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.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Dan Moulthrop talks with students from Citizens Leadership Academy before a forum 233 years ago, a group of 55 white, landholding men sequestered themselves through a sweltering Philadelphia summer to try to craft a government that would be of the people, by the people, and for the people. While that is certainly not the kind of...
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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.) Comedian seeks dismissal of...
Wednesday, September 09, 2020
By Lee Chilcote and Conor Morris, The Land. When Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the statewide coronavirus stay-at-home order in mid-March, Selina Pagan and other Latino leaders in Cleveland were worried. They’d been planning in-person events to get more people to participate in the 2020 census – historically, Hispanics have been undercounted, resulting in a loss...
Wednesday, September 09, 2020
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.) Ben Shapiro loses free...
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
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.) Ben Shapiro loses free...
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
by Nicole Cohen, Associate Professor, Communication, University of Toronto and Greig de Peuter, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University As Labour Day approaches, consider who’s making the news. From essential workers to gig workers and those working from home, the COVID-19 pandemic has put labour issues on journalists’ agendas. At the same time, journalists are...
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