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Last month, the City Club commemorated one of the most extraordinary moments in our 106-year history. On April 5th, 1968 – the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Senator Robert F. Kennedy addressed a City Club crowd of 1,200 in what would later become known as the “Mindless Menace of Violence”...

More than 50 leaders from media, academia, and longstanding civic institutions committed themselves late last week to collaborate and create a statewide organization to convene and manage political debates in service to Ohio voters and communities. “Debates in Ohio are broken,” said Dan Moulthrop, CEO of The City Club of Cleveland, which convened the meeting. “When...

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. Long Beach to consider zoning...

The word ‘gerrymandering’ comes from the name of Elbridge Gerry, Massachusetts governor in the 1800s. AP Photo/Elise Amendola Christopher Beem, Pennsylvania State University Gerrymandering was already shaping up to be an important issue this year, with huge implications for American democracy. But after the ruling this week on the North Carolina congressional map, the stakes have...