by design | Oct 19, 2022 | The Daily Focus
LWVKKC to host forum for Tennessee State House candidates To enable voters to hear the candidates respond to questions about important issues in the Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, General Election, the League of Women Voters of Knoxville/Knox Co. is sponsoring a candidate...
by design | Oct 18, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Carry the Torch Knoxville: A Benefit Luncheon Featuring Becca Stevens, president and founder of Thistle Farms, author of “Practically Divine” The Volunteer Ministry Center’s Carry the Torch Knoxville event on October 19, 2022, will feature Becca Stevens, president and...
by design | Oct 18, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Early Voting for the 2022 Federal/State General Election begins Wednesday, October 19, at ten locations across Knox County. LOCATIONS Carter Senior Center City-County Building (Small Assembly Room) Downtown West Eternal Life Harvest Center at Five Points Farragut Town...
by design | Oct 17, 2022 | Black, Columnist
Why some schools are teaching Critical Race Theory By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Critical race theory (CRT) is being used in many public-school systems as an excuse to deflect from their inability to teach our children how to read, how...
by design | Oct 17, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
Supreme Court On Prayer And Bible Reading II By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Last week I wrote about the U.S. Supreme Court cases in the 1960s which banned prayer and Bible reading in public schools. In the prayer case, all three levels of the New York...