Is the System Really Just?
By Beverly Adams The Supreme Court ruled June 25 that a death sentence is an unconstitutional punishment for those ...
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Sexism: Alive and Well in Knoxville
By Jennifer Bowles Did anyone catch the underlying meaning in the recent News Sentinel article, “UT rules Knox pay ...
By Jennifer Bowles Did anyone catch the underlying meaning in the recent News Sentinel article, “UT rules Knox pay ...
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Overeducation in America
By Steve DupreeSeveral years ago, perhaps a year or 18 months after I got out of the United ...
By Steve DupreeSeveral years ago, perhaps a year or 18 months after I got out of the United ...
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I hate that I hate my hair
I hate the fact that I hate my hair. Trivial, yes, but it’s true. I’m a black woman living in ...
I hate the fact that I hate my hair. Trivial, yes, but it’s true. I’m a black woman living in ...
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Abate Spring Fever with a Good Days Piddlin'
By Stephanie ManningToo many people put gardening in the “chore” category. You know the story: It’s the weekend ...
By Stephanie ManningToo many people put gardening in the “chore” category. You know the story: It’s the weekend ...
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A Life beyond Cars: Musings on the True 'Great American Pastime'
By Geoff TrowbridgeThe other day, a friend and I were taking my pet cats home from the vet, ...
By Geoff TrowbridgeThe other day, a friend and I were taking my pet cats home from the vet, ...
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Calling All Progressives to the Polls
By Scott StrahanAs Knox County residents prepare to go to the polls Feb. 5 for the presidential preference ...
By Scott StrahanAs Knox County residents prepare to go to the polls Feb. 5 for the presidential preference ...
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The Shared Economy
By Geoff TrowbridgeIt seems that an ever-increasing amount of our lives are made up of items and goods ...
By Geoff TrowbridgeIt seems that an ever-increasing amount of our lives are made up of items and goods ...
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The Law of Fences and Boundary Lines
By Jimmie TurnerPoet Robert Frost once told us: “Something there is that doesn't love a wall…’ Good fences ...
By Jimmie TurnerPoet Robert Frost once told us: “Something there is that doesn't love a wall…’ Good fences ...
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Thoughts on the 'Americanness' of a Concrete Inner-City
By Judy LoestWe are talking now of late summer, fall and early winter evenings in Knoxville; more specifically, ...
By Judy LoestWe are talking now of late summer, fall and early winter evenings in Knoxville; more specifically, ...
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