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Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. COLUMBUS, Ohio —  The  Equal Districts Coalition , a unified group of some 30 Ohio advocacy organizations and unions engaged in the 2021 redistricting process, blasted the Republican members of the redistricting commission  for voting to propose  what the group says are racist and blatantly unconstitutional legislative maps drawn behind closed doors. The Equal Districts Coalition   includes the Ohio State Conference of the NAACP, Ohio AFL-CIO, Ohio Organizing Collaborative, OAPSE/AFSCME, the Ohio Environmental Council, AFSCME Ohio Council 8, the Ohio Student Association, ProgressOhio, All On the Line-Ohio, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, Ohio Council of Churches, Innovation Ohio, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, URGE – Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity, LEAD Ohio, the Ohio Women's Alliance, the Ohio Federation of Teachers, Ohio Education Association, CAI

Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Tel (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND & CHICAGO & MILWAUKEE- ( BUSINESS WIRE )-Save A Lot, one of the largest discount grocery chains in the U.S., announced Tuesday the completion of the sale of 32 company-owned stores across the greater Cleveland, greater Chicago and greater Milwaukee areas to Yellow Banana LLC as part of the discount grocer’s ongoing efforts to convert corporate-owned stores to local ownership.  The 32 stores generate annual revenues in excess of $130 million, immediately positioning Yellow Banana as one of Save A Lot’s largest Retail Partners nationwide. There are some 20 Save A  Lot stores in greater Cleveland, including in locations in Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Maple Heights and Parma, and Yellow Banana has bought up some but not all of those stores for its expansion project, in addition to select stores it purchased in Chicago and Milwaukee.  Yellow Banana

WOMEN'S MARCH CLEVELAND NOON RALLY & MARCH FOR REPRODUCTIVE & CIVIL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN ON SAT, OCT 2,  2021 AT MARKET SQUARE PARK AT THE CORNER OF W 25TH ST AND LORAIN AVE ACROSS FROM THE WESTSIDE MARKET IN CLEVELAND. THIS IS  A NATIONWIDE MARCH THAT WILL ALSO BE HELD THIS DAY IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND OTHER CITIES. THE NATIONAL MARCH IS SPONSORED BY WOMEN'S MARCH NATIONAL. CONTACT TEL  FOR CLEVELAND'S MARCH IS (216) 659-0472 EMAIL: EDITOR@CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, OHIO'S BLACK DIGITAL NEWS LEADER Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Women's March Cleveland-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Women's March Cleveland will join cities nationwide and Women's March National in Washington, D.C. for a reproductive rights rally and march on Oct 2 Cleveland's event   begins at noon on Market Square Park across from the West Si

   U.S. Congressional candidate  Shontel Brown, the winner of the special Democratic primary election on Tues, Aug 3 as to the open seat in Ohio's 11th congressional district, which includes most of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, a largely Black pocket of Akron, and staggering sections of Akron's Summit County suburbs.   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, OHIO –  Ohio 11th Congressional District Democratic Nominee Shontel Brown, upon winning a heated primary last month, will serve as grand marshal for the 50th annual Labor Day parade festivities on Mon., Sept 6, 2021 in Cleveland sponsored by the caucus in the state's largely Black congressional district, a celebrated and historical event initiated decades ago my former congressman Louis Stokes, his younger brother Carl Stokes, and a cadre of o

                                                  Washington,  D.C.- Thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., and other cities across the country on Saturday to protest a recent  slew of legislation  that critics say suppresses voter rights, particularly for voters of color and young voters, in many Republican-led states. The event, called the  March On For Voting Rights , took place on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech. Sunday's event was organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton's  National Action Network  and partner organizations. Other events also took place in Atlanta, Miami and Phoenix.  CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT NPR.ORG Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

   Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio-   As the controversy heightens over the use of animal ivermectin to treat COVID-19 in humans, researchers and medical doctors from the Cleveland Clinic are piggybacking on the recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are advising against this type of use of the prescription animal drug. Traditionally used to treat heart-worms and other parasites in horses and cows, ivermectin has also been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use by humans to treat parasitic roundworm infections like  ascariasis ,  head lice  and  rosacea . And as desperation mounts around COVID-19 and more potent strains of the coronavirus such as the delta variant emerge some people are turning to animal ivermectin to treat symptoms of COVID-19. A major problem,

  Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C.-  I n a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme court on Thursday struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium saying the federal agency lacked authority to issue such a mandate and paving the way for a flood of evictions nationwide as new variants of the coronavirus continue to emerge and Black America embraces itself to be among those hardest hit by the never-ending eviction crisis.  Led by the more conservative arm of the court, and with the court's three liberal justices dissenting, the court sided with a group of landlords and ruled that the  CDC does not have statutory or any other authority to bring evictions to a standstill. "It would be one thing if Congress had specifically authorized the action that the CDC has taken," th