Opinion
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Times Opinion: ICE collaboration in Chattanooga region is rooted in cowardice
To wage the ongoing mass deportation campaign — a ruthless federal operation terrorizing both Latino Americans with legal status and undocumented immigrants — President Donald Trump's administration has relied on cooperation from local law enforcement.
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Free Press Opinion: It’s Pride and Papaya Month; celebrate responsibly and without government support
Hey, it’s Pride Month. Celebrate, or hide the children from any rainbow flags that might flutter in more abundance for the next four weeks. Your choice.
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Student essay: What is an American? One who accepts the duty to perfect our nation
When I look at the American flag hanging in my classroom, I don't just see red, white and blue. I see a messy, complicated and beautiful work in progress.
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Student essay: What is an American? One who understands opportunity and uses it well
An American is not only defined by birthplace, a passport or an accent. An American is defined by how they understand and use the opportunities placed before them.
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Student essay: What is an American? One who uses what they have to build a better future
Close your eyes for a moment and think of the word "American." What do you see? Fireworks on the Fourth of July? Hot dogs and hamburgers? Red, white and blue?
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Local History: Kefauver campaigns hard for open Tennessee U.S. House seat
Within a week after announcing his candidacy for the 3rd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in early August 1939, Chattanooga attorney Estes Kefauver hit the road, speaking to crowds across the 12-county district. With only a month to campaign, the multiple appearances each day were critical.
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Readers respond: Becoming an American ‘the correct way’; Colbert opinion ‘like reading fiction’
What does it mean to be an American? It means that we live in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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Readers write: Enough with computers in schools, let students work their minds
Without being venomous, I would like to state what I see as some misconceptions about education. My history includes graduation from the UTC School of Education and 22 years in the Hamilton County system.
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Letters to the editors: Bike ride shows gas pipeline reality; guns and coal have long-term costs
Last month, Sierra Club Tennessee members rode 100 miles through eight counties along the Enbridge Ridgeline Pipeline, from Cummins Falls State Park to the TVA Kingston plant in Roane County.
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Letters to the editors: Don’t let U.S. regress into ‘the old country’; where are checks on White House?
I am nostalgic for the 1990s and the charming, straightforward scandals from the Clinton White House such as Whitewater. Bill and Hillary slipped off the hook and paid their own lawyers.
