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By Randy Cunningham Excerpted from Democratizing Cleveland: The Rise and Fall of Community Organizing in Cleveland, Ohio 1975-1985, originally published 2007 and reprinted by Belt Publishing, 2018. Use CLE25 to take 25% off Democratizing Cleveland at the Belt store. For a decade between the mid-1970s and 1980s, the neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio hosted a vibrant community organizing...

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.) NRA sues New York...

The City Club is 106 years old. 106 years of coming together to tackle the issues together. 106 years of gathering to break bread and build a stronger community. 106 years of listening closely and challenging one another’s points of view, and doing it all while recognizing one another’s essential humanity, and understanding that we’re...

by Paul Resnick, University of Michigan A newsy photo of a public figure shows up on your social media feed, with a clickbait-y headline and a provocative comment, all linking to a site with juicy political content. Did you share it? Somebody did. It wasn’t a paid ad, or even recommended-for-you content – it was shared by someone...