Conyers (United States)

Type: City

Name: Conyers (United States)

Latitude: 33.669998

Longitude: -84.010002

population: 12,528

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Conyers apologizes for Farrakhans anti-Semitic remarks

U.S. Rep. John Conyers apologized Thursday for Louis Farrakhan's anti-Semitic remarks made during a speech the Nation of Islam leader gave in Detroit last week."During this speech, Minister Farrakhan made unacceptable racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic ... [Published Detroit News - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Conyers (United States), Anti-Semitism, Detroit (Michigan, United States)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Jewish group: Detroit leaders abet Farrakhan bias

DETROIT --A national Jewish civil rights group has criticized National of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan for making anti-Semitic statements at a Detroit church appearance and is calling on a congressman and other leaders in attendance to condemn the re ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 23 2013]

Entities: Louis Farrakhan, Detroit (Michigan, United States), Anti-Semitism, Conyers (United States)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Peters Seeks Air, Water Protections from Detroit River Petroleum Coke Piles

U.S. Representatives Peters & Conyers Press Michigan Department of Environmental Quality about Petroleum Coke Pile Storage on Detroit RiverU.S. Representative Gary Peters today reiterated his concern over the status of petroleum coke piles along the Detroit ... [Published Congressman Gary Peters - May 22 2013]

Entities: Air Water Inc, Conyers (United States), Petroleum

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Caring for disabled vs. 'not worth saving'

"Disabled woman judged 'not worth saving.'"The headline from a story in the British newspaper, The Daily Mail, shows how worldview effects how decisions are made about life and death. It is also an ominous foreboding for those here in the United States, ... [Published Examiner.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Antibiotic, Pneumonia, Conyers (United States), Stephen Clark

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Morning-after pill's availability draws concern from parents

ATLANTA Carla Mannings considers herself to be a pretty open-minded mother.She and her 16-year-old daughter talk about everything under the sun.Boys. Friendships.How a girls body changes as she gets older.But the south Fulton, Ga., mother of two disagrees ... [Published Greater Milwaukee Today - May 21 2013]

Entities: Alveda King, Contraceptive, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sex

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Folger Shakespeare Library

'Manifold Greatness' exhibit chronicles history, impact of King James Bible

Staff Photo: Sue Ann Kuhn-Smith ---- Nancy Guinn Memorial Library Board Member Delores Baker displays an antique Bible that belonged to one of the library's founders, Irene Irwin, which will be displayed as part of the "Manifold Greatness" exhibit at ... [Published Rockdale Citizen - May 19 2013]

Entities: William Tyndale, Conyers (United States), Folger Shakespeare Library, Apollo 8

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Rugby Union

Former CSU mentor is in reach of a coaching milestone

EVOLUTION: Dave Conyers shows off the plaque commemorating the 2007 tour of the United States which his NSW Country under 18s side conducted. The former Bathurst resident is now coaching in the US. 070809pdaveRUGBY UNIONHE found his fair share of success ... [Published Bathurst Western Advocate - May 09 2013]

Entities: Conyers (United States), United States, Rugby Union, Cayman Islands

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

BUSINESS EXCHANGE - Reparations Movement Should Be Revived

by NNPA ColumnistOriginally posted 5/1/2013 Ask anyone you know and youll find most Americans dont see the validity of the issue of reparations for Blacks and dont connect the dots to see how the injustice of the past shapes everyday life in America. ... [Published Seattle Medium - May 09 2013]

Entities: Conyers (United States), John Conyers, African-Americans

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Pratt breaks ground on transfer station

Discuss Comment, Blog aboutShare this Email, Facebook, TwitterPratt Industries Division President Myles Cohen and Conyers Mayor Randy Mills break ground at Pratt's new transfer station.Pratt Industries, a Conyers-based recycled paper and packaging ... [Published Rockdale Citizen - May 07 2013]

Entities: Conyers (United States), Recycling, Landfill, East Point (United States), Workers

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Reparations movement should be revived

Ask anyone you know and you’ll find most Americans don’t see the validity of the issue of reparations for Blacks and don’t connect the dots to see how the injustice of the past shapes everyday life in America. The father of America’s contemporary reparations ... [Published Westside Gazette - May 02 2013]

Entities: Conyers (United States), John Conyers, African-Americans

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Golden State Foods honors Conyers facility

Golden State Foods, one of the largest diversified food processors and distributors in the U.S., recently announced that the Conyers facility, located at 1525 Old Covington Road, is the winner of its 2012 Chairman's Challenge award. ... [Published Rockdale Citizen - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Golden State Foods, Conyers (United States), United States

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

DEARBORN: Rally gathers those who favor more gun-control laws; group gathers to oppose new measures

DEARBORN About 50 people, including Mayor Jack OReilly and U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-14th District), gathered Saturday at Lindbergh Elementary School to protest the recent spate of mass shootings and urge changes in the countrys gun laws.The rally began ... [Published Heritage News-Herald - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Conyers (United States), Gun Control, Gun Violence, John Dingell, Gun Laws

Quotes

He also suggested President Barack Obama "surrounded himself with Satan ... members of the Jewish community."

Conyers apologizes for Farrakhans anti-Semitic remarks [Published Detroit News - 6 hours ago]

...Anti-Defamation League regional director Heidi Budaj says it's "deeply disappointing ... many Detroit leaders are apparently so willing to turn a blind eye to Farrakhan's anti-Semitism."

Jewish group: Detroit leaders abet Farrakhan bias [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 23 2013]

...to turn a blind eye to Farrakhan's anti-Semitism," said Heidi Budaj, regional director of the Michigan branch of the Anti-Defamation League. "Where are the voices in our community who are willing to stand up and say 'no' to racism and anti-Semitism?"

Jewish group denounces Farrakhan comments in Detroit [Published USA Today - May 23 2013]

"Doctors held the view that Tina's life was not worth saving, due to her disability" said Beverly Dawkins, of Mencap, a charity health service

Caring for disabled vs. 'not worth saving' [Published Examiner.com - May 22 2013]

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Obama’s War on Whistleblowers who are trying to... [Published Informed Comment - May 10 2013] Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com : What do words mean in a post-9/11 world? Apart from the now clichéd Orwellian twists that turn brutal torture into mere enhanced interrogation, the devil is in the details. Robert MacLean is a former air ...
Congress Looks at Overcriminalization [Published Cato @ Liberty - May 07 2013] Tim Lynch The House Judiciary Committee has created a task force to address the problem of overcriminalization. Here are some statements from the news release : Chairman Goodlatte: “Over-criminalization is an issue of liberty. As federal criminal ...
Was the SunTrust Agency “Shortcut” the Biggest ... [Published Foreclosure Fraud - Fighting Foreclosure Fraud ... - Apr 22 2013] Was the SunTrust Agency “Shortcut” the Biggest Fraud in Mortgage History? Via http://www.ritholtz.com After reading Gretchen Morganson’s article on the front page of the business section last week (“Note to New S.E.C. Chief: The Clock Is Ticking“) we ...
Obama Trashes Whistle Blower Protection for Fed... [Published Breitbart Feed - Mar 01 2013] President Barack Obama issued a one-page memorandum on January 25, five days after the inauguration. The memo told the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish new mandates that would allow federal ...
Three-Quarters of Progressive Caucus Taking a D... [Published Firedoglake - Feb 28 2013] Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) For the social compact of the United States, most of the Congressional Progressive Caucus has gone missing. While still on the caucus roster, three-quarters of the 70-member caucus seem lost in political smog. Those 54 members ...