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4+ hour, 17+ min ago (132+ words) Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for May 24, 2026. The son of a career army officer, Bennett led a nomadic life, attending ten different schools before graduating in 1980 from the University of North Alabama with degrees in Art and History. After brief stints…...
From the editor: Goodbye to Mark Kennedy " and to an era
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (411+ words) Mark Kennedy was the first person I met at the Chattanooga Times Free Press. He cheerily greeted me in the lobby the day I interviewed here, more than two decades ago. Back then he ran the Life section and had…...
First Things First: What it means to put first things first
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (36+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press First Things First: What it means to put first things first First Things First is in the middle of a rebrand....
Times Opinion: Tennessee is the model for Jim Crow 2. 0
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (73+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Times Opinion: Tennessee is the model for Jim Crow 2. 0 Jim Crow, an authoritarian system of racial apartheid, was thought to be long buried in the past. But after a yearslong effort from the U. S. Supreme Court to…...
Times Opinion: TVA lied and people died " Has it learned anything since the Kingston disaster?
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (77+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Times Opinion: TVA lied and people died " Has it learned anything since the Kingston disaster? There is no such thing as beautiful, clean coal. Coal is the dirtiest form of energy production from cradle to grave....
Living On Purpose: For the love of family and country
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (115+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Living On Purpose: For the love of family and country Memorial means to "remember," and every year on the last Monday in May, we honor those who sacrificed their life in the line of active military…...
Local History: Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate victory was short-lived
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (33+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Editor's note: part of a series on Civil War notables. Copyright " 2026, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Inc....
Times Opinion: Congress should stop dodging its responsibilities on Iran
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (245+ words) Most Americans can see through such euphemism. The Republican majority in Congress, which represents them, ought to open its eyes. Even Republicans who back the war know how unpopular it is. Those who oppose it fear crossing the president and…...
Letters to the editors: Court ruling reverses racial emphasis; mid-campaign changes are unfair
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (266+ words) Ruling reverses racial emphasis There are numerous examples of Black people in leadership within white-majority areas. President Obama served two terms. There is Sen. Warnock (Georgia), Sen. Scott (South Carolina), Sen. Booker (New Jersey), Sen. Rochester (Delaware) and Sen. Alsobrooks…...
Perspective: On "cutie-fruity" flavored vapes, Makary was right to object
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (513+ words) Even at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, you likely will not find a physician without opinions about one of its most prominent alumni, Dr. Marty Makary, the former chair of gastrointestinal surgery at Hopkins who recently resigned as commissioner…...