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Citizens across Northeast Ohio joined together this winter to read Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. As part of this inaugural One Community Reads effort, The City Club partnered with Cuyahoga County's nine public library systems, Playhouse Square and Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish to welcome Pulitzer Prize Winner Matthew Desmond for a...

Students rally outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, on March 14, 2018to protest gun violence. Andrew Harnik/AP Dewey Cornell, University of Virginia Editor’s note: This article was adapted from testimony the author gave on March 20, 2018 at a school safety forum convened on Capitol Hill by U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and House Democrats....

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.) U.S. top court mulls...

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...