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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  Staff article  CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cleveland Browns lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 23-9- on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Browns rookie quarterback Dellon Gabriel, the team's first quarterback of Filipino and Native Hawaiian descent , played his second game as the team's lead quarterback. Gabriel went 29-for-52 (58%) passing for 221 yards , and Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers  completed 14 of 23 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown. The Browns will play their next game against the Miami Dolphins next Sunday, Oct. 19, in Cleveland. Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most-read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (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 E...

                                           Former President Joe Biden Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio — Former President Joe Biden has begun radiation treatments for an aggressive form of prostate cancer after it was announced in May that the progressive disease had spread to his bones. Health issues and troubling campaign poll numbers forced him to relinquish his 2024 bid for a second term in the White House. A loyal Democrat, Biden, 82, was a two-term vice president under former President Barack Obama, the country's first Black president, and won the presidency in his own right over now President Donald Trump in 2020. But he bowed out of his 2024 reelection bid amid plummeting poll numbers, pressure from prominent Dems, and criticism from the mainstream media that he and th...

Above picture: Cleveland police, in hot pursuit, chase the car driven by Timothy Russell, 43, with Malissa Williams, 30, as a passenger, in 2012, a chase that began in downtown Cleveland and ended in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School in neighboring East Cleveland. Both Black and both unarmed, and neither of them wanted by the law, Williams and Russell were unceremoniously gunned down by 13 non-Black Cleveland cops slinging 137 bullets. A consent decree for police reforms with Cleveland and the Department of Justice followed and remains pending before Federal District Court Judge Solomon Oliver. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -The independent federal monitoring team has released its 17th Semiannual Report on the City of Cleveland's compliance with the Consent Decree, marking progress in police reforms, Mayor Justin M. Bibb said in a press re...

Above picture: Women's March Cleveland at a march from Market Square Park in Cleveland in 2021. Photo by David Petkiewicz of Cleveland.com.  Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -Women's March Cleveland and other activist groups rallied for the  "Cleveland, Oh Make Billionaires Pay & Women's Rights Rally & March" from the steps of City Hall in downtown Cleveland on Saturday afternoon. The event was part of a national day of action in cities across the country, commissioned by Women's March National. The crowd was small, but intimate, bringing out the grassroots sector of the community.  Speakers included Cleveland Councilwoman Deborah Gray, activist and Ohio State School Board Member Delores Gray, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairperson David Brock, Mayosha Baybach Vales of the Black Women's Army, Cindy Demsey of the Cuyahoga Democratic Women's Caucus, and members of Refuse Fascism and Rise Up fo...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -Women's March Cleveland and other activist groups have announced speakers for the  "Cleveland, Oh Make Billionaires Pay & Fight For Women's Rights Rally & March" set for  Sat., Sept. 20, 2025, with a noon rally and 1 pm march from the steps of City Hall in downtown Cleveland. The event is part of a national day of action.  Speakers include elected officials and activists, including Cleveland Councilwoman Deborah Gray, activist and Ohio State School Board Member Delores Gray, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairperson David Brock, Ohio Black Women's PAC President Elaine Gohlstin, Black Women's Army Head Mayosha Baybach Vales, and Don Bryant of Peace Action. Organizers say the event is a rally and mass march for reproductive and Civil Rights and an effort to continue the fight for choice for women in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, including Black women. Women's March C...

Above: Women's March Cleveland on Oct. 2, 2021 at a march from Market Square Park in Cleveland that drew some 2,500 people. Photo by David Petkiewicz of Cleveland.com. The next march is Sat, Sept 20 2025. Read more below. CLEVELAND, Ohio -Women's March Cleveland will host  a "Cleveland, Oh Make Billionaires Pay & Fight For Women's Rights Rally & March" on Sat., Sept 20, 2025 with a noon rally and 1 pm march from the steps of City Hall in downtown Cleveland. The event is part of a national day of action.  Facebook event page link:  https://www.facebook.com/event... Organizers say the event is a rally and mass march for reproductive and Civil Rights and an effort to continue the fight for choice for women in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, including Black women. "We must keep up the fight for Civil Rights for women and the fight for Black and other women to have a choice to decide what to do with their bodies," said Women's March Cleveland head o...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publishe r CLEVELAND, Ohio- Of particular interest to the Black community, t he Sept. 9, 2025 primary election saw voters cast ballots in Cuyahoga County for Cleveland City Council races and mayoral races in East Cleveland and Cleveland Hts. Also on the ballot was the recall effort against Cleveland Hts. Mayor Kahlil Seren, who is Black, and the primary for a new mayor in Cleveland Hts. since Seren failed to make the ballot for a reelection bid.  According to unofficial results of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Seren, 46 and the city's first mayor, was stunningly recalled with 82 per cent of the vote, voters voting to oust him from office following heightened controversy and continual scrutiny by Cleveland's mainstream media. At one point, Seren publicly told Cleveland Hts. City Council, "I am not your Negro," an indication of the extent of the fallout...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article COLUMBUS, Ohio - Flanked by fellow Democrats,  Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) (5th from left)  and  House Democratic Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati)   on Tuesda y   introduced legislation putting forth their congressional redistricting proposal.  Per state law and the Ohio constitution, the state legislature carves out congressional districts, including Ohio's 11th congressional district, which includes the majority Black city of Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County. Antonio said that Democrats, who are in the minority in both the state House of Representatives and the state Senate, are introducing their redistricting plan now to comply with Ohio's Sept. 30 deadline for the General Assembly to pass a bipartisan map. "Today, we are introducing a fair, constitutional congressional map that we hope will be a starting poin...