
Ben Sessoms
Reporter at Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Editor @TimesFreePress. Opinion writer. [email protected]
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Opinion: The Christian nationalist lie behind work requirements 26 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson/The Associated Press / President Donald Trump, center, surrounded by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, and Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Michigan, speaks to reporters before a House Republican conference meeting on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
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Opinion: Eastdale is not the right place for psychiatric hospital 6 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ A gate to property for sale across the street from the New United Missionary Baptist Church in Eastdale is shown on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
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Opinion: The problem is low taxes, not spending 2 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton/ Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp delivers his State of the County speech at Soddy-Daisy Middle School on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. 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’ 3 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., speaks during a television news interview at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/J.
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Opinion: Racial profiling in Tennessee is about to get even worse 14 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Under a new agreement with ICE, some Tennessee state troopers will be given more power to interrogate and arrest immigrants suspected to be in the U.S. unlawfully.
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My Sunday column this week: Police’s troubled past with informants highlights need for transparency https://t.co/SyVrMETZ0Q

My recent column on what a "progressive agenda" would look like in Tennessee https://t.co/08PeMRuBD9

My latest column on Chattanooga's public transit https://t.co/rLBLLaNMNe