Cleveland mayor denounces new Catholic LGBTQ guidance for schools | The Hill

"As a Christian, the new Catholic Diocese of Cleveland anti-LGBTQ+ policy is a shocking betrayal of the Church teachings that have shaped who I am today," Bibb said in an Instagram post. 

"For me, faith is about universal love and acceptance. Instead, the new policy forces LGBTQ+ kids to hide their authentic selves and attend school in fear of persecution for who they are," he added. "I extend my heartfelt solidarity to our LGBTQ+ friends and students. Rest assured that this policy, along with any expressions of hatred, doesn't go unnoticed."…

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4204835-cleveland-mayor-denounces-new-catholic-lgbtq-guidance-for-schools/

Black Lives Matter: Police Officers Return to Work After Killing Suspects With 137 Bullets -- Newsweek

The ruling came nearly five years after Cleveland police mistook Russell's car backfiring as gunshots, which resulted in police firing 137 bullets at Russell and Williams, killing both of the unarmed individuals. .....
http://www.newsweek.com/cleveland-officers-reinstated-after-involvement-deaths-timothy-russell-and-688856

Republican Lawmakers’ Posh Hideaway Funded by Secret Corporate Cash -- The Daily Beast

Donald Trump declared last year in his populist presidential nomination acceptance speech that he's "not able to look the other way" when the nation's political system "has sold out to some corporate lobbyist for cash." But behind the scenes, several major corporations and trade groups secretly bankrolled a plush hideaway for lawmakers at the same Republican National Convention in Cleveland where Trump gave the speech...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/republican-lawmakers-posh-hideaway-funded-by-secret-corporate-cash

As Prominent Republicans Mock Environmental Justice, Cleveland Struggles With Pollution And Poison

On Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention, the GOP platform committee chair was met with a chorus of laughter when he mocked the Democratic party for including climate justice — the part of environmental justice that deals with climate change and greenhouse gas emissions — in their party platform.

“There’s sections about that they call ‘climate justice’ — climate justice!” Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) said, drawing attention to the Democratic Party’s newly-published platform that considers environmental justice to be a key tenet of good environmental policy.

There is no small amount of irony in the fact that Republicans are mocking the concept of environmental justice during a convention that takes place in Cleveland. For years, Cleveland has been at the center of the United States’ domestic environmental policy — and while Republican delegates and politicians joke about climate justice and abolishing the EPA, the city of Cleveland is dealing with environmental problems that pollute its air and poison its residents....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/07/20/3799311/cleveland-environmental-problems-rnc/

Donald Trump - Trump says, without proof, that he recommended Ohio for GOP convention

On the opening night of the Republican convention, Donald Trump told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly he was grateful it was held in Cleveland.

I wanted it to be here, and we had lots of choices," Trump said." I wanted it to be in Ohio. I recommended Ohio. And people fought very hard that it be in Ohio. It's a tremendous economic development event, and you look at the way it's going so far, it's very impressive. I wanted it be here, the Republicans wanted it to be here." 

We wondered, did Trump get involved in picking Cleveland? If he did, we couldn’t find a trace of it....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/18/donald-trump/trump-says-without-proof-he-recommended-ohio-gop-c/