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The City Club Youth Council invited Alex Leslie, Senior Director of Educational Services, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Captain James P. McPike, Commander, Bureau of Special Investigations, City of Cleveland, Mae Bennett, Domestic Violence Services Coordinator, Jewish Family Service Association and Rachel Dissell, Reporter, The Plain Dealer, for a panel discussion on the #MeToo movement for...

by Matthew Jordan, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Pennsylvania State University Donald Trump may well be remembered as the president who cried “fake news.” It started after the inauguration,whenhe used it to discredit stories about the size of the crowd at his inauguration. He hasn’t let up since, labeling any criticism and negative coverage as “fake.” Just...

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. “The president does not have...

Growing up the daughter of an African-American father and a white mother, in Palisades, New York and Madison, Wisconsin, Julie Lythcott-Haims had to navigate a white world. Her newest book, Real American: A Memoir, details her journey in that world - from being a mixed-race teen to her years as a Stanford undergraduate and Harvard...