Sentences with phrase «u.s. political work»

Cambridge Analytica shutting down in wake of Facebook data outrage Firm had $ 15 million in U.S. political work in the 2016 election cycleCambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, is shutting down following the disclosure of its misuse of Facebook data.

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Last fall the company worked with National Public Radio to predict which political controversies would hit in the final month of the U.S. presidential campaign.

Political Calculations offers a tool for finding the likelihood of a recession occurring in the U.S. within a future twelve month period based upon Wright's work.

b) The initial FISA application notes Steele was working for a named U.S. person, but does not name Fusion GPS and principal Glenn Simpson, who was paid by a U.S. law firm (Perkins Coie) representing the DNC (even though it was known by DOJ at the time that political actors were involved with the Steele dossier).

Sydney previously worked on a U.S. Senate race in Nevada, and has a BA in Economics and Political Science from UC Santa Barbara.

Cambridge Analytica, the political ad marketing firm that worked for President Trump and was involved in the misappropriation of 87 million Facebook users» data, is reportedly closing its U.S. offices.

Being the center of political activity in the U.S. means that this city is shaped by people from all over the country who move here to work as congressional aides, lobbyists, policy analysts, reporters, elected officials, bureaucrats, organizers, etc..

With U.S. markets rallying and considerable political uncertainty across Europe, the only thought many U.S. investors may have regarding Europe is whether the strong dollar means a summer vacation there should be in the works.

Lawmakers in the U.S. and the U.K. want answers about how exactly Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm that worked on President Trump's 2016 election campaign, was reportedly able to obtain and use data on tens of millions of Facebook users.

The U.S. Catholic bishops affirm the connection eloquently in Economic Justice for All when they write, «To worship and pray to the God of the universe is to acknowledge that the healing love of God extends to all persons and to every part of existence, including work, leisure, money, economic and political power and their use, and to all those practical policies that either lead to justice or impede it.»

Working out of his small, cluttered office at Adrian University, where he teaches political science, the seemingly indefatigable Khan stepped into the role of public intellectual for the U.S. Muslim community after 9/11 with incisive articles such as «Memo to Mr. Bin Laden: Go to Hell,» which was picked up by more than a dozen news agencies around the world.

And therein lies the second part of the problem — professional campaign consultants in the U.S. have generally taken a cut of their clients» TV spending as a commission for placing their ads, and the industry hasn't worked out a similarly profitable business model for online political advertising.

Rob Engstrom, the U.S. Chamber's senior vice president and national political director, said in a statement that Buerkle is «working to protect New York families and businesses from job killing legislation including $ 500 billion in tax hikes through Obamacare and billions more in increased energy costs.»

He said he supported Deacon over the other two Democratic candidates because she grew up in Syracuse, attended Syracuse schools, and worked her way up in the political arena, working for former Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand before running for office this year for the first time.

Tim Gill has named a gay Republican the new head of his Action Fund, the Denver Post reports: Kirk Fordham, who starts work for Gill in April, is a registered Republican whose first political job was working for then - U.S. Rep. Jim Imhofe, a conservat... Read

In this April 23 letter to the Wall Street Journal, and during recent political speeches, U.S. Rep. John Faso said he is pushing for stricter work requirements on SNAP recipients, suggesting that the food stamp program is an easy target for drug dealers and fraud.

In this April 23 letter to the Wall Street Journal, and during recent political speeches, U.S. Rep. John Faso said he is pushing for stricter work requirements on SNAP recipients, suggest...

Among those hit with subpoenas from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. are Emma Wolfe, the mayor's director of intergovernmental affairs, Ross Offinger, his top fund - raiser, and BerlinRosen, the consulting firm that works on the mayor's political campaigns.

The UFT is one of the groups that gave to the mayor's controversial now - defunct political non-profits, which worked to promote his agenda, and have snagged the attention of corruption - busting U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Silver did no work for the referral fees and used his power as speaker to direct tax breaks to two developers he referred as clients to Goldberg & Iryami, including luxury real estate firm Glenwood Management, the state's largest political donor.

Ken Lovett: «With time possibly running out on crusading U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's term, many in New York's political and legal circles are bracing for a frenzy of activity as his office works to finish up ongoing cases into the Cuomo and de Blasio administrations before the next President takes office.»

Until now, Loftus said her political experience has been limited to working on Capitol Hill in the 1970s as a legislative aide to former U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke, R - Mass.

Mayor Bloomberg's top political aide is pulling back on his lobbying campaign to propel Caroline Kennedy into the U.S. Senate because «it wasn't working,» according to sources.

The growing gap between the political power of the One Percent and the rest of us parallels the extreme economic gap between the One Percent and working people in the U.S.,» said Howie Hawkins, Green candidate for Governor of New York (http://www.howiehawkins.org).

Several speakers expressed concern about U.S. President Donald Trump's denial of climate change, Vice President Mike Pence's creationist beliefs, and Trump's willingness to work with prominent antivaccine activist Robert Kennedy Jr. «In the face of fanaticism and fear, science is regaining its ethical and political stance,» said Rosaura Ruiz Guitiérrez, director of the Faculty of Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico here.

His more recent work doesn't deal with U.S. political issues, he says, and he plans to keep it that way.

But despite new political thrusts and initiatives, many of the country's elite scientists still prefer to do their work in the U.S.

«1 in 4 U.S. employees negatively affected by political talk at work this election season, finds new survey: Younger workers in particular experiencing diminished productivity, more stress.»

«Our work shows that U.S. consumers, regardless of political standing, age, or gender, want to use more renewable energy and less fossil fuels,» Horne said.

Working Paper Series # 1: Michael A. Genovese, Art and Politics: The Political Film as a Pedagogical Tool # 2: Donald B. Morlan, Pre-World War II Propaganda: Film as Controversy # 3: Ernest D. Giglio, From Riefenstahl to the Three Stooges: Defining the Political Film # 4: John W. Williams, The Real Oliver North Loses: The Reel Bob Robert Wins # 5: Robert L. Savage, Popular Film and Popular Communication # 6: Andrew Aoki, «Chan Is Missing:» Liberalism and the Blending of a Kaleidoscopic Culture # 7: Barbara Allen, Using Film and Television in the Classroom to Explore the Nexus of Sexual and Political Violence # 8: Robert S. Robins & Jerrold M. Post, Political Paranoia as Cinematic Motif: Stone's «JFK» # 9: Richard A. Brisbin, Jr., From State and Local Censorship to Ratings: Substantitive Rationality, Political Entrepreneurship, and Sex in the Movies # 10: Stefanie L. Martin, Fiction and Independent Films: Creating Viable Communities and Coalitions by Reappropriating History # 11: Peter J. Haas, A Typology of Political Film # 12: Phillip L. Gianos, The Cold War in U.S. Films: Representing the Political Other # 13: Michael A. Genovese, The President as Icon & Straw Man: Hollywood & the Presidential Image # 14: Michael Krukones, Hollywood's Portrayal of the American President in the 1930s: A Strong and Revered Leader # 15.

The work by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) on the No Child Left Behind Act, high - school exit examinations, and other education policies uses exactly the same research methodologies as those employed by the U.S. Department of Education, state legislatures (controlled by both political parties), and other entities.

As an American abroad and working in the field of political - education reform in Central and Eastern Europe, I have been following the conversations about U.S. civics education — or, more precisely, education for democracy — with great interest over the past year.

According to Federal Election Committee reports, in addition to his work with the Connecticut Association for Achievement Advocacy, Inc., (ConnAD),, Robert Furek has been a major fundraiser and donor to the campaigns of George W. Bush for President, John McCain for President, Romney for President, Paul Ryan for Congress, Rick Santorum's U.S. senatorial run in 2006 and two extraordinarily controversial political action committees; Progress for America Voter Fund, a primary vehicle for the Koch Brother's assault on America and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

Before becoming an EP Fellow, Nicole worked as an organizer on the 2008 Obama for America Campaign and later served as political appointee in the U.S. Department of Education and the White House.

First, UFT is worried that a reconfigured U.S. Supreme Court will overrule the 1977 Abood vs. Detroit Board of Education decision, which requires all unionized teachers who live in thirty - two states without «right to work» laws to pay annual fees to unions even if they disagree with the union's political agenda.

Prior to joining the firm, Derek worked as a special assistant at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., and also as a journalist covering health care policy for the American Political Network.

Many works were realized under harsh political and social conditions, some due to U.S. interventions in Central and South America, that were complicated or compounded by the artists» experiences as women.

At MCASB she expands on a recent series of work that focuses on a history of U.S. celebrity political figures, specifically those with a Hollywood past.

Presented in tandem with his monumental outdoor sculpture Playboy Marfa, which will be installed outside Dallas Contemporary, Phillips's first U.S. solo museum exhibition will feature both past and new works that emphasize his career - long exploration of political and social identity, consumerism, eroticized desire and social constructs.

Naci parallels the exploration of diasporic Africans in colonized Cuba in Diago's work with the current political state of the U.S., saying, ``... during a crucial moment in U.S. -LSB-.....]

The Artist as Activist: Tayeba Begum Lipi and Mahbubur Rahman joins other exhibitions at the Broad MSU examining work by living artists from the U.S. and around the globe who are addressing a range of social and political issues through their practice — including recent exhibitions of South Asian artists Naiza Khan, Imran Qureshi, and Mithu Sen.

«Each of the works entering our collection is produced by artists fundamental to the development of American modern and contemporary art, and many are in direct dialogue with the social and political conditions of their day,» said Christopher Bedford, BMA Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director and Commissioner for the U.S. Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale.

Dennis RedMoon Darkeem's is a multi-media artist whose work critiques contemporary social and political issues affecting U.S. and indigenous Native American cultures, from institutionalized racism and classism to displacement of people of color.

Gideon Mendel: Drowning World joins other exhibitions at the Broad MSU examining works by living artists from the U.S. and around the globe who are confronting a range of political, economic, and social issues.

Naci parallels the exploration of diasporic Africans in colonized Cuba in Diago's work with the current political state of the U.S., saying, ``... during a crucial moment in U.S. history, as we grapple with our political systems, Diago confronts us with the bitter truth of the migrant, an alien, the traveler que se trajo un barco hoping dios la cuida, leaving reminders on each painting for a future life.»

Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Puerto Ricans» U.S. citizenship and the impending referendum on political status, Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico showcases the work of Zilia Sánchez (b. 1926), Julio Suárez (b. 1947), Arnaldo Roche Rabell (b. 1955), Pedro Vélez (b. 1971), and Elsa María Meléndez (b. 1974).

This panel will look at literature, both here and in France, and how it engages the work of identity in our era of political extremism and activist movements such as Black Lives Matter in the U.S. or the Nuit Debout in France.

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston website - «HOME — So Different, So Appealing is an exhibition showcasing works by nearly 40 U.S. Latino and Latin American artists from the late 1950s to the present who use the universal concept of «home» as a lens through which to view socioeconomic and political changes in the Americas over the past seven decades.»

Dennis RedMoon Darkeem is a multi-media artist whose work critiques contemporary social and political issues affecting U.S. and Native American cultures, from institutionalized racism and classism to displacement of people of color.

With an expanded view of Latin America that includes Latina and Chicana artists working in the U.S., Radical Women will explore how the different social, cultural, and political contexts in which these artists worked informed their practices.