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7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Is Democracy Dying? According to Freedom House, from 1973 to 2005, the number of democracies worldwide increased dramatically, however, over the past decade, the organization recorded a decline in global freedom. From India... |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. On April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Senator Robert F. Kennedy stood at The City Club of Cleveland's podium and delivered what is considered... 
4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. It seems we often only hear about suicide after the deed has been completed. But what about those who attempt it and survive? What becomes of them? These questions piqued... |
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4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. If you are a fan of all of beer’s magnificent qualities – the tastes, the aromas, the way it trickles down your throat on a hot summer day – then... |
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1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Although New York and Washington, D.C. recently passed statewide paid family leave programs, they're outliers because the U.S. has no federal paid leave policy. In fact, in in 2016 only... |
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11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m. Executive produced by news icon Dan Rather, FAIL STATE examines the rise of for-profit colleges in America and how politicians and shady businessmen tarnished our higher education system. It also... |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. A native of Mansfield, Ohio, Senator Brown began his political career upon being elected as Ohio's Secretary of State in 1983. He then served in the U.S. House of Representatives,... 
6:10 p.m. - 8:10 p.m. What do freedom and democracy look like in the 21st century, and why are people fighting for it? Exploring these two pressing questions—and examining the moral and physical conflicts that... |
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7:10 p.m. - 9:10 p.m. How much weight does an IQ score actually hold? Considering all the different types of intelligence, can a simplistic number truly tell us what someone is capable of? Director Dan... |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. "The State of the County is strong, but we've still got work to do. We can't rest until all residents are on a path to achieve potential." - 2017 State... 
4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. When the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) was mentioned during the 2008 Presidential debates, it should have been a boon to the group who had spent decades... |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Over the last several months, the #MeToo movement has shaken the entertainment industry. Actors and film executives resigned or were dismissed as allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination mounted,... 
6:40 p.m. - 8:40 p.m. Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, over five million people have been forced to flee their homeland. Of these refugees, just under 21,000 have been accepted into the... |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. The Most Reverend Bishop Nelson J. Perez was appointed the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland by Pope Francis on July 11, 2017answas installed on September 5, 2017. Inhis... 
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Montana has a long history of fighting to keep greed out of its politics. Back in 1912, they passed a law banning corporate money in elections in an effort to... |
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1:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. It's no secret that the U.S. government's track record with Native Americans has never been stellar. But you may be unaware of the horrors documented in DAWNLAND. For much of... |
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7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Stoneman Douglas represents the 8th U.S. mass school shooting this year. As schools around the country seek ways to impose tougher security measures in the wake of this latest deadly... |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Columbine. Sandy Hook. And now Parkland. These names used to identify individual towns and schools but are now synonymous with mass shootings that have reignited the debate over gun control... |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. The United States is experiencing a rapid and profound transition from an industrial economy to a digital, global, and knowledge-based and service-based economy. Like much of America, our city and... |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Gerrymandering, the process of manipulating district boundaries to provide an advantage to one political party over another, is facing increased scrutiny. Major partisan gerrymandering cases are ongoing in several states... |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Over the last several years, the percentage of Cleveland's children living in poverty has increased steadily, topping out at 52 percent in a report released late last year. The barriers... |
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