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JPMorgan Chase Bank sued by major American city for alleged race discrimination, alleged discriminatory foreclosure activity targets Black community while Whites get a reprieve, lawsuit says

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Credit: AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin MIAMI, Florida-The  city of Miami  filed a lawsuit against  JPMorgan Chase Bank  on Friday for allegedly causing a wave of foreclosures in the community by participating in  predatory mortgage lending . According to  Reuters , Miami is leading the major U.S. cities in numbers of foreclosures, and the city now thinks  JPMorgan ’s practices contributed to the major housing crisis. According to the lawsuit, JPMorgan offered high-cost loans to  African-American and Latino homeowners  and then later refused to refinance the loans after the housing crisis hit. White homeowners, on the other hand, were allegedly given better terms for the loans and had no need to refinance during the housing crisis. Eventually a wave of foreclosures plagued Miami and the city claims it was forced to spend extra resources to combat the negative effects of so many foreclosures, including crime and gang activity at th...
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Community activists to meet on June 18 at 5:30 pm at the Chateau in East Cleveland on the 137 shots deadly shooting by Cleveland police issue

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COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS TO MEET TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY JUNE 18 AT 5:30 PM AT THE CHATEAU MANSION, 13124 EUCLID AVENUE, OVER THE 137 SHOTS DEADLY SHOOTING OF TWO UNARMED BLACKS ISSUE, ACTIVISTS INCLUDE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN, ART MCKOY, BILL SWAIN, THE REV PAM PINKNEY BUTTS, PIER NAPPIER, DAVID AND MARVA PATTERSON, ADA AVERYHART., DR STEWART AND VALERIE ROBINSON, THE REV GWENDOLYN PITTS, GERALD HENLEY, DICK PEERY, CHRISTINE WILSON, AMY HURD, GENEVIEVE MITCHELL AND  MORE...  A Message From Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-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 ) ...
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Actress, Cleveland native, and community activist Ruby Dee is dead at 91

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Ruby Dee   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) NEW ROCHELLE, New York-Actress and Cleveland, Ohio native Ruby Dee is dead at 91. Also a   poet, playwright,   screenwriter , journalist and  community  activist ,  Dee  died on June 11 at her home in  New Rochelle, New York , reportedly  from  natural causes . Hollywood, the   Black community   and others are mourning her death.  "The members of the African American Film Critics Association are deeply saddened at the loss of actress and humanitarian Ruby Dee,"  said  Gil Robertson IV  of the  African American Film Critics Association  in a press release." Throughout her seven-decade career, Ms Dee embraced different creative platforms with her various interpretations of Black womanhood and also used her  gifts to champion for human rights." Dee will be cremated, and her ashes...
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Community activists, Black elected officials, Black clergy to rally over voter supression and early voting issues in Ohio at 5 pm on June 16, 2014, at the Chateau Mansion, 13124 Euclid Avenue, Ohio Senator Nina Turner, the Democratic nominee for Ohio Secretary of State, to also speak, key sponsor is the Ohio Eighth House District Black Caucus

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THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS A TERRIBLE THING TO LOSE, RALLY WITH THE GREATER CLEVELAND COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE OHIO EIGHTH HOUSE DISTRICT BLACK CAUCUS, THE UNITED PASTOR'S IN MISSION, BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS, BLACK CLERGY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS GROUPS, ON MONDAY JUNE 16, 2014, AT 5 PM IN FRONT OF THE CHATEAU MANSION IN EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, 13124 EUCLID AVENUE Contact Numbers are Ohio Eighth House District Black Caucus President Charles E. Bibb Sr at (216) 659-4619, Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition at (216) 659-0473,  and Peace in the Hood President Khalid Samad at (216) 548-4043, Black on Black Crime Vice President Al Porter at (216) 704-5036 and Black on Black Crime Founder Art McKoy at (216) 253-4070. The Ohio Eighth House District Black Caucus, in cooperation with Black clergy, community activist groups, including Peace in the Hood, Black on Black Crime Inc, the Carl Stokes Brigade, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor and the Imperial Women Coalition, wil...
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Federal judge outlaws state law that bans early voting in Ohio in favor of Obama for America campaign, Congresspersons Fudge, Ryan, Ohio Senator Nina Turner, and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald comment, Gubernatorial Democratic candidate FitzGerald says the fight must continue

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BREAKING NEWS: FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE PETER ECONOMUS RESTORES EARLY VOTING IN OHIO: READ THE STORY HERE United States President Barack Obama Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R-OH) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-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.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-OH) YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio-A federal district court judge on Wednesday outlawed as unconstitutional what Civil Rights leaders and prominent Black elected officials of Ohio have branded a racist state law pushed by Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and enacted by the Republi...
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It's time for Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to either put up or shut up as he looks for a new head basketball coach to replace the ousted Mike Brown

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Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team owner Dan Gilbert Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough By Karl Kimbrough, Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter (kimbrough@clevelandurbannews.com).   Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Leaders In Black Digital News . Tel: 216-659-0473    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio -Once again the Cleveland Cavaliers are searching for a new head coach after another poor season. Mike Brown was fired last month and for the second time in four years by owner Dan Gilbert.  Cleveland, as a major American city, is a pro sports teams kind of town, and winning, whether it is basketball, football or baseball,  is part of the ambiance of it all, at least from the standpoint of Cavaliers fans.  Gilbert has now changed head basketball coaches four times and general managers three times over the n...
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Embattled racist Donald Sterling withdraws agreement to sell LA Clippers, directs his attorneys to go forward with multI-billion dollar lawsuit against the NBA

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Infamous LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling Rochelle Sterling and her estranged husband, embattled LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, in happier times.  Steve Ballmer By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-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.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) LOS ANGELES, California  —Embattled anti-Black LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling has called off a previous agreement  for a sell of his NBA team for a reported $2 billion to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, his lawyers said this week. The  decision  puts him at odds with his estranged wife, Rochelle, who had allegedly threatened t...
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