Monday, April 12, 2021
Guest Author, Blog, The City Club of Cleveland
More than a century ago, the 19th Amendment enfranchised millions of women across the United States following a seven-decade campaign. The struggle to expand voting rights to women resonates today as the country continues to debate who should vote and how.
As scholars of civic engagement and women’s suffrage, we have compiled “19 Things to Know”...
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Monday, April 12, 2021
Bliss Davis, Content and Programming Coordinator, The City Club of Cleveland
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.) North Carolina Takes Aim...
Monday, April 05, 2021
Guest Author, Blog, The City Club of Cleveland
by Alison Scott-Baumann, Professor of Society & Belief, SOAS, University of London and, Simon Perfect, Tutor, SOAS, University of London
The issue of free speech in universities continues to plague UK campuses. Earlier this year, the government announced “landmark proposals” to tackle the issue, including appointing a “free speech tsar” and giving the Office for Students...
Monday, April 05, 2021
Bliss Davis, Content and Programming Coordinator, The City Club of Cleveland
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.) Teen cheerleader's Snapchat...
Monday, March 29, 2021
Guest Author, Blog, The City Club of Cleveland
by Nancy Costello, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Michigan State University
Free speech advocates have long believed that suing a news organization threatens free speech. Democracy needs a press to be free to report, without fear or favor, the facts as it sees them.
But recent legal actions against news organizations indicate that the First Amendment provides...
Monday, March 29, 2021
Bliss Davis, Content and Programming Coordinator, The City Club of Cleveland
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.) ACLU, Duke Law's First...