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   Pictured is  Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Joe Jones Ad- CLICK HERE FOR THE CLEVELAND COUNCILMAN JOE JONES CAMPAIGN ON FACEBOOK   Reelect Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Joe Jones. Vote on or before Tuesday, Sept 14, 2021 in the primary election for Cleveland City Council. Early voting for the primary election for Cleveland City Council races is Aug 17-Sept 13 , 2021. Also vote on or before Tuesday, Nov. 2 in the general election  -Cleveland Ward 1 native, husband and father of two, and one of 17 members of Cleveland City Council    -Lifelong Cleveland Ward 1 resident -Committed and dedicated city lawmaker who supports safe schools, streets and neighborhoods, economic development,    community  revitalization, education, infrastructure resources, and community  growth in general   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black and alternative digital newspaper and blog in Ohio. ...

    Clevelandurbannews.com   and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  CLEVELAND, Ohio- A strain of COVID-19 dubbed the Delta- Plus Coronavirus variant that is more transmissible and more dangerous and 60 percent more contagious than others could break out in the US momentarily, some scientific and other experts say. "It's not going to be as pervasive," Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, said Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation. "It's going to hyper-regionalized. There's certain pockets of the country where you're going to have very dense outbreaks."  Gottlieb said the Delta Variant will likely target southern communities and  that those with lower vaccination rates and lower rates of prior infection are the most vulnerable.  About 46 percent of the  country's population...

Pictured are former  Minneapolis police officer Derek  Chauvin (second from left, Chauvin's Black murder victim George Floyd (far left), Cleveland activist Samaria Rice, and Rice's late son,Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Black boy whom a White Cleveland cop gunned down in November of 2014 in less than two seconds     Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio- Former  Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the nation's most infamous former cop who was convicted earlier this year of second degree murder and other charges in the death last year of 46-year-old George Floyd, was handed a 22 -1/2 year sentence on Friday as activists in Minneapolis and in cities across the country protested in response, including on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Led by Black Lives Matter Cleveland and Samaria Rice, the mother of 12-year-old police killing victim Tamir Rice, Cle...

Rudy Giuliani This is the lead-in to a CNN article b y Erica Orden,   Veronica Stracqualursi   and   Katelyn Polantz , CNN Updated 9:55 PM ET, Thu June 24, 2021 (CNN)- Rudy Giuliani,  the former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump who once held one of the legal profession's most prestigious jobs, was suspended Thursday from practicing law in New York state by an appellate court that found he made "demonstrably false and misleading statements" about the 2020 election. In a ruling released following disciplinary proceedings , the court concluded that "there is uncontroverted evidence" that Giuliani, the former Manhattan US attorney, "communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump's failed effort at reelection in 2020."   CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT CNN.COM

Clevelandurbannews.com   and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.    By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio -A virtual community forum sponsored by the Cleveland Community Police Commission (CCPC) and Case Western Reserve University School of Law  with candidates for Cleveland mayor and relative to criminal justice reform and the court monitored consent decree for police reforms between the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice will be held on Thursday, June 24 beginning at 6 pm. CLICK HERE TO GO ONLINE AT THE CWRU SCHOOL OF LAW WEBSITE TO REGISTER TO HEAR AND WATCH THE CANDIDATES' FORUM LIVE Organizers said that all eight of the mayoral candidates were invited to participate, namely former mayor Dennis Kucinich, Council President Kevin Kelley, state Sen. Sandra Williams (D-21)...

Vice  President  Kamala Harris, the first woman and first Black vice president of America  Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief WASHINGTON, D.C.- Vice President Kamala Harris, America's first woman and first Black vice president, will visit the Mexico-U.S. border this week, her first trip to that particular border and one that follows criticism that the vice president was avoiding such a trip even after returning earlier this month from her first foreign trip as vice president, a three-day visit to Guatemala and Mexico. The Mexico–United States border is an international border separating Mexico and the U.S. that   extends from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. Harris, 56 and a Democrat, had said that she would visit the border in due time and that there is no quick fix to the influx of Central American migrants to t...

   Voting Rights Rally at the Ohio Statehouse Clevelandurbannews.com  and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief COLUMBUS, Ohio- Pushed by Ohio Democratic lawmakers seeking legislative changes in voting laws at both the state and national level, Civil and voting rights groups across the state, including the Cleveland NAACP, the National Action Network and Black Voters Matter, will join progressive organizations like Our Revolution Ohio and dozens of allied organizations on Thursday, June 24 from 10 am to noon for a voting rights rally at the Ohio statehouse in Columbus in support of pro voter state and federal legislation. (For more information on the voting right rally call 567-302-1801). Organizers said the groups participating in Thursday's rally also want amendments to current laws that stifle voting for Ohio's marginalized community and disproportionately impact minority voters, mostly Black p...

Clevelandurbannews.com  and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief C LEVELAND, Ohio- The City Club of Cleveland will hold a virtual debate on Tuesday, June 22 with eight of the 13 11th congressional district congressional candidates for the Democratic primary for the special election of Aug. 3 to fill the seat left vacant in March when then congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge joined President Joe Biden's cabinet as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The special general election where the Democratic and Republican winner of the primary will square-off is Nov 2. The online debate begins at 5:30 pm. The livestream will be available beginning at 5:30 p.m. To watch the debate live online   CLICK HERE . A debate between the two Republican primary challengers was canceled. This year's 11th congressional district candidates' debate by the City Club is being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Democrats ...