Friday, November 20, 2020
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Friday, November 20, 2020
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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In September, we launched a new video series called Democracy Unchained. The series is part of the State of American Democracy Project aimed to help deepen and broaden the present conversation about democracy and connect it to effective action to repair and strengthen democratic institutions. It is neither conservative nor liberal, but aims rather to advance the restoration...
Friday, October 27, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
In the last several years, Americans seem to have a renewed interest in the protections offered by the First Amendment. From speech restrictions on college campuses, to censorship on social media platforms, to concerns over the future of the free...
Thursday, October 26, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Transition from Volume to Value: The Future of Value-Based Care
The U.S. spends far more on healthcare than any other country and yet ranks 12th in life expectancy among the 12 wealthiest industrialized countries. According to a report from the Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network, in 2016,...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Leading up to the November 7, 2017 general election, The City Club of Cleveland will be featuring conversations on Ohio ballot measures. Issue 2 "requires state agencies to not pay more for prescription drugs than the federal Department of Veterans Affairs...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Unequal Opportunity: Overcoming Educational Inequality
There is arguably no more significant topic in education than the role of educational inequality - the unequal distribution of academic resources including school funding, access to books and technology, and qualified and experienced teachers to communities that are historically...
Friday, October 20, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Why Border Enforcement Backfired
For the last few decades, a key element of U.S. immigration policy has been border enforcement - especially along on the U.S.-Mexico border. Since the early 1990s, Congress has steadily increased funding for border patrols and authorized the building of...
Thursday, October 19, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
Nine candidates competed in the 2017 Cleveland mayoral primary. The final two candidates are Frank G. Jackson and Zack Reed. Jackson, elected in 2005, is Cleveland's 57th mayor and is seeking his fourth four-year term. If elected, he will become Cleveland's...
Monday, October 16, 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Global climate change is not just an emerging threat to the environment and public health, it is a current threat to both. Climate change stresses natural ecosystems, undermines our health and wellbeing by contaminating the air we breathe, the water...
Science, Technology & Innovation
Friday, October 13, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
The Future of Imagination: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and How We Shape Our World
Last summer, U.S. cities found themselves overwhelmed with thousands of people disrupting public spaces while playing Pokémon GO, an augmented reality (AR) game which overlays digital images onto what is seen in real life. Virtual reality (VR), which places the...
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