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                     Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst Staff article CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy A. Fuerst,  a former administrative and presiding judge of the 34-member, largely White general division common pleas bench in the county and once an unsuccessful candidate for a state supreme court justice seat, is under fire for literally denying indigent Blacks counsel, tampering with records, and interfering with Civil Rights. The public records in the cases at issue are tortuous and by some standards unbelievable. Criminal defense attorneys say the judge is a joke and is "all over the place and is confused." It has gotten so bad that Black Cleveland area activists are preparing to file a citizen's complaint under state law seeking criminal charges against Fuerst, 72, for interfering with the Civil Rights of Blacks and tampering with records by allegedly concealing original indictments for fixed indictments of

Women's March Cleveland at its Cleveland City Hall steps rally  for Issue 1 on  Sat., Nov 4, 2023 Photo by Women's March Cleveland  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article CLEVELAND,Ohio - Ohio voters, via Tuesday's closely watched general election, approved state ballot Issues 1 and 2, making abortion and recreational marijuana legal within the next 30 days and sending a message to Gov Mike DeWine  and Republicans that women rule in Ohio.  The Associated Press called the win for Issue 1 at about 9 pm Tuesday night. Ohio became the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana and was the 25th state to legalize medical marijuana. " We won," said Women's March Cleveland head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, also a longtime community activist and local Black journalist. "This is a day of reckoning for all those who sought to deny women in Cleveland and in Ohio their reproductive freedom and those who want to imprison Black

Women's March Cleveland at its Cleveland City Hall steps rally  for Issue 1 on  Sat., Nov 4, 2023 Photo by Women's March Cleveland  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article CLEVELAND,Ohio -The Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, which is led by party chair David Brock and vice-chair state Rep. Juanita Brent, will host an election night watch party this evening as results of today's No. 7 general election in Ohio trickle in. Th event begins at 7:30 pm at county party headquarters on Superior Ave near downtown Cleveland.  " We are hosting an election night watch party with free pizza, " a county Democratic party operative told  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's black digital news leader. Issue 1 is on Ohio's Nov. 7 ballot and, if passed by Ohio voters, it would enshrine the legal right to abortion and other reproductive measures for women in the Ohio Constitution. Also on the Nov. 7 st

Women's March Cleveland at its Cleveland City Hall steps rally  for Issue 1 on  Sat., Nov 4, 2023  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article CLEVELAND,Ohio -Women's March Cleveland made its last pitch before Ohio's Nov. 7 election on abortion ballot Issue 1 with a rally on the steps of Cleveland City Hall on Saturday, Nov 4, a diverse event that included community activists and elected officials as speakers as well as Councilman Kevin Conwell's FootPrints band. Issue 1 is on Ohio's Nov. 7 ballot and, if passed by Ohio voters, it would enshrine the legal right to abortion and other reproductive measures for women into the Ohio Constitution. "We rose to the occasion and have stayed the course in this fight for reproductive freedom for Black women in Cleveland and  women in Ohio and Tuesday will be a day of reckoning when Ohio voters endorse Issue 1 at the ballot box," said Women's March Cleveland head organizer Kathy W

Women's March Cleveland at one of its marches in Cleveland, led by Black women. Photo by Cleveland Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com Photojournalist David  Petkiewicz Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article CLEVELAND,Ohio -Women's March Cleveland will hold its finale rally and march before the Nov.7 election in Ohio on the abortion ballot Issue 1 on the steps of Cleveland City Hall on Sat., Nov 4. The rally will begin at noon with speakers, including elected officials and community activists, and will be followed by a 1 pm march. Weather will be 60 degrees, Cleveland's mainstream media has reported. "This is our last pitch before the election on Nov. 7 on Issue 1 in Ohio relative to abortion access and we need everybody on the steps of Cleveland City Hall rallying with us for this worthwhile endeavor," said longtime Cleveland activist and organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads Women's March Cleveland. "We have been in the s

Women's March Cleveland leads some 2,500 women and their supporters via a protest for reproductive rights and abortion access held on Oct. 2, 2021 at Market Square Park in Cleveland, Ohio, a sister march to marches held in cities across the country that day spearheaded by Women's March National out of Washington, D.C. ( Photo by David Petkiewicz of the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper and Cleveland.com). Ohio's largest grassroots women's rights group, Women's March Cleveland and its supporters  rallied and marched again, on June 24, 2023 outside of Cleveland City Hall, a year after the Supreme Court, on June 24, 2022,  overturned Roe v Wade Organizers also have a Nov 4, 20203 noon rally and march planned for the steps of Cleveland City hall, according to Facebook the date is three days before Ohio voters vote on issue 1 that, if passed would enshrine the legal right to abortion and other reproductive measures into the Ohio constitution.  Clevelandurbannews.com and