Bad Takes

Many researchers argue teens face far worse threats to their mental health than excessive screen time.

The state's Republican base has confused modern society with a John Wayne film, while Democrats are easily distracted from being the party of the working class.

Disenfranchisement laws date back to the Jim Crow era, and they primarily targeted Black people, according to experts.

As in the movie, corrupt politicians and their corporate backers employ the tried-and-true tactic of sowing racial discord to divide and conquer.

The extreme new platform the Texas GOP adopted at its San Antonio convention is about anything but freedom and democracy.

Elected officials, including those in San Antonio, must pay attention to the air quality and climate threats faced by their constituents.

The grandmother arrested by the San Antonio suburb is fighting to ensure she and others can criticize government officials without fear of retribution.

Dennis Nixon, chair of Laredo-based International Bancshares Corp., criticized the border wall and Operation Lone Star yet still backs Trump.

Pursuing low-level cannabis charges is a waste of time and money, and Texas' top law-enforcement official should recognize that.

Few circumstances are more frustrating than when elected leaders can't bring themselves to state what is ethically obvious.

Genuine freedom means taking care that we can all flourish together.

How can the state consider it ethical to imprison someone for 20 years on an immigration law violation?

There's room for free discussion. Let's continue to listen to each other instead of walking away.

Gov. Greg Abbott has wasted billions on Operation Lone Star, his constitutionally dubious effort to make the lives of migrants a living hell.

Beware of people, even popular podcasters, who downplay a virus that's the third leading cause of death behind cancer and heart disease.

As local leaders point fingers about the cause of the shootings, we should take a serious look at Texas' lax firearms laws.

This book-ratings regime has little to do with protecting schoolchildren from sexual trauma and predation.

Fans of Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' defend it as an endorsement of 'law and order.' But aren't there constitutional protections afforded to symbolic speech?

Upwards of 20,000 adult deaths in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017 were linked to extreme heat.

During a recent installment of his show, Joe Rogan permitted Robert Kennedy's busted sewer main's-worth of hazardous falsehoods to gush out, un-fact-checked.