Times Commentary
The latest Times Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
More in Times Commentary, page 60
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Opinion: Is Atlanta’s recent youth movement the Democrats’ future?
My wife's trainer was excited to hear I was writing a story that included the 22-year-old who upset the Stockbridge mayor in the recent election.

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Opinion: Fearing Trump, universities restrict their own academic freedom
Seven out of the nine universities the Trump administration invited to offer feedback on the so-called Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education have politely declined to sign on.

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Opinion: To build community, Atlanta didn’t follow our leaders
Days before members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reopen the government this week, many Georgia residents who receive SNAP benefits saw some relief in the form of partial payments.

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Reader responds: UAW deserves a better deal for working Chattanoogans
On October 30, Free Press Editor Clint Cooper raised questions about the United Auto Workers' recent vote to authorize a strike at Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant.

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Opinion: Republicans just got a wake-up call on their midterm maps
After widespread defeats in the off-year elections, Republicans should realize they made a bad bet by following President Donald Trump's lead on mid-decade redistricting.

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Opinion: Arbitration could prevent government shutdowns
The way Congress makes decisions seems almost designed to produce government shutdowns. Senate rules require a three-fifths supermajority to close debate on most bills.

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Opinion: Release the Epstein files, then get rid of the ‘Epstein class’
We are being ruled by the "Epstein class," and voters deserve to know the details of that particular scandal, and to be able to expect better of their leaders.

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Opinion: When ethnic cleansing becomes normalized
After attacking general human rights, Germany's "he who must not be named" began a shift to targeting minority rights, using the ideological construction of "us vs. them" with ethnic contours.

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Opinion: Abortion has remained mostly accessible. That may soon change.
After the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, nearly 40% of U.S. women now live in a state with severe restrictions.

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Opinion: Home Depot can’t ignore its ICE problem forever
There is no company in the U.S. more closely associated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids than Home Depot Inc.
