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Trump Pulls Back Obama-Era Protections For Women Workers

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Story and photo by nbcnews.com    CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NBC NEWS.COM Archived article of April 2017- REMEMBERING THE TRUMP ERA By Mary Emily O'Hara- NBC News With little notice, President Donald Trump recently signed an  executive order  that advocates say rolls back hard-fought victories for women in the workplace. Tuesday's "Equal Pay Day" — which highlights the wage disparity between men and women — is the perfect time to draw more attention to the president's action, activists say. On March 27, Trump revoked the  2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order then-President Barack Obama put in place to ensure that companies with federal contracts comply with 14 labor and civil rights laws. The Fair Pay order was put in place after a  2010 Government Accountability Office  investigation showed that companies with rampant violations were being awarded millions in federal contracts. In an attempt to keep the worst violators from receiv

Black Democratic U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, an Obama ally, speaks in Ohio and did an interview with Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman when she was campaigning previously in Ohio, the one-on-one interview of which is reprinted herein.....Harris, of California, and of whom called new U.S Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh a disgrace, is the only Black woman in the U.S. Senate....Harris' visit to Ohio on October 6, 2018 was relative to a women's summit and was spearheaded by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Cleveland....She was also the keynote speaker Oct 6 at the Cincinnati Freedom Fund Dinner and she keynoted the ODP Dinner in Columbus, Ohio on October 7, 2018.... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of 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

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From left: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Cleveland, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California, and former United States president Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president 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@clevelandurbanne ws.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 . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CINCINNATI, Ohio - California Democratic U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, a former California attorney general and the only Black woman in the United States Senate, headlined the free public summit for Ohio wo

Hillary Clinton will not face charges as to the email scandal, says U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and greater Cleveland activist women, led by the Imperial Women Coalition, are pleased to be able to protest at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on violence against women and women's rights issues in a manner where Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans can respond to their demands without any confounding variables as to the email controversy....The Imperial Women Coalition, led by Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman, will open the city's official speaking protest forum at the RNC on Public Square in Cleveland on July 18 from 9:30 am-10 am and will return to speak again from 12:30 pm-1 pm....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper

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Hillary Clinton (left), a former secretary state under the Obama administration and the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party, and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation's first Black female attorney general ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, the nation's first Black female attorney general,   announced  Wednesday that Hillary Clinton, a former secretary of state under the Obama administration and the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party, will not be charged relative to the email scandal that has  engulfed  her campaign. Lynch accepted the  FBI's recommendation, which calls for no charges against anyone, a determination that also clears a host of others not yet under investigation, including some Republican top;level officia

Obama delivers fifth State of the Union, compliments U.S. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Ohio State Representative John Barnes Jr. tells Cleveland Urban News.Com that speech was key to 'the poor, women's rights, Civil Rights,' Ohio State Senator Shirley Smith applauds Obama's courage on controversial issues

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United States President Barack Obama By  Kathy Wray Coleman,  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. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) WASHINGTON, D.C.- President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress and drew no less than 13 standing ovations, the longest State of the Union speech of his presidency, other than the one he delivered in congressional chambers in 2010. America's first Black president, a year into his second four-year term, lobbied for the poor, women, children, military personnel, and the middle class, in addition to promoting domestic oil and national gas production, a hike in min