Thursday, September 27, 2018, 12:00 p.m., The City Club of Cleveland
Partisanship and the Supreme Court
The nine judges who hold the seats on the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest federal court of the United States, are responsible for the final interpreters of federal law. In recent history, their decisions have upheld President Trump's travel ban, Ohio's voter purging laws, and ruled in favor of the Colorado bakery owner who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. For 12 years, Justice Anthony Kennedy...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Why women’s peace activism in World War I matters now
by Anya Jabour, The University of Montana A hundred years ago, soon after winning reelection on the campaign slogan “He kept us out of war,” President Woodrow Wilson called on the U.S. Congress to authorize “a war to end all wars.” The U.S. entry into World War I abruptly ended a different campaign to end war. Between the onset of hostilities in Europe in July 1914 and the U.S. declaration of war in April 1917, a determined group of women activists lobbied the president and Congress to maintain American neutrality and mediate a “negotiated peace.” Although these women’s efforts proved futile, their persistence and passion still resonate today. By insisting that all citizens... read on
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At the turn of the 20th century, lower Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland ranked among the largest retail districts in the United States. The growth...
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