Sohn: Sheriff Hammond needs to lead social justice, not slow-walk it
There is no doubt about it: The Hamilton County Sheriff's office - and particularly Sheriff Jim Hammond himself - is under the gun.
Pam’s Points: The days grow dimmer for Donald Trump and the GOP
Don't mess with the ACA
Sohn: Black lives do matter – as do all lives; and equity is needed now
America is having a racial reckoning, and in many ways this is good - even wonderful.
Sohn: Democracy is slow – too slow – and messy, but Happy Birthday, America
If you're not in a celebratory mood for this Fourth of July weekend, you're not alone.
Sohn: Man up, Mayor Coppinger, Gov. Lee: Dump Donald Trump politics and mandate masks for public safety
Thank you, Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger, for "considering" a mask mandate as Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee this week extended two emergency executive orders stretching the state's April state of emergency declaration for COVID-19 an additional eight weeks through Aug. 29.
Sohn: Russian bounties and Donald Trump’s denials show he has to go
Is anyone surprised that the Russians offered bounties to the Taliban in Afghanistan to kill American and British troops?
Pam’s Points: Everywhere we look, race is talk of the day
Hixson's state Rep. Robin Smith retweeted a meme on Twitter - and commented on it - comparing hand straps on a bus or subway to the Bubba Wallace "noose" controversy at NASCAR.
Sohn: What’s Tennessee’s excuse for not wearing masks? Are we just dumb hillbillies or too independent for our own good?
Tennesseans have long bridled at our stereotypical image - hillbillies.
Sohn: So Trump can read polls. And he begins edging his ‘if we didn’t test’ comments.
Even Sean Hannity looked a bit defeated.
Sohn: We should all be ‘mad as hell’ over the actions of these deputies
Six of our Hamilton County commissioners, the Hamilton County sheriff, and the five deputies involved in the May 23 beating of a Black man for the crime of walking while Black owe, at the very least, apologies to that man and to every citizen of this county.
