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All White Democratic presidential candidates debate reparations, race, Flint's water crisis, and more in Night 1 of the 2nd Democratic debate in Detroit, which follows Trump's fallout with Black Democratic congress persons, Rev Al Sharpton.....Long shot presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, also an author and activist, stood out during the CNN-sponsored debate and said congress should give Blacks reparations and their 40 acres and a mule and that the mistreatment of people of color and the Flint water crisis represent "the dark underbelly of American society, the racism, the bigotry"....Williamson said that President Trump is perpetuating "a dark psychic force of collectivized hatred" in the country....Night 2 is Wednesday night in Detroit and includes Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog

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Top row from left: Former Colorado governor  John Hickenlooper,  South Bend, Indiana, Mayor  Pete Buttigieg,  Minnesota Senator  Amy Klobuchar, f ormer Texas congressman  Beto O'Rourke,  and  Montana Governor  Steve Bullock Bottom row from left:  Ohio Congressman  Tim Ryan, a uthor and activist  Marianne Williamson,  Vermont Senator  Bernie Sanders,  Massachusetts Senator  Elizabeth Warren, and f ormer Maryland Congressman  John Delaney By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief  at   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog.   Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS

Rev Al Sharpton responds to Trump, calls the president bigoted, racist and immature, the president's attacks on Sharpton of which follow his attacks on Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummins and four freshman congresswomen of color....Sharpton also pushed for economic and educational equity for the Black community in Baltimore and nationwide, and against housing disparities at the press conference against Trump....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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The Rev Al Sharpton at a press conference on July 29, 2019 against President Donald Trump, who verbally attacked the longtime activist, Civil Rights leader and former presidential candidate in a series of tweets  last week Video: The Rev Al Sharpton at a press conference on July 29, 2019 against President Donald Trump, who verbally attacked the longtime activists and Civil Rights leader and former presidential candidate in a series of tweets  last week By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief  at   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog.   Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT C

Trump keeps up fight with Black community by launching feud with Rev. Al Sharpton, CNN reports

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President Donald Trump and Civil Rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton in happier times By  Devan Cole , CNN Updated 10:35 AM ET, Mon July 29, 2019 Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump launched a feud with the Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday,  escalating a series of attacks  on prominent black leaders and minority progressives. Trump has recently called out minority lawmakers and leaders in an effort to define the Democratic Party and strengthen his base ahead of the 2020 presidential election. His morning tirade against Sharpton, a longtime African-American activist, come after a weekend in which the President repeatedly assailed Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, who is black, and the city of Baltimore, parts of which lie in Cummings' district. Later Monday, Sharpton is set to hold a press conference in Baltimore with former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, a Republican, "to address Trump's remarks & bi-partisan outrage in the black community

Cleveland passes lead-safe housing legislation as CLASH suspends its 2nd petition drive for a lead-safe ballot initiative saying it could not get enough signatures by the deadline.... The initiative pitted Mayor Jackson and Councilman Blaine Griffin against former councilman and CLASH leader Jeff Johnson, who tried unsuccessfully to unseat Jackson, who is Black like Johnson and Griffin, in 2017....A CLASH member who fought for lead-safe housing as a councilman, Johnson still claims victory saying it forced city council to so something about lead poisoning in Cleveland housing that targets poor and Black children....By editor Kathy Wtray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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From left: Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin, and former Cleveland councilman Jeff Johnson, who tried unsuccessfully to unseat Jackson in 2017 but lost in the non-partisan primary to former councilman Zack Reed, whom the mayor defeated in the general election, winning an unprecedented fourth term  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbanne ws.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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief Investigative reporter. Col