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Another Kennedy makes history: US Senate confirms RFK Jr. as US Health and Human Services secretary...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Newly confirmed United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher WASHINGTON, DC  - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of the famed Kennedy family and an outspoken vaccine skeptic, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday as United States Health and Human Services secretary. The U.S Senate voted 52-48 for confirmation with former minority leader Sen. Mitch Mcconnell of Kentucky the only Senate Republican to vote no, a second no vote after he opposed the nomination of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, whom the Senate confirmed on Wednesday with widespread Republican support. An unsuccessful Democratic candidate for president in 2020, Kennedy   is a son of U.S. Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy. President Donald Trump tapped Kennedy, 7...

US Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as US Director of National Intelligence...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Newly confirmed United States Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher WASHINGTON, DC  - Following contentious Senate hearings, Tulsi Gabbard was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as United States Director of National Intelligence (DNI). A former Honolulu councilwoman and former Democratic congresswoman representing Hawaii who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2016 and is now a Republican, Gabbard faced questions during Senate hearings about her views on Russia,  ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, and Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified information. But in the end, she was able to sway Republicans who were holding out, winning confirmation 52-48  with all  Senate Republicans but Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voting yes. Each and every Senate Democrat voted no. She was sworn in shortly...

Former Cleveland school board member and activist Gerald Henley passes away...Activists comment...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Gerald C. Henley clevelandurbannews.com  and    www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio – Former Cleveland school board member and activist Gerald C. Henley of Cleveland died Tues, Feb 4. He was 76. Henley had a stroke and never recovered. He is survived by his wife Annaliesa, a retired school teacher, and three adult children. The viewing for Mr. Henley will be on Monday, February 17, 2025, at Lucas Funeral Home, 9010 Garfield Blvd, Garfield Heights, OH 44125. His internment will be in Knoxville, Tennessee, his native town. Activist Donna Walker Brown said Cleveland activists will celebrate Henley's life at an open-to-the-public event on Thurs., Feb. 13 at 6:30 pm at Black on Black Crime headquarters, 15416 Kipling Ave. in Cleveland. Henley was a board member when the elected school board was demolished to pave the way for an appointed school board under mayoral control, a controv...

Feb 2025: A Black History Moment From ClevelandUrbanNews.Com: Barack Obama is the first Black president, and Michelle Obama the country's first Black first lady....Kamala Harris is the first Black vice president of America and Lloyd Austin, the first Black secretary of defense....Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black female U.S. Supreme Court justice....Crispus Attucks was the first Black man to die in a major American war, and Blacks still feel the vestiges of slavery through high unemployment and illegal incarceration rates, etc....Blacks were once deemed 3/5 of a person....Carl B. Stokes was the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, and the late pop icon Michael Jackson remains a legendary figure....Blacks were first enslaved by their African ancestors before being brought to America in chains.... Other Black greats include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, Nat King Cole, Maya Angelou, Garrett Morgan, former congresspersons the late Louis Stokes, Ohio's first Black congressman, and the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio's first Black female congressperson ..By Clevelandurbannews.com

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  Former Vice President Kamala Harris U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Former United States President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama Former President Barack Obama, the first Black president of the United States of America Black greats The late pop icon Michael Jackson The late former 11th congressional district Congressman Louis Stokes, the first Black congressperson from Ohio The late Carl B. Stokes, the former mayor of Cleveland  and the first Black mayor of a major American city The late Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the former congresswoman of the 11th Congressional District of Ohio Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher. Coleman is a Black Cleveland activist, community organizer and digital and social media journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years. Tel: (216) 659-0473 Email: e...

Cleveland City Council, Mayor Bibb introduce equal pay ordinance for Cleveland businesses..."Pay equity is not just a woman's issue but a family issue," said Councilwoman Howse Jones... By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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By Kathy Wray  Coleman, associate publisher, editor CLEVELAND, Ohio -Cleveland City Council and Mayor Justin Bibb introduced a proposed ordinance at the council meeting on Monday that prohibits Cleveland businesses with 15 or more employees from inquiring, screening or relying on an applicant's salary history in deciding potential employment. The legislation would also require that prospective employers provide the salary range of the position. Any person may file a complaint alleging that a violation has occurred with the Fair Employment Wage Board within 180 days of the alleged violation.  The proposed equal pay ordinance comes as newly elected President Donald Trump issues executive orders taking down DEI programs and tampering with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which has angered progressive Democrats and prominent Civil Rights groups, including the National NAACP and its president and CEO Derrick Johnson. He has promised a vigoro...

Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown responds to Trump's inauguration events, saying Democrats conducted a peaceful transfer of power, unlike Trump in 2020...Talks about Civil and voting rights under a Trump administration...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-11), a Warrensville Hts. Democrat clevelandurbannews.com  and    www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher Washington, DC – A Warrensville Hts Democrat whose 11th congressional district includes Cleveland and most of the eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown on Monday responded to the Jan. 20 inauguration events in Washington, D.C. The events coincided with the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday, a federal holiday observed on the third Monday in January of each year. President-elect Donald Trump, a Republican and real estate mogul who served a controversial first term but lost reelection in 2020 to President Joe Biden, took the oath of office for a second term Monday, after defeating Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in the November general election where he won both the popular vote and the electoral college. As the Dems seek to regro...