Friday, December 01, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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Friday, December 01, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
On October 25, President Trump tweeted, “This will be the biggest TAX CUT in the history of our country – and we need it! #TaxReform.” Since the beginning of his campaign, President Trump has called for a significant rewrite to the United States’ tax code, which hasn’t happened since the Reagan administration.
Just one week after it...
Monday, August 13, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
What is culture? Why does it matter? And how can it help us, here, today? Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has said that "Culture — the arts, the humanities, the sciences — helps us to understand our environment, each other, and...
Friday, August 10, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
From N/A to B.A.: Creating Success for First Generation College Students
There are many hurdles to obtaining a college degree - and some occur before a student even steps foot on campus. Between the applications, visits, tests and tutors, applying to college can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. If the...
Thursday, August 09, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Parched: How to Prevent a Day Zero in Cleveland
Cape Town, South Africa, one of Africa's most affluent cities, may be the first city in the world to run out of municipal water. Population growth, overdevelopment, and climate change, coupled with rising inequality and political dysfunction, have converged to...
Tuesday, August 07, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Happy Dog Takes on the World: The End of Pax Americana?
"Pax Americana" commonly refers to the decades of relative peace experienced amongst the world's most powerful nations after World War II. This peace is often attributed to the United States' stability, economic strength, and preponderance of power - and, arguably,...
Friday, August 03, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry
Clevelander Dave Lucas became the Ohio Poet Laureate in January 2018. Lucas succeeds Dr. Amit Majmudar of Columbus, the state's first poet laureate after Governor Kasich created the position in 2014. As poet laureate, part of Lucas' mission is to advocate...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
In Print and In Decline: A Crisis for Democracy?
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Cleveland’s first newspaper, The Cleaveland Gazette & Commercial Register. It shuttered just two years later, but it, along with Cleveland's rising population during the 19th century, paved the...
Friday, July 27, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
Help Wanted: Tackling the IT Talent Gap
The United States is experiencing a rapid and profound transition from an industrial economy to a digital, global, and knowledge-based and service-based economy. Like much of America, our city and region has struggled with this economic transition. The Two Tomorrows,...
Friday, July 20, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
Ballots and Bullets: Cleveland's Role in the Civil Rights Movement
Cleveland played a critical role in the civil rights movement, intersecting with some of the most important African American figures of the time. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. raised money for bail during his Birmingham campaign in the spring of...
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