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Vice President Joe Biden (center), flanked by  his wife, Dr, Jill Biden, and President Barack Obama, announced from the White House Rose Garden in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 21 that he will not run for president (White House photo) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio -Ending months of intense speculation on whether he would make a bid for president, and following Hillary Clinton's rise in the national polls after her outstanding performance during the first Democratic presidential debate

Cleveland Cavaliers basketball players from left: Kevin Love, LeBron James, and Kyrie Irving. Photo compliments of Getty Images Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach David Blatt Cleveland Cavaliers General Manager David Griffin 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. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio -When you look back one year ago at the Cleveland Cavaliers season opening roster you may wonder, what a difference a year makes. You might also wonder how that team made it into the NBA Championship series, including the NBA Finals, a showdown that saw the Cavaliers lose to the Golden State Warriors four games to t

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  National Revolutionary Communist Party leader Bob Avakian CLEVELAND, Ohio- Community activists and others seeking justice for  slain 12-year-old Tamir Rice will protest at 6 pm at Cleveland City Hall today, Oct. 19,  in downtown Cleveland, according to the grassroots local and national group Revolution Books, which is led locally by community activist Bill Swain, and nationally (out of New York City) by communist leader Bob Avakian. "I will likely be there," said longtime community act

Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Cleveland area Democrat By Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com .      ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat who leads Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, which includes the city of Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs, will host a closed-door session on violence with some 300 high school students across her congressional district on Friday, October 16 from 10:30 am -noon at  the Cleveland Public Library Nottingham Branch Auditorium, 17109 Lakeshore Blvd, in Cleveland, according to a press statement issued yesterday. Fudge will discuss pervasive violence in Northeast Ohio,  and will announce a new initiative a

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA-Poised, confident, and on point, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton (pictured) won the first Democratic presidential debate held Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, say political pundits, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (pictured) held his own.  Both were, by many accounts, a breath a fresh air from the Republicans, and they showed the depth of intellect and sensitivity to issues,  from poverty, to racism, to women's rights and voting rights, that have traditionally draw

Key members of the Cleveland-based Northeast Ohio Chapter of Ohio Young Black Democrats  (NEO-OYBD) , which is led by Billy L. Sharp (second row at far right), pose with Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell, a Cleveland Democrat, (third row at far right), and East Cleveland Councilman Mansell Baker (front row at far left).  Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the three-term Black Mayor of the largely Black major American city that hosted the first Republican presidential debate this summer and will also host the Republican National Convention in 2016. Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper By Field Reporter Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Jernigan has been a staff and field reporter for Cleveland Urban News.Com since 2012. Coleman is a 22-year