Sohn: This is about two men with guns and protests. This is about racial disparity.
This is a tale of two men with guns. Except its not a tale. It's real life. And it's wrong. It's wrong on so many levels. One man is black and the other is white.
Sohn: Mayor Andy Berke’s pledge and protester demands already contain some common ground
On Friday, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke pledged to review policing policies in Chattanooga.
Pam’s Points: Election Day is almost here. And it may even be safe.
It's a victory.
Sohn: Just what is it that so frightens King Trump? The First Amendment, or our growing unity against injustice?
The words of the First Amendment are quite straightforward:
Sohn: Did the Chattanooga City Council just begin the real conversation about race and injustice?
Time and again over years and years, this paper has reported first one then another angry or concerned or frightened activist, citizen, teacher, preacher - occasionally even an elected official - saying, "We've got to have a conversation."
Sohn: Tennessee’s COVID-19 sock mask hand-outs stopped for now over chemical questions
Remember those breezy black sock masks with the TN on them that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ordered up with an $8.2 billion, no-bid contract? They've been recalled.
Sohn: Don’t paint all protesters with the same brush
With all the headlines this week about protests across the country in honor of a black man killed recently by police in Minnesota, we'd like to see more cities take some lessons from Chattanooga.
Sohn: Enough shouting. It’s time to find racial, cultural understanding and unity.
Just as it was heartbreaking to see George Floyd die in the custody of police in Minneapolis, it also was heartbreaking to see protests around the country over the weekend turn violent.
Pam’s Points: Federal judges, researchers bring us good and bad news about the environment
Yes, there is other news out there besides COVID-19 and protests over injustice.
Sohn: Trump recklessly stirs culture war over COVID-19 masks, showing us again how unfit he is
When does it stop? When do Americans finally get a belly full of a president who, as coronavirus deaths hit 100,000 in this country, mocks wearing a mask and makes it his newest "politically correct" insult.
