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U.S. House of Representatives passes historic voting rights bill pushed by Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, whose congressional district includes Cleveland....Rep. Fudge chairs the subcommittee on voting rights and said that "our nation has a long, dark history of denying or restricting access to the ballot box"

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Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge 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. CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act, proposed federal legislation that would restore key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 invalidated by the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision.  T he historic measure, passed by a House of Representatives controlled by Democrats, now heads to the Republican dominated U.S. Senate for review, and possible passage. It passed in the House 228-187, and along partisan lines. Only one Republican, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, joined Democrats in supporting the bill, which will have an uphill battle in the Senate.

Black U.S. Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker make the cut for the 5th Democratic Debate in Atlanta this week and no more than 2 Blacks have been on a major party presidential debate stage at once in America.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's black digital news leaders

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U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), a former California attorney general and the only Black female candidate in the 2020 race for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States of America, and U.S. Senator Cory Booker(D-NJ) of New Jersey, a former Newark mayor and the only Black male in the presidential race, both of them qualifying for the Fifth Democratic Debate on Nov. 20 in Atlanta, Georgia By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief at Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. 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 CL

Cleveland schools officials back off of closing Collinwood High School following claims of racism and the targeting of Black neighborhoods.... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

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Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also top in Black digital news in the Midwest. We are also the most read women's rights digital newspaper and blog 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- Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon has backed off of a recommendation to school board members that Collinwood High School on the city's majority Black east side be closed following community outcries and claims of racism against Black students and their families leveled by community activists and State School Board member Meryl Johnson, a retired Cleveland schools teacher and former  Cleveland Teachers Union official. They were also up against outspoken Ward 8 Councilman Mike Polensek,

Cleveland Ward 17 Councilman Martin Keane to resign and take a city job, he says, the majority White Ward 17 the largest voting bloc in the majority Black city ....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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Cleveland Ward 17 City Councilman Martin Keane (Facebook photo) Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.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 Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland Ward 17 Councilman Martin Keane has announced through 18-year ward 17 Democratic ward club president Greg Somerville that he will resign from his city council seat by the end of the month, Somerville saying he too will resign, and from his ward leader position. Keane is all

U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments this week on DACA, some 700,000 Dreamers at risk for deportation after President Trump phased out the Obama era program, his efforts currently blocked by federal courts....President Obama created DACA in 2012 via an executive order that gives undocumented adult immigrants who came to the U.S. as children a two- year reprieve from possible deportation and allows them to work, attend school and join the military....Trump argues that Obama overstepped his grounds in issuing an executive order on DACA and that Congress has sole authority over the public policy matter.... 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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  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.   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.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  - WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments to determine the fate of some 700,000 Dreamers as the 2020 presidential election nears and Democrats work to unseat President Donald Trump from the White House. At issue is whether the Trump administration legally or properly shut down

East Cleveland voters oust council president and one other incumbent, and one incumbent school board member, East Cleveland of which is a majority Black impoverished suburb of Cleveland....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief  at   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.   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.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  -EAST  CLEVELAND, Ohio- East Cleveland voters on Tuesday voted out two incumbent council persons, both allies to Mayor Brandon King and one of them the council president, and kept two school board incumbents while voting out another. King is up for reelection in 2021. East Cleveland is an 92 percent Black and impoverished