Ben Sessoms
Reporter at Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Editor @TimesFreePress. Opinion columnist. [email protected]. he/him.
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Opinion: If we let this continue, U.S. citizens will be next 13 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta/The Associated Press / Pro-Palestinian protesters unfurl a Palestinian flag as they march toward the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Washington.
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Ben Sessoms is the Chattanooga Times Editor at the Times Free Press, representing the liberal side of the newspaper’s opinion section. Before taking on this role, he covered growth, development, transportation and the environment for Chattanooga’s paper of record. Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, he has covered housing, education and local government at multiple publications in his home state, including at The Raleigh News & Observer in the state's capital city.
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Opinion: We don’t have to accommodate Christian nationalists 8 hours, 3 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Gail Greene, left, talks with members of the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club. Greene, the new chair of the Hamilton County GOP, spoke at the club's evening meeting at Little Mae's in Red Bank on April 7, 2025.
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Opinion: Weekend Dialogue — Addressing local issues requires honesty 8 minutes ago by Ben Sessoms File photo by Ben Sessoms / Chattanooga City Hall is pictured on Nov. 12. Welcome to Weekend Dialogue, a weekly column where I will go over some reader feedback with the hopes of creating a constructive back-and-forth between myself, the editor of this page, and you, the reader.
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timesfreepress.com | Ben Sessoms
Ben Sessoms is the Chattanooga Times Editor at the Times Free Press, representing the liberal side of the newspaper’s opinion section. Before taking on this role, he covered growth, development, transportation and the environment for Chattanooga’s paper of record. Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, he has covered housing, education and local government at multiple publications in his home state, including at The Raleigh News & Observer in the state's capital city.
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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