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Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L Fudge re-introduces bill to address Ohio drug addiction and heroin epidemic and is joined by fellow Democratic congress persons Ryan, Kaptur and Beatty as Ohio leads the nation in heroin-related deaths with some 500 people dying in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, in 2016....Fudge's bill is called the Breaking Addiction Act of 2017 and the congresswoman says that "our state and nation are in the middle of a deadly epidemic"....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Democratic Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman  Marcia L. Fudge of Warrensville Heights, Ohio (far right) with Congresswoman  Marcy Kaptur of Toledo (second from left), Congresswoman Joyce Beatty of Columbus (far left), and CongressmanTi m Ryan of Niles (third from left)  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEA D...
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Bernie Sanders to speak at City Club of Cleveland on May 1, 2017 where Obama spoke in 2015 and www.clevelandurbannews.com has press clearance for the event....A 2016 presidential candidate, Sanders spoke in 2016 at Olivet Church in Cleveland and so did Hillary Clinton and his speech on May 1 will address education, healthcare, immigration, President Donald Trump and racial injustice, among other issues

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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the guest speaker at a 9 am breakfast on May 1, 2017 at the City Club in Cleveland, Ohio. Above Sanders speaks on Feb. 25, 2016 at the prominent Olivet Institutional Baptist Church on Cleveland's largely Black east side, though the senator lost the 2016 Democratic primary for president to Hillary Clinton, who subsequently lost the November 2016 general election to now President Donald Trump, a Republican. To the left of Sanders in the picture above is the Rev Dr Jawanza Colvin, senior pastor at Olivet (Photo by Rhonda Crowder) ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNnewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com   Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained ...
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters to speak in Cleveland in May 2017 at the Cuyahoga County Democratic Women's Caucus brunch with comments herein from CDWC chair Cindy Demsey and Women's March Ohio state director Rhiannon Childs, coupled with a chronology on the beloved and controversial Waters of California, the longest serving Black woman in congress....Waters gained national attention in 1992 relative to the Rodney King verdict and the affiliated LA Riots, and she was recently victimized by ousted FOX News commentator Bill O'Reilly as simply wearing a James Brown wig, though Waters' longtime tenure as a federal lawmaker reveals her commitment to Civil Rights and women's rights, and to disenfranchised groups in general....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Democratic California Congresswoman Maxine Waters (second from left) in her younger years poses with powerful Black women at the first inauguration of former Democratic president Bill Clinton in Washington D.C. in 1993. From left: Famed singer Dionne Warwick, Congresswoman Waters, former Spelman College president  Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole,  poet, actress and Civil Rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou, distinguished actress Cicely Tyson, and former U.S. secretary of labor Alexis Herman. California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a Los Angeles Democrat and the longest serving Black woman in congress who will keynote the brunch of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Women's Caucus at 11a.m. on Saturday, May 6, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats re...
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Cleveland City Council seals $282 million Cavaliers' arena renovation deal with few community concessions from the Cavs, say community activists, though the Black contractors say otherwise....Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, City Council President Kevin Kelley and Mayor Frank Jackson say the Q-Deal is good for Cleveland and the region as activists such as Ada Averyhart say it's unfair to inner city residents and poor people, among others....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Black contractors rally on Monday, April 24, before Cleveland City Council seals the deal with its contribution of $88 million toward a $282 million project to renovate the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio that houses the Cleveland Cavaliers. While the Black contractors were happy with the deal that Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, Mayor Frank Jackson and City Council President Kevin Kelley say will benefit the city and the county, community activists in general called the Q-Deal a raw deal that undermines inner city residents and poor people, among others. ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who ...
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