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Josh Brodesky

Josh Brodesky joined the San Antonio Express-News in 2013 as an editorial writer and columnist, and he became editorial page editor in 2019. An Arizona native, he previously worked at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson and The Arizona Republic in Phoenix. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Stories By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Take away legal shield protecting cops from wrongdoing

To end qualified immunity is to remove a key obstacle to overdue reforms. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: We need a national memorial for mass shooting victims

We honor our war dead. We should honor those murdered with weapons of war. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Their lives mattered. How we honor Sandy Hook, Uvalde.

A grieving mother frames Alex Jones through the lens of humanity he denied the victims of Sandy Hook. It was part gift, part punishment. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: First responders not the only ones who failed Uvalde

The House committee report has brought much-needed official detail about the massacre, but also shifted the conversation away from guns and mental health. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: No room for humanity in Abbott’s immigration policy

Borders define nations, but humanity is transcendent and borderless. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: If Uvalde can’t galvanize change, then what will?

Mass shootings almost always result in murders, but I have also come to think of them as robberies. They end lives, but they steal life’s precious moments. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Can San Antonio defy its history of inadequate housing?

Inadequate housing is a San Antonio origin story, and the city is on the precipice of accelerating that crisis. By Josh Brodesky

A guide for Arizona Wildcat fans in San Antonio for the Sweet 16

To have the Arizona Wildcats in San Antonio for the second time in two years feels like the planets have aligned. Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: With latest theory, Paxton sinks even lower

There is no bottom with Paxton, only greater depths to plunge . By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Amid a surge of civic sickness, my family hit with...

COVID has revealed a deeper political sickness that I wish I could cure. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: The light within you is the light that leads

To be a San Antonio “Light” is to provide pathways to prosperity, to improve health and well-being, to bring together historically segregated communities and to enrich the lives of others. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: To slash greenway funding is to betray voters

The city made a promise to voters to fund the greenway system, and now some on City Council want to break that promise. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Honesty breaks through fog of depression

Depression has been a bit like low-hanging clouds. Close enough to almost touch, shape shifting before my eyes and lingering a bit longer than I would like. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Ted Lasso, the Green Knight and Trumpism

There is a scene in the hit show when the endearing football coach, confused about all things British, asks “How many countries are in this country?” By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Patrick’s fearful, broken worldview

There is a certain broken-element to his comments — there he goes again. But this is exactly why the most egregious of his words merit rebuke. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: When leaders fail children

A political class that has made a calculated bet on children’s health isn’t one worth keeping. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Time for a bipartisan, compassionate leader — Joe...

Straus exudes compassion, governs with bipartisanship and is the type of leader Texans deserve. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Abbott governing to base at the expense of the rest

Abbott will violate civil rights, and encourage racial profiling, in the name of COVID prevention, but he just can’t allow school districts to mandate masks. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: Looking beyond the food lines

More than a year after the Traders Village food distribution, I have doubts a radical change will come to alleviate poverty and hunger in San Antonio. By Josh Brodesky

Brodesky: School year begins with Abbott’s failure

Masks have become political statements, but the failure to mandate masks in elementary schools in Texas is unconscionable. By Josh Brodesky