Editorials
The latest Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Free Press Editorials and Times Editorials.
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Community Voice: Americans don’t want war with Cuba. Will Tennessee representatives take our side?
I visited Cuba in March. One of my reasons for visiting was a suspicion that United States citizens were not getting the full picture from our own media coverage. It seems ridiculous, but to be informed, I felt I just had to see it with my own eyes.
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Times Opinion: The time has come for city-owned groceries
As advocates for progressive social policy, we found it rare and promising good news when New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced in April he plans to create a city-owned grocery in East Harlem, Manhattan.
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Free Press Opinion: Democrats need better icons than multi-millionaire Stephen Colbert
Democrats should come up with better cultural icons than aging, washed-up multi-millionaire former talk show hosts.
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Readers respond: Story on Georgia trooper was ‘shameful,’ TFP’s liberal bias and more
Your piece on Georgia State Trooper Shackleford (5/24) was shameful and clearly malicious. It does, however, expose the way that radical left organizations who fund Report For America manage to subvert local newspapers like yours.
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Community Voice: See the truth and humanity behind claims about Chattanooga’s homeless
More humane treatment of the homeless population, including more permanent shelter beds with support services, is in the best interest of all Chattanoogans.
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Welfare queens, TVA salaries, responding to USPS Ranter and more Rants
The real welfare queens are the wealthy in Tennessee.
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Times Opinion: Mamdani’s housing plan builds in the right way
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his deputy mayor, Leila Bozorg, get solid grades for addressing the biggest issue in New York City: the lack of housing.
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Times Opinion: Transplant Californians aren’t the problem. It’s our homegrown politicians in Tennessee.
Talk to any longtime resident of this region, and while many may exaggerate the point, they likely see Chattanooga as a growing and changing city. This is due in large part, locals say, to an influx of out-of-state transplants, particularly from California.
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Free Press Opinion: Court rulings don’t offer roadblocks yet on Tennessee redistricting map
As long as there are courts to hear them and appeals to be filed, the congressional redistricting map the Tennessee General Assembly passed in an extraordinary session earlier this month is not a sure thing.
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Perspective: Amid rising costs, healthcare affordability starts with hospitals
Earlier this spring, the House Ways and Means Committee confronted hospital CEOs with horror stories Americans know far too well. Chairman Jason Smith highlighted outrageous bills detached from reality, remarking that "patients [are] at the mercy of hospital empires."
