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Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016, has reportedly approved a budget and moved ahead with campaign hires, Clinton won the Democratic primary in Ohio in 2008 over now President Barack Obama, Ohio remains a pivotal state for presidential elections

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Hillary Clinton By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473.  Coleman is a community activist, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Speculation is over. Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who later became a U.S. senator, and was secretary of state in the Obama administration during the president's first term, will run for president in 2016, according to a new report. Politico reported Monday   that Clinton, who lost the Democratic nomination for president to Obama in 2008, has already approved a budget and moved ahead with campaign hires. She will officially announce her run for president in April, the report says. If Clinton were

Updated: Congresswoman Fudge, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards disappointed in U.S Supreme Court ruling that strikes down the mandate for employer corporations to provide access to contraceptives for women employees under Affordable Care Act, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writes dissenting opinion

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11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress. Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) July  2, 2014  article WASHINGTON, D.C.-  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 30,  in a 5-4 split decision on Monday against the  Affordable Care Act  birth control mandate in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, determining   that women  employees have no right to contraceptives coverage under the act.  Named as a plaintiff in her official governm

Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama attend summit on the 50th Anniversary of Passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964, landmark legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, Obama remembers President Lyndon B. Johnson, who signed the landmark legislation into law in 1964, president highlights Congressman Lewis, Julian Bond, Andrew Young at summit, all 3 of whom attended too, 3 other presidents attend

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The late Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. (left) and United States President Barack  Obama, the nation's first Black president. THE JULY 2, 1964 SIGNING INTO LAW  OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 BY PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON. DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT IS CIVIL RIGHTS ICON THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR . ( East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Photo by Cecil Stoughton).  The  Civil Rights Act of 1964   , passed by Congress and enacted on July 2, 1964, is a landmark piece of  civil rights  legislation in the  United States [4]  that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.  This week marks the 50th Anniversary of the Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive in Austin, Texas for a summit commentating the 50th Anniversary of the Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor-n-Chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urba

By Kathy Wray Coleman: Greater Clevelanders that helped president win reelection treat Obama like a homie, president visits ArcelorMittal Steel Factory in Cleveland to discuss his health care agenda, jobs, the economy: The Cleveland NAACP, 100 Black men, city health department hold health care enrollment forum that day, Obama thanks ArcelorMittal CEO Lakshmi Mittal, Sherrod Brown, Marcy Kaptur, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Ed FitzGerald, Governor Kasich during speech, Congresswoman Fudge, State Senator Nina Turner were key in Ohio to Obama's 2012 reelection

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at ArcelorMittal Steel Factory  in Cleveland, Ohio on November 14, 2013 (Official White House Photo By Lawrence Jackson) From Left: Cleveland NAACP Executive Director Sheila Wright, Dr. Charles Modlin, a Cleveland Clinic kidney transplant surgeon who chairs the Cleveland NAACP Health Committee, 100 Black Men of Greater Cleveland President Terry Maynard, and City of Cleveland Department of Public Health Director Karen Butler.  They spearheaded  a health care insurance enrollment forum under the Affordable Care Act in conjunction with President Obama's visit to the Cleveland area on Thursday. Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (left) , a Warrensville Heights Democrat who also  chairs  the Congressional Black Caucus, and state Sen. Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat. Both were key to President Obama's 2012 campaign for reelection and campaigned heavily for the president. President Barack Obama than

Congresswoman Fudge speaks on government shut down ending, calls for bipartisan truce

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U.S. Representative Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )   Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress, released  a press statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives last night voted to pass legislation that ends the government shutdown and avoids default. The legislation, H.R. 2775,  passed the House with 285 yeas and 144 nays. “I am pleased the House has finally acted responsibly to reopen the government, and make sure our bills are paid on time, at least in the short term," said Fudge in a press statement to Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online

Bishop Ward, greater Cleveland Black clergy call County Prosecutor Tim McGinty racist for not seeking charges against 13 White Cleveland cops that gunned down 2 unarmed Blacks with 137 bullets, remark that McGinty is racist is made at August 2 rally for help from Obama, Governor Kasich on epidemic of violence against greater Cleveland women, community activists, Black clergy say McGinty is an anti-Black police prosecutor

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Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Eugene Ward Jr. By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist who trained for some 15 years at the Call and Post Newspaper .  Reach Coleman by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at  editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- The United Pastors in Mission, the Baptist Ministers Conference, the Mount Pleasant Ministerial Alliance, East Cleveland Concerned Pastors for Progress, Black elected officials, Cleveland NAACP Executive Director Sheila Wright,  family members of rape and murder victims, and community activists gathered on August 2 for a well attended press conference, balloon launch and rally in East Cleveland that drew Cleveland news television