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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com    Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Black Cleveland activists boycotted what they say was a racist protest held by White-led  majority suburban Cleveland activist groups on Public Square in downtown Cleveland Saturday afternoon with some area state lawmakers on hand, an event White organizers say was to address proposed state legislation that would penalize protesters for free speech. House Bills 109 and 22 along with Senate bills 16 and 41 look to increase fines and prison time for some protesters. Find out more about this legislation  right here  and  here But Black Cleveland activists and organizers were told they could not speak and that it was basically a White run event and that they had chosen a Black or two who would not criticize the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party or White politicians or judges and would say what is expected of them.  Black activists say the organizer

Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley with his wife Elizabeth and some of their five daughters Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com    Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief. Coleman trained for 17 years as a reporter with the Call and Post Newspaper and is an investigative and political reporter with a background in legal and scientific reporting. She is also a former 15-year public school biology teacher.   CLEVELAND, Ohio- Standing on the steps of City Hall and flanked by his wife Elizabeth and three of his five daughters, Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley, a White west side councilman and ally of four-term Black mayor Frank Jackson, officially  announced on Thursday that he will make a run for mayor this year of the largely Black major American city of some 385,000 people. Jackson, 74,  has not ruled out seeki

      Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent  digital  news sites in Ohio.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced on Tuesday its 11 th  cycle of biweekly grants as part of its Phase II efforts to support the Greater Cleveland nonprofit community during the ongoing pandemic.  In total, $803,395 was granted to nine  organizations and groups serving Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. Additionally, $1,860,516 was awarded out of the Cuyahoga County CARES dollars that were earmarked to combat homelessness. Since the start of Phase II in mid-November, partners have granted nearly $5.8 million.   The latest round of grant recipients includes: Cleveland Clergy Coalition  ($53,550): To support a transportation program established and operated by a network of faith-ba

Ohio 11th Congressional District Candidates Nina Turner and Shontel Brown Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio — As reports to the Federal Elections Commission for the quarter ending March 31 are coming due, former Ohio senator Nina Turner's campaign announced Monday that the former Bernie Sanders surrogate has raised a total of $2.2 million to date for the special election for Congress in Ohio's majority Black 11th congressional district, and the other major front-runner, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairwoman and County Councilwoman Shontel Brown, $680,000, her campaign said on Monday too Ohio's 11th congressional district includes most of Cleveland, a largely Black pocket of Akron, and select suburbs of Cuyahoga and Summit counties. Brown's campaign told Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com that Brown is grateful for the support in pursuit

     Vice President Kamala Harris Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com                                      By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher Washington, D.C. -Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation's first Black and first woman president, released a statement regarding the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Friday that left one Capitol police officer dead and another fighting for his life.  "In an inexplicable act of violence, a brave U.S. Capitol police officer was killed in the line of duty, while another officer fights for his life," Harris said. "Officer William Evans made the ultimate sacrifice protecting the Capitol and those who work there on behalf of the American people. Officer Evans, his family, and all those who knew him are in our hearts and prayers. We mourn with them during this difficult time."   The vice president said that "we continue to be

   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest.   Tel: (216) 659-0473.  Clevelandurbannews.com Led by the Oppressed People's Nation, Black on Black Crime Inc., and Refusefacism.org, greater Cleveland activists will protest for justice for Minneapolis police murder victim George Floyd at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 on Market Square across from the Westside Market at the coroner of West 25th Street and Lorain Avenue in Cleveland. (Editor's note: Activists will also rally against four bills pending in the Ohio state legislature that would penalize activists for protesting). Speakers include East Cleveland Councilman Ernest Smith of the Oppressed People's Nation, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chair and Congressional Candidate Shontel Brown, organizers Art McKoy and Alfred Porter Jr. of Black on Black Crime and the Black Man's Army, Delores Gray of the Brickhouse Wellness Cente