Want to know what is on our minds? Find blog posts written here, by the City Club staff, members, and partners. Every week you can find a new edition of #FreeSpeech in the News — a collection of related stories, commentary, and opinions on free speech in the 21st century that’s making the news. You’ll also find takes on current events, past forums, and issues surrounding Northeast Ohio. Read on for all things City Club.
Friday, March 16, 2018
Walter Byers served as executive director of the NCAA between 1951 and 1988. Jim Bourdier/AP Photo Rick Eckstein, Villanova University In a legendary “South Park” episode lampooning the NCAA, the character Eric Cartman asks a university president if he can purchase some of his “slaves” – er, “student-athletes” – who play men’s basketball. “How do you get...
read onWednesday, March 14, 2018
For years now, our startup community in Cleveland has been steadily, if incrementally, growing, evolving and strengthening. A number of entrepreneurial startup founders, with the supportofia variety of organizations in town, recently invited Colorado-based startup community leaders TechStars to provide some consultation to help our community see what we're doing right and where we can...
Monday, March 12, 2018
As the Citadel of Free Speech here in Cleveland, we work to protect and promote the basis of our democracy by sharing related stories, commentary, and opinions on free speech in the 21st century. Here's what's making the news – and what you should know about – in the past week. 1.) President Trump should mute...
Monday, March 12, 2018
Ian Maxwell, University of Technology Sydney People involved in startups are sometimes treated as the rock stars by the business media. Some employees of tech startup Atlassian, for example, havebeen outed as newly minted millionaires as the company rises in value after its initial public offering on the Nasdaq. All of this makes life in a startup...
Friday, March 09, 2018
#CIFF42 is nearly upon us, and the City Club is once again partnering with the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) to present 10 FilmForums – a film screening followed by a panel discussion – between April 5 and April 14. Find trailers and descriptions for our featured films below. Mark your favorites – tickets go...
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
A naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Kevin Johnson, University of California, Davis; Alex Reilly, University of Adelaide, and Mireille Paquet, Concordia University Editor’s note: The White House is seeking to create a “merit-based” immigration system rather than one based on family reunification. We turned to The Conversation’s global network of scholars to get...
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