Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: We need more bicycle lanes, not fewer
Ask any Chattanoogan who regularly hops on their bicycle to get from point A to point B, and they're sure to have horror stories to tell of near misses from a road-rage fueled driver -- or even worse: a crash, resulting in needless injury.
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Opinion: The right’s war against the truth of our history
Sitting in front of the Hamilton County Courthouse since 1919 is a statue of A.P. Stewart, a Confederate general during the Civil War, the deadliest conflict in this nation's history fought over the preservation of slavery, fought over the right of a white man to claim a Black person as property.
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Opinion: With public media cuts, we are failing our children
Decades ago on May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers — the titular character in the beloved public media television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" — delivered, before a U.S. Senate subcommittee, one of the more memorable Congressional testimonies in our nation's history.
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Opinion: The human cost of cuts to Tennessee’s safety net
For many Tennesseans and Chattanoogans alike, it's easy to see ourselves as distant and unaffected from the decisions being made in the halls of power hundreds of miles away in Washington, D.C.
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Opinion: Concerning tariffs, Trump’s power is fictitious
Since retaking office, one of President Donald Trump's most destructive economic policies has been his needless and haphazard tariff war against key U.S. trading partners.
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Opinion: A century later, the Scopes trial is still with us
Over 100 years ago, one of America's most sensationalist trials began on July 10, 1925 — just up the road in Dayton, Tennessee.
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Opinion: DOJ veteran says our constitutional system of checks and balances is out of balance
During 35 years with the Department of Justice, I helped investigate and prosecute murderers, mobsters, gang members, drug dealers, white collar criminals, and corrupt public officials and law enforcement officers.
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Opinion: In Georgia, mass deportation becomes institutional
After the passage of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," his administration's campaign promise of mass deportation has been ramped up even further by this needlessly cruel legislation.
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Opinion: Trump has his anti-DEI TVA board
Since retaking office, President Donald Trump has led an authoritarian assault on the federal administrative state.
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Opinion: Every week should be a four-day work week
As millions across the country celebrated the Fourth of July on Friday, a rare thing occurred for the American worker: a four-day work week.