Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: Antisemitism knows no bounds
After two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot and killed in Washington, D.C., friends sent prayers for my safety – even though this horrific crime happened almost 600 miles away.
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Opinion: Eastdale is not the right place for psychiatric hospital
Tucked back into a heavily wooded area adjacent to the South Chickamauga Creek, a 162-acre plot of land in Eastdale — once proposed for residential use — is now the top spot as a new location for the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute.
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Opinion: The problem is low taxes, not spending
When times get tough, when costs begin outpacing wages, conventional wisdom goes that a family needs to identify and cut wasteful spending to balance their budget or risk financial ruin.
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Opinion: The ugly truth in Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
After an all-nighter in D.C. earlier this week, U.S. House Republicans prevailed over united Democratic opposition, passing President Donald Trump's so-called "one big, beautiful bill" by a razor-thin, one-vote margin.
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Opinion: Racial profiling in Tennessee is about to get even worse
In Nashville a few weeks ago, the Tennessee Highway Patrol stopped and questioned more than 500 drivers — arresting nearly 200 — in a predominantly Hispanic area of the city. More than half of those handed over to federal immigration officials had no criminal record, including a middle-aged chef.
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Opinion: Tyre Nichols was a victim of systemic racism
On Jan. 7, 2023, officers with the Memphis Police Department yanked Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, from his car, pepper sprayed and tased him, chased after him following a struggle, and then kicked, punched and beat him with a baton.
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Opinion: Principals Association not satisfied with balanced schools budget, so we wonder how much is enough
Last Saturday, two days after the Hamilton County Board of Education finalized the district schools budget for fiscal 2025-2026 following weeks of negotiations, the Hamilton County Principals Association released a letter asking the county and city to dig a little deeper.
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Opinion: This is what you voted for
Nearly four months into a second Donald Trump administration, our president has run roughshod over the rule of law, initiated a mass deportation campaign and has destabilized the economy to the point of a likely recession over the next year.
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Opinion: Trump’s pro-segregation administration hurts all of us
Back in the mid-20th century, when mandated segregation was still the law of the land in the Jim Crow South, a series of U.S. Supreme Court cases and federal legislation began to dismantle this racist system that withheld resources and political power from Black Americans.
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Opinion: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is building a theocracy
Back in the late 18th Century at the onset of the United States, the founding fathers – despite their faults – recognized the dangers of entangling government and religion.
