sanchez February 23, 2023July 16, 2025

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Bad Takes: The seven least-dumb things Jordan Peterson said on Joe Rogan’s podcast

From blasting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ censorship to urging rationality instead of conspiracy theories, he actually said a few things that make sense.

by Kevin Sanchez February 14, 2023January 11, 2025

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Bad Takes: Republicans’ opposition to legalized gambling in Texas isn’t rooted in reality

This state — which lent its name to the most popular poker variant, Texas Hold ‘Em — is leaving an awful lot of moola on the table by prohibiting gambling.

by Kevin Sanchez February 8, 2023May 16, 2025

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Bad Takes: Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s failure to hold CPS to a renewable model shows lack of leadership

While natural gas is a cleaner energy source than coal, it’s certainly not free of harmful pollution.

by Kevin Sanchez January 25, 2023May 7, 2025

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At San Antonio talk, journalist Caitlin Dickerson reveals disparities in how the U.S. treats immigrants

The award-winning journalist writes about immigration for The Atlantic and has been on the ground in war-torn regions and along the U.S.-Mexico border.

by Kevin Sanchez January 20, 2023June 23, 2025

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Bad Takes: Texas prisons’ book bans serve no one, including the society into which inmates return

More than 9,000 titles, ranging from computer programming instruction to rock biographies, are banned in Texas prisons.

by Kevin Sanchez January 11, 2023May 25, 2024

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Bad Takes: Donald Trump isn’t the only threat U.S. democracy is facing from within

Lucky for us, Trump is not only an attempted rapist of democracy, he’s also a moron.

by Kevin Sanchez January 1, 2023January 1, 2025

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Bad Takes: In a ‘Tale of Two Documents,’ the one about Texas women should draw real outrage

The noise about ‘Hunter Biden’s laptop’ is obscuring a report from the Texas government on a real world tragedy: the hundreds of mothers in this state who have died during or after childbirth over the past decade.

by Kevin Sanchez December 27, 2022October 25, 2023

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Bad Takes: Ye’s antisemitic rants are a sign of a deep sickness infecting U.S. conservatism

Christian conservatives dogmatically repeat that ‘Christ is King,’ but somehow, the God of the Market still gets the last word.

by Kevin Sanchez December 15, 2022October 29, 2024

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Bad Takes: Starbucks calls its workers ‘partners’ but treats them like anything but

On Friday, Starbucks workers in San Antonio will rally in Labor Plaza to demand management at long last bargain with unions in good faith.

by Kevin Sanchez December 8, 2022May 16, 2025

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Bad Takes: The legal arguments against Biden’s student debt forgiveness make no sense

While all eyes were on Elon Musk setting fire to Twitter, another billionaire spent his spare time suing to stop Biden’s modest student debt forgiveness.

by Kevin Sanchez December 2, 2022February 25, 2025