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Third Women's March In Cleveland Hopes To Increase Diversity....Pictured to the far right is Women's March Cleveland organizer Kathy Wray Coleman leading the women's march in Cleveland in January of 2018....To Coleman's direct left is Women's March Northeast Ohio executive director Kenyona Sunny Matthews of Akron..... Article by Lee McKinstry of Cleveland Magazine

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Women's march Cleveland organizer Kathy Wray Coleman (far right) leads the women's march in Cleveland in January of 2018. To Coleman's direct left is Kenyona Sunny Matthews of Akron, executive director of Women's march Northeast Ohio CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT CLEVELANDMAGAZINE.COM Story by: Lee McKinstry, Cleveland Magazine January 15, 2019 The Jan. 19 Cleveland Women's March hopes to attract a crowd that represents the city.  In a wave of pink pussyhats and punny posters, 5 million protestors took to America’s streets for the inaugural Women’s March in 2017, including 15,000 on Public Square.  Yet as a record 113 women serve in Congress this year, much work remains for the movement, says Women’s March Cleveland organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, who hopes turnout for this year’s Jan. 19 event sets a new mark.  “We’re going to continue to lead until they realize that women are people, too,” she says.  Flagship marches were criticiz...
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Women's March National announces its 2019 32-member steering committee, which includes three Jewish, Nina Turner, who is a former Ohio state senator, and Rhiannon Childs, organizer of Women's March Ohio....The three Jewish women are Abby Stein, Yavilah McCoy, and April Baskin....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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Nina Turner Rhiannon Childs 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. 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 . Official Women's March Cleveland Anniversary: Jan 19, 2019 . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio -As women worldwide prepare to participate in women's marches across the globe this week, including a 10:30 am rally and march on Jan 19 on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Women's March National has announced its 32-memb...
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House Democrats investigate HUD's 'failure' to act as shutdown threatens affordable housing, a failure that disproportionately impacts women and poor and working class Americans

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Secretary of HUD Dr. Ben Carson WASHINGTON, D.C.- House Democrats are using their new oversight authority to investigate the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s management of the shutdown, as questions mount about HUD's failure to renew low-income housing contracts for more than 1,000 properties across the country. “HUD knew for months about this impending deadline to renew the contracts, but for some reason they failed to take proper action in advance of the shutdown,” said Rep. David Price, D-N.C., the incoming chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee on transportation and housing, in a statement.  CLICK HERE TO GO TO READ THE FULL STORY 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. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Pos...
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Greater Cleveland activists to picket the Cuyahoga County Jail January 8 over some 8 unexplained jail deaths and following a picket last week at the home of Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, who oversees the jail .... The protest will be led by Puncture the Silence, Black Lives Matter and the Ohio Student Association....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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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. 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 . Official Women's March Cleveland Anniversary: Jan 19, 2019 . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio -An activist coalition, led by Puncture the Silence Cleveland, Black Lives Matter Cleveland, and the Ohio Student Association, will picket the Cuyahoga County Jail at the Justice Center in downtown Cleveland at noon on Tuesday, Jan 8.  "Another detainee wit...
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Tennessee Governor commutes Cyntoia Brown's life sentence for murder

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Cyntoia Brown In one of his last acts as Tennessee governor, Bill Haslam on Monday granted executive clemency to  Cyntoia Brown , commuting her life sentence for murder. Brown,  a victim of child sex trafficking , was sentenced to life for the killing of 43-year-old Johnny Allen in 2004. She was 16 at the time and living with her 24-year-old boyfriend, a pimp known as “Kut Throat” who forced her into prostitution and raped her. Allen solicited her for sex, and she shot him dead at his home, saying she  thought he was reaching for his gun  to kill her, according to court documents. “Cyntoia Brown committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16,” Haslam said in a statement on Monday,  according to the Tennessean . “Yet, imposing a life sentence on a juvenile that would require her to serve at least 51 years before even being eligible for parole consideration is too harsh, especially in light of the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has...
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Nancy Pelosi elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives....Formerly House Minority Leader and previously Speaker of the House, Pelosi is the first woman to lead a majority party in congress....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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From left: Cuyahoga County Councilwoman and County Democratic Party Chairwoman Shontel Brown, Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-Columbus), U.S. Rep Nancy Pelosi of California, who this week was elected Speaker of the House,  Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-Warrensville Heights), and a supporter.   (Photo by Anastasia Pantsios) 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. 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, editor CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Aft...
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Former Cuyahoga County judge Annette Butler, who was Black, dies on New Year's Eve with services set for next week.... 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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Former Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge Annette G. Butler 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. 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 .   Official Women's March Cleveland Anniversary: Jan 19, 2019 . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Former Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge Annette Garner Butler  is dead at 74.  Butler, of Cleveland, died New Year's Eve, Dec 31. Visiting hours are Jan. 8 from ...
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