Ben Sessoms

Chattanooga

Reporter at Chattanooga Times Free Press

Chattanooga Times Editor @TimesFreePress. Opinion writer. [email protected]

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Articles

Opinion: Christians must condemn the far right of their faith

4 days ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

Opinion: Christians must condemn the far right of their faith 10 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, right, speaks at a campaign event as Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk, left, listens Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D.
Opinion: We are addicted to war

5 days ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

Opinion: We are addicted to war 0 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms An Image of the U.S. and Israeli flags is projected on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, July 22, 2025. Following the U.S. involvement in the war between Israel and Iran.
Opinion: The Supreme Court’s cowardly ruling on Tennessee’s anti-trans law

1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

Opinion: The Supreme Court’s cowardly ruling on Tennessee’s anti-trans law 5 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms File photo/Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press / Supporters of transgender rights Sarah Kolick, left, of Cleveland, and Derek Torstenson, of Colorado Springs, Colo., right, rally by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec.
Opinion: McDonald Farm: No place for homes or industry

1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

Opinion: McDonald Farm: No place for homes or industry 41 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Staff file photo By Robin Rudd / The buildings of McDonald Farm rise beyond ripening corn on June 5, 2023. Chattanooga, Hamilton County and the broader region face numerous challenges when it comes to the cost of living. Chief among them are both a shortage of housing and good-paying jobs.
Opinion: It is not protesters who are violent

1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

Opinion: It is not protesters who are violent 5 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Protesters participate in the No Kings in America Rally and Protest in Miller Park on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Opinion: School vouchers and the resurrection of segregation

3 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

Opinion: School vouchers and the resurrection of segregation 2 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Mirabelle Stoedter holds a sign against school vouchers during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee presented the Education Freedom Scholarship Act of 2024, his administration's legislative proposal to establish statewide universal school choice.
Opinion: Can Marjorie Taylor Greene read?

3 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

Opinion: Can Marjorie Taylor Greene read? 12 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in early 2024, listens as House Republicans attempt to impeach former President Joe Biden's Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration's immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/J.
Opinion: The GOP’s anti-DEI position is pro-segregation

3 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

Opinion: The GOP’s anti-DEI position is pro-segregation 7 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Staff photo by Abby White / Governor Bill Lee speaks on the Apison Pike progress. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee visited with the Tennessee Department of Transportation in Hamilton County on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 to see the process on the Apison Pike construction. The front of the war on DEI has made its way to Tennessee. Last month, Republican Gov.
Opinion: School vouchers lend power to bigotry

3 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

Opinion: School vouchers lend power to bigotry 14 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Bradley County Chancery Court / After Morgan Armstrong announced on social media that she is dating another woman, Tennessee Christian Preparatory School, a private institution slated to receive public school voucher dollars, allegedly banned Armstrong from campus and attending school activities, including the student's own graduation. During GOP Gov.
Opinion: The Christian nationalist lie behind work requirements

4 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms

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.