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Event Sales and Planning Manager The City Club of Cleveland is one of Cleveland’s and the nation’s civic treasures. With more than a century of service convening vital conversations in service to a stronger community and a stronger democracy, the City Club produces more than 120 public events every year with political and business leaders, visiting...

by Damian Radcliffe, Caroline S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon With the polarization of America’s media and politics reaching a fever pitch, many news consumers – “worn out by a fog of political news,” as a recent New York Times feature put it – are responding by tuning out altogether. Media distrust, which has intensified...

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.) He dropped f-bombs in...

by Thomas Brooks, Brick 42 I prepared myself for the Cleveland Rising Summit by reading through the clippings my father had selected from the local press and by discussing the various initiatives of local institutions to chart a course to “accelerate economic growth, equity and opportunity.” As a recent returnee to Cleveland after decades overseas, I...