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News Americas Now Caribbean And Latin America Daily News
February 1, 2018
They both ran against Congressman Major Owens, who had been accused of being old and out of touch with the district. Despite the Clarke name golden in the area, each lost to him. Yvette Clarke only won once Owens retired. Adem-Bunkeddeko-for-congress Adem Bunkeddeko was born in Brooklyn toÃÂ ...
Valley Breeze
November 21, 2017
Scituate High softball player Jane Owens, center, joins her mother, Catherine Owens, left, and father, Bryant University head baseball coach Steve Owens, right, in signing her National Letter of Intent to continue her softball career at Bryant during a ceremony on Nov. 14, at the high school. Owens, who isÃÂ ...
Crain's New York Business
June 5, 2017
Major Owens long recognized the armory's potential as an indoor recreation center on the model of the Park Slope or Fort Washington armories. This vision remained front and center in community workshops about how to redevelop the armory. These discussions also considered the potential to provideÃÂ ...
Vox
May 4, 2017
Five years later, New York City Congress member Charles Rangel equated Republicans' social policies toward minorities with the treatment of Jews under Hitler, and his fellow representative, Major Owens, declared Republicans "worse than Hitler." The impulse to Hitlersplain existed across much of theÃÂ ...
Black Star News
October 24, 2013
A librarian by training and the first professional librarian ever elected to Congress, Major Owens served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007. He was an active member of the Congressional Black Caucus and a member of the Education Committee during his entire tenure. He served as aÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 22, 2013
Major R. Owens, a former librarian who went to Congress from Brooklyn and remained there for 24 years, fighting for more federal aid for education and other liberal causes, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 77. His death, at NYU Langone Medical Center, was caused by renal and heart failure, hisÃÂ ...
Valley Breeze
November 21, 2017
Scituate High softball player Jane Owens, center, joins her mother, Catherine Owens, left, and father, Bryant University head baseball coach Steve Owens, right, in signing her National Letter of Intent to continue her softball career at Bryant during a ceremony on Nov. 14, at the high school. Owens, who isÃÂ ...
Crain's New York Business
June 5, 2017
Major Owens long recognized the armory's potential as an indoor recreation center on the model of the Park Slope or Fort Washington armories. This vision remained front and center in community workshops about how to redevelop the armory. These discussions also considered the potential to provideÃÂ ...
Vox
May 4, 2017
Five years later, New York City Congress member Charles Rangel equated Republicans' social policies toward minorities with the treatment of Jews under Hitler, and his fellow representative, Major Owens, declared Republicans "worse than Hitler." The impulse to Hitlersplain existed across much of theÃÂ ...
Roll Call
October 22, 2013
Former Rep. Major Owens, a New York Democrat who represented Brooklyn for 12 terms and came to be known at the “Rapping Rep” for writing rap lyrics around his political beliefs, died on Monday night. His son, Chris Owens, said his father died of heart and renal failure at New York University's LangoneÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 22, 2013
Major R. Owens, a former librarian who went to Congress from Brooklyn and remained there for 24 years, fighting for more federal aid for education and other liberal causes, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 77. His death, at NYU Langone Medical Center, was caused by renal and heart failure, hisÃÂ ...
Crain's New York Business
December 31, 1999
The Clarkes have won every race they have run except for Una's against longtime Rep. Major Owens in 2004; that four-way race, during which Owens was similarly accused of having poor constituent services and weak fundraising, demonstrated the very power of incumbency that Bunkeddeko, who hasÃÂ ...
News Americas Now Caribbean And Latin America Daily News
October 2, 2017
Bill de Blasio; Senators Chuck Schumer, Christine Gillibrand; Congress members Yvette Clarke, Major Owens, Ed Towns, Charles Rangel and ...
Our Time Press
September 29, 2017
... C. Taylor (Concord Baptist Church of Christ); Brother Sonny Carson, Sister Lucille Rose, Congressman Major Owens and Sister Janie Green.
Crain's New York Business
June 5, 2017
Major Owens long recognized the armory's potential as an indoor recreation center on the model of the Park Slope or Fort Washington armories ...
Kings County Politics
March 20, 2017
“This [armory] project came through the mind of [former Congressman and the late] Major Owens and I want to stay true to that,” said Mosley.
The Missoulian
December 25, 2016
“There was nothing like a house nearer than Stevensville, where Major Owens (sic) had two or three cabins inside the enclosure now known as ...
Politico
October 22, 2013
NEW YORK — Major Owens, a New York City Democrat who served 12 terms in the U.S. House and was credited with helping to pass the ...
New York Times
October 22, 2013
Representative Major R. Owens, Democrat of New York, at the N.A.A.C.P. convention in Chicago in 1994. Credit Frank Polich/Associated Press.
Vox
August 5, 2017
Brooklyn's Rep. Major Owens (D-NY) and David Dinkins, who served as mayor of New York City in the early 1990s, were both DSA members.
PJ Media
July 31, 2017
You don't believe me, ask Major Owens. As I tell you, these people who preach this claptrap on slavery are mentally ill. You might also askÃÂ ...
Crain's New York Business
June 5, 2017
Major Owens long recognized the armory's potential as an indoor recreation center on the model of the Park Slope or Fort Washington armoriesÃÂ ...
Kings County Politics (registration)
March 20, 2017
“This [armory] project came through the mind of [former Congressman and the late] Major Owens and I want to stay true to that,” said Mosley.
The Missoulian
December 25, 2016
“There was nothing like a house nearer than Stevensville, where Major Owens (sic) had two or three cabins inside the enclosure now known asÃÂ ...
Albany Times Union
November 3, 2016
... two dozen members of Congress from across the state, including Gerald Solomon, Michael McNulty, Sherwood Boehlert and Major Owens.
Roll Call
October 22, 2013
Former Rep. Major Owens, a New York Democrat who represented Brooklyn for 12 terms and came to be known at the “Rapping Rep” forÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 22, 2013
Representative Major R. Owens, Democrat of New York, at the N.A.A.C.P. convention in Chicago in 1994. Credit Frank Polich/Associated Press.
Kings County Politics (registration)
March 20, 2017
"This [armory] project came through the mind of [former Congressman and the late] Major Owens and I want to stay true to that," said Mosley.
The OU Campus
February 25, 2017
As a Sport Studies major, Owens wants to coach collegiate basketball after his athletic journey ceases. Dreams can be big and we have the right to have them but there is one thing we must keep in mind: Dreams remain as dreams if we don't put effort andÃÂ ...
Our Time Press
January 13, 2017
Prior to his passing in 2013, the late Congressman Major Owens, founder of the MLK Commission, made his vision for the commission's contests very clear: "In memory of Dr.
The Missoulian
December 24, 2016
"There was nothing like a house nearer than Stevensville, where Major Owens (sic) had two or three cabins inside the enclosure now known as the 'adobe fort,' which was then surrounded by a stockade.
Texas Examiner
December 23, 2016
A 44 year old woman was also arrested for alleged aggravated assault of a public servant and aggravated assault and family violence with a deadly weapon.
Trek Mate
December 5, 2016
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AlterNet
November 17, 2016
Major Owens (D-NY) introduced the Wrongful Death Accountability Act, which sought to upgrade the penalty for corporate manslaughter from a mere misdemeanor to a felony offense, and doubling the maximum prison time, from 6 months to 1 year, for lying toÃÂ ...
AlterNet
November 17, 2016
Major Owens (D-NY) introduced the Wrongful Death Accountability Act, which sought to upgrade the penalty for corporate manslaughter from a mere misdemeanor to a felony offense, and doubling the maximum prison time, from six months to a year, for lyingÃÂ ...
Our Time Press
November 3, 2016
It was the time of some political greats, and Brooklyn was the center of Black politics with Shirley Chisholm, Major Owens, Al Vann beginning his political career.
Albany Times Union
November 3, 2016
... large collection in its New York State Modern Political Archive section, which includes material from more than two dozen members of Congress from across the state, including Gerald Solomon, Michael McNulty, Sherwood Boehlert and Major Owens.
Our Time Press
November 3, 2016
From the time that Congressman Major Owens envisioned revitalizing the Bedford Union Armory until now, tremendous progress has been made.
Car and Driver
October 3, 2016
Then the discussion with a guy called Major Owens. He was saying they'd had a shitty year, their income had fallen, he's making all these excuses, and so my expected 50 was dropping to 20 then 10 then even lower; I hadn't mentioned a number yet ...
The Patriot News
September 21, 2016
Byrd's desire for missions came from talking with her friend Lauren Owens, junior mass communication major. Owens told about her experience in missions the previous year.
The Federalist
September 6, 2016
Major Owens, Harvey Pekar, Sean Penn, Harold Pinter, Mark Ruffalo, Rep. Bobby Rush, Susan Sarandon, Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Sheen, Gloria Steinem, Studs Terkel, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Walker, Rep. Maxine Waters, Cornel West, and HowardÃÂ ...
CNSNews.com (blog)
May 25, 2016
Nationally syndicated radio show host Mark Levin explained on his show Tuesday that Hawaii is "trying to expose its law-abiding, gun-owning citizens to a federal database.
American Spectator
April 14, 2016
A few months later, Brooklyn congressman Major Owens explicitly rejected what is now received wisdom about media hype. "None of the press accounts really have exaggerated what is actually going on," Owens said; the crack epidemic was "as bad as anyÃÂ ...
New York Magazine
April 8, 2016
But, in the end, not only Bernie Sanders but Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi and Bill Bradley and Carol Moseley-Braun and Major Owens voted for the bill, while Strom Thurmond and Trent Lott voted against it. Are we to assume the latter were farsighted andÃÂ ...
Streetsblog New York (blog)
March 25, 2016
Conceived in 2013 with funding from the Department of Environmental Protection and the late Congressman Major Owens, the project would rebuild most of Empire Boulevard and turn slip lanes at each end of the neighborhood, where drivers can take turnsÃÂ ...
Salon
February 15, 2016
If Barkley gets his chance, he will be the first congressman to try to repeal the Second Amendment since the 1990s, when his hero, Rep. Major Owens of Brooklyn, New York, tried it twice. But how would the government even begin to confiscate the 350 ...
New York Times
February 9, 2016
Until the 1950s and 1960s, when men like Major Owens, Percy Sutton, Charles Rangel and Dinkins and women like Shirley Chisolm and Anna Arnold Hedgeman came into power, black New Yorkers had hardly any political advocates.
The Hill
February 8, 2016
Major Owens (D-N.Y.) and $2,100 went to his son Chris's unsuccessful 2006 House campaign. Lynch also contributed $1,000 to the failed 2008 campaign of North Carolina investment banker Jim Neal and $2,000 to the fruitless 2008 campaign of OregonÃÂ ...
Kings County Politics (registration)
February 5, 2016
Robinson worked for several elected officials including former Congressman Major Owens and was elected to the City Council in 1991.
Uckfield News
February 4, 2016
Trampolinists Kristy Scholler, 14, Jasmine Etherington, 11, and Luca Major-Owens, 12, who are in one of two teams which will be representing Uckfield Community Technology College at the British Gymnastics National Schools Final in Wigan in March.
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