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Sohn: Climate clouds gather over U.S. nukes – Part 2

by Pam Sohn ·May 6, 2019

We hear a lot about hardening our infrastructure for climate change, and well we should.

Staff file photo by Tim Barber Bill Johnson, former president and CEO of TVA, talks in 2016 about Watts Bar Nuclear Plant reaching full power with a new, second reactor.

Sohn: Climate clouds gather over U.S. nukes – Part 1

by Pam Sohn ·May 5, 2019

U.S. nuclear power plants weren't built for climate change.

Staff file photo - The Tennessee Valley Authority in 2012 began raising the retaining walls near Watts Bar Dam and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant outside Spring City, Tenn. This was an early temporary fix after TVA discovered faulty early design river flow figures and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ordered new safety features in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdowns in Japan.

Sohn: Trump’s war crimes against migrant children

by Pam Sohn ·May 4, 2019

Almost a year after President Donald Trump announced the end of his inhumane and child-abusing "zero-tolerance" immigration policy - the one that cruelly and with no reasonable purpose led to the separations of thousands of children from their families at our Southern border - we learn that those separations were made with no intention and no method to ever reunite the children with their families.

President Donald Trump speaks during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sohn: Tennessee passes slate of backward bills

by Pam Sohn ·May 4, 2019

Tennessee needs a new slate of lawmakers in its General Assembly.

Members of the Tennessee Senate debate legislation during a session Thursday in Nashville. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Sohn: Forget Barr, bring us the Mueller testimony

by Pam Sohn ·May 3, 2019

It was heartening to see Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, put Attorney General William Barr on the spot Wednesday as he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, questions Attorney General William Barr during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Sohn: Don’t buy GOP’s distress call over socialism

by Pam Sohn ·May 1, 2019

To hear Republicans - and especially Fox News - tell it, Democrats want America to turn to socialism. Don't take the bait. It's just another GOP trick.

FILE — Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at American University in Washington last year. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)

Sohn: Ratepayers need to question TVA’s ‘long-term’ power plan

by Pam Sohn ·April 30, 2019

New TVA CEO Jeff Lyash, a former CEO of one of Canada's biggest public utilities, thinks TVA is uniquely positioned for the challenges ahead.

Staff file Photo by Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press - In 2012, Volkswagen built it's own solar farm — the state's largest.

Pam’s Points: What the world needs now is love, not hate

by Pam Sohn ·April 29, 2019

Clearly, Joe Biden's entry into the 2020 presidential race is concerning to Donald Trump. And apparently Biden's entry announcement video was especially concerning to the president.

FILE — Members of the alt-right lead a torch march in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 11, 2017. (Edu Bayer/The New York Times)

Sohn: What if Roosevelt said Pearl Harbor was a hoax?

by Pam Sohn ·April 28, 2019

In the week following the Mueller report's release, we've watched more obstruction of justice roll before our very eyes - sometimes frightfully and sometimes hilariously.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Sohn: Proposed Hamilton County Schools budget holds promise

by Pam Sohn ·April 27, 2019

It's no secret that our county has dire education needs. We've chronicled those needs here many times.