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                              Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin   By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio  - Cleveland City Council has selected Triad Research Group as the external group to lead and determine recommendations for its upcoming redistricting process, Council President Blaine Griffin announced via a press release Thursday to Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's Black digital news leader. City council will lose two council seats, dropping it from 17 members to 15, Griffin said. The redistricting process has proved to be controversial in the past as council members at issue were forced to run against council colleagues. "Two of our primary goals are to have natural boundaries and to keep neighborhoods together," said Griffin, councilman for Ward 6, which includes  Fairfax, Larchmere, Little Italy, Woodland Hills, and parts of Buckeye-Shaker, University Circle, North Broadway, Slavic

                                         U.S.Rep Shontel Brown (D-OH)   Staff article: Washington, D.C. –  Ohio  Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11)  and Michigan  Congresswoman Haley Stevens   (MI-11) have   introduced the Diverse Cybersecurity Workforce Act (H.R.8469) in an effort to establish a program at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to promote the cybersecurity field to underrepresented and disadvantaged communities. The proposed legislation requires CISA, a federal government agency, to expand existing education and outreach activities and promote cybersecurity careers to a diverse audience. It  was introduced with 32 other cosponsors. Workforce diversity is essential to a strong, secure, shining nation that can protect us from a range of threats now and into the future," said Rep. Brown, a Black Warrensville Hts. Democrat whose 11th congressional district includes the largely Black city of Cleveland. "I am proud to introduce this leg

Presidential nominees President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump Staff article: CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-ATLANTA, Georgia -President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have accepted an invitation from CNN to debate on June 27, 2024,  a historically early showdown  that CNN says will set the tone for the final months of the 2024 campaign. The presidential election is Nov. 5 as the two nominees, Biden a Republican and Trump, a Democrat, fight to the end. The debate will be held at CNN's Atlanta studios with no audience present — an anomaly in debates between presidential candidates.  Republicans have for months been piling the  pressure on Biden to debate Trump  after the president offered non-committal answers on whether the face-offs would take place. But according to CNN, several sources say that the debate had actually been in the works for weeks, as the campaigns separately came to the conclusion that debates over the summer would  benefit both their candidate

 By   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- Led by head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, the Cleveland Cavaliers lost the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs series on Wednesday night in Boston to the Boston Celtics 113-98 in Game 5 of the best of seven series, bringing an end to their 2023-2024 season. Cavs stars Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen remained injured and unable to play Wednesday as did Caris LeVert, the team's star player off the bench. Darius Garland and Evan Mobley carried the Cavs throughout the series. All of them are Black, and so is coach Bickerstaff. The series final was 4-1 with the Cavs unable to mount a comeback from a Game 4 loss last week against the No 1 seed. The Celtics will now face the winner of the series between the  Knicks and the Pacers , which New York leads 3-2. Game 6 will be played Friday in Indiana.   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read Black digital

The late Dr Gertrude White Coleman 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@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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By activist, journalist and organizer Kathy Wray Coleman CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Exceptional woman: Remembering my late mother, Gertrude White Coleman, on Mother's Day, 2024. We miss you and thanks for teaching me to fight for Civil Rights and other causes, and to stand up for the less fortunate despite the consequences. And thanks for helping to give

Ohio Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13), an Akron Democrat and the youngest of Ohio's five-member Democratic Congressional Delegation Staff article by Kathy Wray Coleman, associated publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C.   — An Akron Democrat and the youngest of Ohio's five-member Democratic Congressional Delegation, Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13) on Wednesday was among federal lawmakers who voted  against a controversial motion to remove Mike Johnson as speaker of the U.S.House of Representatives, the congresswoman said in a news release to  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's Black digital news leader. A Republican, Speaker Johnson survived the motion to oust him put on the table by MAGA Republican Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene as  Democrats joined Republicans to save his top leadership position. Lawmakers, in turn, collectively booed Greene.  The House vote to summarily dismiss Greene's motion was 359-43 with seven lawmakers

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C.- First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will host an event on Tues., May 7 at 3:30 pm in the East Room of the White House to honor the men and women who served during World War I and recognize the contributions of those who made the National World War I Memorial possible. The event is part of her annual   Joining Forces  i nitiative to support military and veteran families, the first lady said in a news release to  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's Black digital news leader. Her  remarks will be pooled for TV. World War I [   or the  First World War  (July, 28, 1914 –  Nov., 11, 1918) was a  global conflict  between two coalitions: the  Allies  and the  Central Powers . Fighting took place throughout  Europe , the  Middle East ,  Africa , the  Pacific , and parts of  Asia . One of the  deadli