ICE agents arrest a suspect during an enforcement action.

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Trump’s immigration crackdown is about creating fear for more than migrants

With a $28 billion yearly budget, ICE is now the country’s largest domestic law enforcement agency.

by Kevin Sanchez December 15, 2025December 16, 2025

With a $28 billion yearly budget, ICE is now the country’s largest domestic law enforcement agency.

Smoke rises from the 2019 ITC fire in suburban Houston.

Bad Takes

Bad Takes: ‘We have the best political system right now that private money can buy’

Sadly, what was once labeled corruption has become the way U.S. politics works.

by Kevin Sanchez November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spreads good cheer at the Republican National Convention.

Bad Takes

Bad Takes: Corruption is the antithesis of participatory democracy, and Texas proves it

Politics is mired in big money, and that’s terrible for the future of our state and nation.

by Kevin Sanchez October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

A book store display shows off frequently banned works of literature.

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Bad Takes: It’s up to San Antonio residents to push back at extremist book bans

One group has counted 16,000 public-school book bans since 2021, ‘a number not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s.’

by Kevin Sanchez October 9, 2025October 9, 2025

Drunk man reaching for car keys at table, closeup.

News

Bad Takes: San Antonio has a DWI problem. Let’s tackle it in a smart way.

The punitive approach favored by the law-and-order crowd can only take us so far in solving deep-rooted problems like this.

by Kevin Sanchez September 29, 2025September 29, 2025

A modern security camera attached to a building's exterior wall oversees an entrance area.

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Bad Takes: As San Antonio looks into new surveillance tech for its police, be wary of weaponization

There’s reason for SA residents to be wary about being constantly watched.

by Kevin Sanchez September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

News

Bad Takes: Talking about climate change’s role in the Central Texas floods isn’t ‘politicizing the issue’

Right-wing pundits and politicians have shown no qualms about deflecting blame when it comes to the tragedy.

by Kevin Sanchez August 6, 2025August 22, 2025

News

Bad Takes: If the two-party system got us here, why do we treat it like a timeless fixture?

Passage of Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is evidence that a ‘strong Republican Party’ isn’t in the best interest of most Americans.

by Kevin Sanchez July 17, 2025July 24, 2025

News

Trump’s deportation dragnet should be called out for its cruelty

Even some South Texas Republicans are pushing back at the roundups, which aren’t just capturing criminals but people who pose no safety threat.

by Kevin Sanchez June 27, 2025July 30, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez June 18, 2025August 5, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez June 1, 2025July 17, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez May 16, 2025July 17, 2025

News

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.’

by Kevin Sanchez April 30, 2025July 29, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez March 29, 2025May 10, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez March 14, 2025August 5, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez February 7, 2025June 27, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez January 25, 2025July 23, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez January 15, 2025May 19, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez January 3, 2025July 31, 2025

News

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.

by Kevin Sanchez December 14, 2024July 22, 2025