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Above: Women's March Cleveland on Oct. 2, 2021 at a march from Market Square Park in Cleveland that drew some 2,500 people. Photo by David Petkiewicz of Cleveland.com. The next march is Sat, Sept 20 2025. Read more below. CLEVELAND, Ohio -Women's March Cleveland will host  a "Cleveland, Oh Make Billionaires Pay & Fight For Women's Rights Rally & March" on Sat., Sept 20, 2025 with a noon rally and 1 pm march from the steps of City Hall in downtown Cleveland. The event is part of a national day of action.  Facebook event page link:  https://www.facebook.com/event... Organizers say the event is a rally and mass march for reproductive and Civil Rights and an effort to continue the fight for choice for women in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, including Black women. "We must keep up the fight for Civil Rights for women and the fight for Black and other women to have a choice to decide what to do with their bodies," said Women's March Cleveland head o...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publishe r CLEVELAND, Ohio- Of particular interest to the Black community, t he Sept. 9, 2025 primary election saw voters cast ballots in Cuyahoga County for Cleveland City Council races and mayoral races in East Cleveland and Cleveland Hts. Also on the ballot was the recall effort against Cleveland Hts. Mayor Kahlil Seren, who is Black, and the primary for a new mayor in Cleveland Hts. since Seren failed to make the ballot for a reelection bid.  According to unofficial results of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Seren, 46 and the city's first mayor, was stunningly recalled with 82 per cent of the vote, voters voting to oust him from office following heightened controversy and continual scrutiny by Cleveland's mainstream media. At one point, Seren publicly told Cleveland Hts. City Council, "I am not your Negro," an indication of the extent of the fallout...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article COLUMBUS, Ohio - Flanked by fellow Democrats,  Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) (5th from left)  and  House Democratic Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati)   on Tuesda y   introduced legislation putting forth their congressional redistricting proposal.  Per state law and the Ohio constitution, the state legislature carves out congressional districts, including Ohio's 11th congressional district, which includes the majority Black city of Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County. Antonio said that Democrats, who are in the minority in both the state House of Representatives and the state Senate, are introducing their redistricting plan now to comply with Ohio's Sept. 30 deadline for the General Assembly to pass a bipartisan map. "Today, we are introducing a fair, constitutional congressional map that we hope will be a starting poin...

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  Staff article  CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cleveland Browns lost their season opener and the first game of the 2025-26 regular season on Sunday afternoon at the Hunting Bank Field Stadium in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, 17-16, with Browns Quarterback Joe Flacco at the helm. Lead Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson remains on the injured list and is out for at least the first five games of the season, reports say. The game was neck-and-neck, with the Bengals leading 17-16 in the fourth quarter. But Flacco threw an interception, and the Browns never recovered, falling to the Bengals, who had not won a season-opener since 2021. Flacco finished with 186 passing yards and a rushing touchdown for the Browns, and Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow completed 14 of 23 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown. The Browns will play the Baltimore Ravens next Sunday, Sept. 14, in Baltimore, their second game of the regular season. Clevelandurba...

                  The late Ebenezer Coleman Clevelandurbannews .com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- Activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman's dog Ebenezer passed away in 2017 after 18 years with Coleman and this is a remembrance article. Coleman is a seasoned Black community activist and organizer of Cleveland and a digital and social media journalist. She said Ebenezer survived the deaths of her husband, mother and sister, a house fire and other mishaps and will be sorely missed. A rat terrier by breed, Ebenezer even got arrested one time with Coleman when Coleman was targeted by crooked, White suburban police for a since dismissed and retaliatory misdemeanor charge for her activism and writings.  While Coleman was forced to stay overnight in a jail cell in that case before activists posted her bail, Ebenezer spent the time riding around town with the...

Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Joe Jones Clevelandurbannews .com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Joe Jones won the endorsement of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party again Saturday morning, thwarting an attempt by  Party Chairman David Brock to get the party's executive committee to reverse its original endorsement of Aug. 6.  Cuyahoga County is a Democratic stronghold that includes Cleveland and is Ohio's second largest county, behind Franklin County, which includes Columbus, the state capital and the state's largest city, in front of Cleveland. The endorsement meeting was held on Zoom, and Jones won it hands down. The re-endorsement sends a message to Jones' critics, sources said Saturday, including some local mainstream media types who demanded that he not be endorsed and that he resign as councilman.  Though Jones has not publicly raised the issue of race relat...