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Pictured are NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Nina Turner and United States President Joe Biden    Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief (Coleman is a former biology teacher and a seasoned Black journalist, and an investigative, legal, scientific, and political reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio). WASHINGTON, D.C. – The NAACP, the nation's oldest Civil Rights organization for Blacks, criticized President Joe Biden's federal student loan debt forgiveness program saying Wednesday that it does not go far enough and that  it goes against what he promised Black people when he successfully campaigned for president in 2020 with overwhelming support from America's Black community. Now is the time more than ever for the president to step up and to do right by Black people, they say, a reference to the upcoming November midterm elections in which th

Democratic U.S. Representatives Shontel M. Brown of Ohio (OH-11), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson Jr. of Georgia (GA-4), and RitchieTorres of New York (NY-15) All three of them represent largely Black congressional districts in Congress. Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief (Coleman is a former biology teacher and a seasoned Black journalist, and an investigative, legal, scientific, and political reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio). WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic U.S. Reps. Shontel M. Brown of Ohio (OH-11), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. of Georgia (GA-4), and Ritchie Torres of New York (NY-15) on Tuesday led a group of 23 largely Democratic members of Congress in urging the Biden administration to strengthen efforts to address inequities in the nation's public healthcare system as it relates to the monkeypox vaccine and disenfranchised

  Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney (CNN) Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney , the most ardent Republican critic of   Donald Trump   in Congress, vowed to carry on her fight against the former President and the election-denying movement he leads in a speech Tuesday night after conceding   defeat in her primary . She'll lose to Trump-backed attorney  Harriet Hageman ,  CNN reported. "This primary election is over," Cheney said in her speech. "But now the real work begins."  CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT CNN.COM Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   the most read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio and in the Midwest T el: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  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 .

East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio- East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King is facing a recall effort after the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Thursday certified 322 valid petition signatures,11 more than the 311 needed to put the issue before voters, likely for the Nov 8 general election. Per the city charter, the Black mayor has until Aug. 18 to resign or face a recall vote in November. If the recall is successful Council President Nathaniel Martin will step up as mayor until a runoff election can be held in early 2023. Governed by a mayor and city council, East Cleveland is a 99 percent Black and impoverished suburb of Cleveland. It has a population of some 14,000 people and    59 percent of household income is less than $25,000. It is one of the poorest cities in Ohio with a majority of its residents living below the poverty line. Its mayor and members of city council are all Democrats The city ha

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb (left) Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio— Cleveland City Council at its regular meeting on Wednesday unanimously passed a Pay to Stay ordinance that gives housing renters in the city more rights and more stability. Under Pay to Stay, if a tenant is summoned to court for an eviction for non-payment of rent, he or she can stop the proceeding if  the full amount of rent owed is paid, plus any late fees. Previously landlords could secure evictions for non-payment of rent after an eviction filing in Cleveland Municipal Housing Court, even if the tenant comes up with the money owed during the eviction proceeding.   Housing evictions for other justifiable reasons are not impacted.   Under Ohio law, a tenant can be evicted for being just one day late or one dollar short on rent and Ohio is one of a handful of states that allows a tenant to be evicted in such a manner, though other legal requirements such as proper noti

Former United States president Donald Trump and current Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com PALM BEACH, Florida- The FBI raided former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort residence in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday seeking classified documents and evidence of wrongdoing during his presidency, the raid the result of the execution of a search warrant that has the former president's Republican allies in an upheaval and media across the country in a frenzy.  It is the first time in American history that a search warrant has been executed against a former president and it was issued on the anniversary date of Richard Nixon’s Aug 4, 1974 resignation, which followed the Watergate scandal.  Democrats in Washington are elated as they renew the push for the Justice Department to bring criminal charges against the former president, a r