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Some of the nearly 400 participants at the International Women's Day rally and march held on March 8, 2017 at the Free Stamp next to City Hall in downtown Cleveland, Ohio Upfront at far left is activist Alfred PorterJr, president of Black on Black Crime Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio   (Photo by Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper )  Wednesday, March 8, 2023 marks Cleveland's seventh annual march, which will include a 5 pm Cleveland City Hall Steps rally and a 6 pm march   Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  Staff article CLEVELAND, Ohio- Nearly 400 people participated in a rally and march in downtown Cleveland, Ohio at the Free Stamp next to Cleveland City Hall on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 for the first time to celebrate International Women's Day and this year marks Cleveland's seventh annual march. It will be held Wednesday, March 8, 2023 beginning with a 5 pm rally on the steps of Cleveland City Hall and will be followed by a 6 pm march, organizer

    President Joe Biden crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Montgomery, Alabama to Selma, Alabama on Sunday, March 8, 2023 to commemorate  the 58th anniversary of the 'Bloody Sunday' voting rights march that occurred on the now historic bridge on Sunday, March 7, 1965.  Some 80, 000 people (above) cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Montgomery, Alabama to Selma, Alabama on Sunday, March 8, 2015 to commemorate  the 50th anniversary of the 'Bloody Sunday' voting rights march that occurred on the now historic bridge on Sunday, March 7, 1965. A day before, which was the official day of the 50th anniversary march, President Barack Obama spoke on Civil Rights before leading thousands across the symbolic Edmund Pettus Bridge.  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Staff article SELMA, Alabama- President Joe Biden marched with Civil Right leaders and activists across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, March 5, 2023 to commemorate the 58th anniver

United States President Joe Biden Former president Donald Trump (right) and U.S. Sen J.D. Vance in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb 22, 2023 Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article EAST PALESTINE, Ohio- Following public criticism from Ohio's governor and visits by former president Donald Trump and environmental activist Erin Brockovich to the East Palenstine, Ohio town where on Feb 3 a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed, President Joe Biden said earlier this week that he too will visit the small village of some 4,700 working class residents in Northeast Ohio. At issue is a train derailment that caused a toxic explosion and associated environmental problems that have upset residents and that has generated international news. “I’ve spoken with every official in Ohio, Democrat and Republican, on a continuous basis, as in Pennsylvania,” Biden told reporters after a Democratic luncheon on Capital Hill on Thursday. “I laid out a litt

  Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and former Chicago schools CEO Paul Valas, Valas and Johnson the top two vote-getters in Tuesday's election who will move on to the nonpartisan runoff in April for Chicago mayor. Lightfoot finished third Tuesday night,  ending her rein as mayor of the largely Black major American city Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CHICAGO, Illinois- In an election that drew more than half a million people to the polls, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the city's first Black female and openly gay mayor, lost her bid for a second term on Tuesday, coming in third in a crowded field of nine contenders and failing to qualify to move on to a non-partisan runoff set for April. Former Chicago schools CEO Paul Valas, whom firefighters and other first res-ponders championed and who promised voters that he would fight crime and poverty, led the field of candida

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Laura E. Klingler of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland   Hello from Legal Aid! CLEVELAND, Ohio- As March begins  we have a busy calendar of free legal advice clinics coming up in Kirtland, Chagrin Falls, Cleveland, Oberlin, Ashtabula, and Lorain! We encourage you to circulate this information with your networks. -Legal Aid is Hiring Legal Aid is hiring for several roles, including Administrative Assistants and Attorneys.  Visit the careers page on our website  for a full list of current openings and details about how to apply. Mortgage Foreclosure and Housing Resource Event – March 7 On Tuesday, March 7, from 4:30 – 7:30 PM, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court will host a FREE Mortgage Foreclosure and Housing Resource Event at St. Ignatius High School. Information will be available for those needing help with mortgage foreclosure and delinquency – including community resources, assistance programs, and advice.  Visit t

  Former president Donald Trump (right) and U.S. Sen J.D. Vance in Ohio following the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine on Feb 22, 2023 Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief NEW YORK, New York- Following a Feb 22 visit by former president Donald Trump  to the East Palestine, Ohio town where on Feb 3 a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed causing a massive explosion and generating international news, the country now braces for a possible indictment and arrest this week of the controversial public figure and declared candidate for the 2024 presidential election.   The former president announced last week that he faces a possible York York grand jury indictment and arrest regarding what prosecutors say was criminal impropriety regarding hush money in 2016 to American pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels, whom the former president is accused of carrying on an illi