Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Times Opinion: Tennessee’s War on Children
Take a look through American history, and there have been numerous wars waged on abstract political ills, real or perceived — the War on Poverty, the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, and so on.
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Times Opinion: Chattanooga’s proposed budget has the wrong priorities
It's that time of year again — kids out of school, the vacation you saved up for (or not, in this economy), the sweltering heat of the Southern summer at Erlanger Park. But it's also budget season, when local governments decide what and who are worth investment from taxpayers.
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Times Opinion: For Trump, there’s no winning this war in Iran
The United States and Iran have entered a preliminary agreement, not yet disclosed to the public, to end the ongoing war in the Middle East.
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Times Opinion: Lamar Alexander and other old-guard Republicans enabled Trumpism
Over the past decade, President Donald Trump has built a precarious coalition around his own cult of personality.
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Times Opinion: The Supreme Court doesn’t own the Constitution
It is the job of the judiciary, as Chief Justice John Marshall famously wrote, to say what the law is.
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Times Opinion: Celebrate Juneteenth with tax justice for all
On June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Texas belatedly learned that they were free, an event commemorated as Juneteenth. It is a day for reflection, resilience and recognition of Black Americans' fight for equality. But Juneteenth must also be a call to confront the policies that continue to shape racial inequities today.
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Times Opinion: In Tennessee, the fight for LGBTQ+ rights is far from over
It's been over a decade since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges allowed same-sex couples to marry nationwide -- a monumental achievement in the push for LGBTQ+ rights.
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Times Opinion: Congress is a silent partner in Trump’s astonishing corruption
The Trump family is openly looting the federal government. Congressional Republicans have decided that's fine.
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Times Opinion: US should invest in people, not wars
Elected officials throughout the country are failing to help their constituents, which is their job. Right now in the United States, too many people in power work instead to represent corporate interests, billionaire donors and an oligarch class focused on preserving its advantages.
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Times Opinion: Federal transportation bill should not punish EV drivers
Despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles, such technology continues to receive only scorn and derision from the White House and its acolytes in Congress.
