Sentences with phrase «about issues in the race»

City Council contenders Kevin Kim and Dan Halloran answered tough questions about issues in the race to replace Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) at an East Bayside Homeowners Association candidates forum last week.

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He is concerned about the issue of childhood obesity in the U.S., and raced to raise $ 1 million for the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, which helps schools develop and improve programs focused on food and nutrition (Lawrence's website is still accepting donations).

In September, Facebook announced that 470 Russian - linked accounts had purchased about 3,000 advertisements that used divisive issues like race, religion, immigration, and gun control to rile users.

As a professor and author of the book, «Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation,» Sue uses his research to educate businesses and corporations about the intervention trainings they can do to prevent these issues from reoccurring.

«As Nextdoor has become one of the places where neighbors talk about how to make their local communities better, it is natural for the issue of race to be discussed and debated,» Tolia writes in the post.

Even as the economy and jobs consistently rank as top issues in the presidential race, many evangelical Iowans say they're weighing the personal faith of the candidates and that they still care about social issues and honoring the country's Judeo - Christian heritage.

Where does God say,» Just do spiritual warfare on ONE ISSUE at a time???»... Ever since the day of John the Baptist a WAR has been RACING in the heavens, and the VIOLENT -LRB-... Holy Spiritually VIOLENT...) are taking it... BY FORCE!!!!... As for single moms???... The tiny home initiative has reduced homelessness in Utah by over 70 % and that takes about 45 - 60 % of a single year's aide to build it THIS YEAR and next to nothing to keep it going!!!!... Next issuISSUE at a time???»... Ever since the day of John the Baptist a WAR has been RACING in the heavens, and the VIOLENT -LRB-... Holy Spiritually VIOLENT...) are taking it... BY FORCE!!!!... As for single moms???... The tiny home initiative has reduced homelessness in Utah by over 70 % and that takes about 45 - 60 % of a single year's aide to build it THIS YEAR and next to nothing to keep it going!!!!... Next issueissue....

Just a nice, quiet, radically fast young man with no interest in making social statements and no clue as to why anyone — all the reporters who peppered him with questions about race after he won the gold medal, all the people roaming websites, even a writer from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED — would make color an issue.

Many community activists and school administrators talk about race as a big factor in educational performance, and others mention economic issues — and those are factors.

Good information is creeping out about how Democrat Terry McAuliffe used digital and data tools to win the Virginia governor's race last week, and you can look for my analysis piece in the next issue of Campaigns & Elections mag.

Maybe this is his strategy — stay out of the last leadership race — it's likely to produce a dud, get the position of party chairman, make challenging powerful speeches and articles (he has identified the English democratic defecit, Toque, in his New Statesman article, which is about the best on the issue from any MP see: http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/08/labour-party-english-england), make more of a public name for himself, then stand when the prospects of victory are real.

«This was a race about issues and I tried to make the entire race about issues and my record,» Lorigo said, «and I think the voters heard it and they want checks and balances in county government and we are going to continue to provide those checks and balances for as long as I sit there.»

As Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is poised to endorse Assemblyman David Weprin today in hopes of blunting the whole Israel issue in the NY - 9 race, Weprin's Republican opponent, Bob Turner, is resurrecting a controversial topic about which we haven't heard much of late: The so - called Ground Zero mosque.

The same NYRA discussion panel included Patrick M. Connors, chairman of the state Racing Fan Advisory Council, which issued a highly critical report on July 2 about NYRA's handling of the June 7 Belmont Stakes event in Nassau County.

In May, Van Hollen traveled with Giffords to New York for a fundraiser with some financial titans, and, while she spoke about favorite issues of hers such as solar energy and national security, she spent the bulk of her time discussing immigration and its role in her racIn May, Van Hollen traveled with Giffords to New York for a fundraiser with some financial titans, and, while she spoke about favorite issues of hers such as solar energy and national security, she spent the bulk of her time discussing immigration and its role in her racin her race.

He actually makes some good points in the video, sure he's trying to be funny too but the issues he's addressing are important and I don't hear the other candidates in the race talking about them.

«For my part, I will spend the next 27 days continuing to spread the word about the clear choice facing voters in this race — between my progressive plan for better healthcare and high - paying jobs in Queens, and Peter Vallone's extreme Conservative Party - backed views on core issues like women's healthcare and marriage equality,» she added.

I'm glad to see my opponent is a gentleman, who seems to be somebody who likes to talk about the issues, which I think is great when you think about some of the things America is observing in the presidential race,» the congressman said.

Lewis wouldn't speculate about endorsing a candidate in next year's race, but she has been working on minority - hiring issues with city Comptroller Scott Stringer, considered a potential mayoral challenger.

The crowd chanted «Medicare, Medicare» during Hochul's victory speech in Buffalo, after the issue became the center of the once - little talked about race.

I've talked about these issues before, and always acknowledged them, and the voters who know me know these are non-issues that have no bearing on this race,» he said in a statement.

Grisanti hasn't yet said whether he will continue campaigning on the Independence Party line in the general election, nor have the Senate Republicans issued any formal statement about the race.

Asked about the traditionally poor turnout of voters in the heavily - minority Fillmore District, Mascia says voters are turned off by nothing being done and says he will run a get - out - the vote campaign for his issues on race, class and economic inequities.

«Her being a lesbian and my being a lesbian» is not the issue, the gubernatorial candidate told the Post, adding that the race was about «the corruption in Albany.

The New Britain Area League of Women Voters will sponsor a candidates forum where candidates in nearly a half - dozen races will get to field questions about their positions on a variety of issues facing Connecticut.

The real voice of reason in this race comes instead from left field, from Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, who has waged a consistently serious race and who on Wednesday issued a call for his fellow candidates to stop arguing about sports teams and debate issues like jobs, health care and climate change.

In the one month since Nixon entered the race, Cuomo has put an end to the IDC, said «the facts have changed» about legal recreational marijuana, announced plans to restore voting rights to felons on parole in New York, killed an offshore natural gas pipeline that had been in the works, and issued an executive order to prevent federal immigration official from state buildingIn the one month since Nixon entered the race, Cuomo has put an end to the IDC, said «the facts have changed» about legal recreational marijuana, announced plans to restore voting rights to felons on parole in New York, killed an offshore natural gas pipeline that had been in the works, and issued an executive order to prevent federal immigration official from state buildingin New York, killed an offshore natural gas pipeline that had been in the works, and issued an executive order to prevent federal immigration official from state buildingin the works, and issued an executive order to prevent federal immigration official from state buildings.

Waldron endorsed Bill de Blasio in the 2013 mayor's race, with de Blasio speaking at length about the leadership Waldron has shown on social justice issues, and how he has a bright future ahead of him.

Mr. Hawkins answered a wide variety of questions on several issues important in the Governor's race to a crowd of about 100 people.

Asked by CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley about the union involvement and the criticism it has received, Halter called the topic a «diversion from the real issues» in his race against Lincoln.

There are more substantive issues to be discussing in a race for Congress than what Rep. Dan Maffei and challenger John Katko are talking about, Miner said.

The New York Times editorial board has just endorsed another candidate in the race, former presidential aide Clyde Williams, who has said he wants to make this race about issues, not about the congressman's personality and political influence.

Today's lead editorial in the Times Union lambasted Cuomo & Astorino for failing to run serious campaigns and praised Howie Hawkins, writing «The real voice of reason in this race comes instead from left field, from Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, who has waged a consistently serious race and who on Wednesday issued a call for his fellow candidates to stop arguing about sports teams and debate issues like jobs, health care and climate change.»

Davis, the third party candidate, acknowledged Medicare is dominating the conversation in the race, but he insists the real issue voters here care about is the economy.

The victorious candidate in both the Lee and Weiner replacement races framed what the election would be about, riding a single issue to victory.

Kassia DeVorsey, an MIT - educated analytics specialist who was one of the «cave dwellers» in the Obama campaign's dimly - lit Chicago data office, estimated that Democratic campaigns around the country had about 100 data scientists working on their races, with another 100 doing work on independent expenditures and issue campaigns.

The panelists spoke candidly about their experiences as women of color in academia and answered a range of questions — from how they achieved personal / professional balance to how they felt about constant requests (including this one) to speak at programs on issues related to race, gender, or both.

in the May issue claims that biologists say the concept of race is biologically meaningless, presumably because «any large human population has about 85 percent as much genetic variation as the species as a whole.»

The far ultraviolet images revealed that the front edges of the shimmering auroral curtains, which can stretch 1000 kilometers tall on Saturn, raced across the planet's surface at more than 4 kilometers per second — about three times faster than the planet rotates, the researchers report in a forthcoming issue of Geophysical Research Letters.

As reported in the February issue of the journal Psychological Science, those who were mentally depleted — that is, those who did not have the energy to exert personal discipline and self - control — found talking about race with a black man much more enjoyable than did those whose self - control was intact.

Because our immune response to its content had been repressed through our inability to engage in constructive public discourse about issues of race relations and police brutality.

And as I raced in the door that night, shedding layers of clothing and laptops, scrambling to get ready, ranting to the Mr. about the latest issue that has cropped up at work, I stopped.

The Latest In my previous post, I promised I would detail my thoughts about why America has a constant race issue.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival papeIn addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival papein which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

And you have two movies about race relations, each starring Sidney Poitier, but coming at the issue from different angles — the social comedy - drama «Guess Who's Coming to Dinner» and the crime drama «In the Heat of the Night.»

Ensuring that it doesn't get left behind in the» stories about affluent white folks struggling with daddy issues» arms race, Netflix has announced that it's picking up Noah Baumbach's latest film for its online streaming library.

The Dolby Surround soundmix is sharp and workmanlike — like the movie that it decorates, nothing remarkable, nothing jarring — while a feature - length commentary provided by Hackford and screenwriter Thomas Rickman is difficult to sit through, not for the fact of any dead spots (there aren't any), but for the way that Hackford likes to talk about how race was an issue in the Old South as though everyone else is an idiot.

I tried to think like a Yahoo! commenter while watching Coogler's film because I felt like the message of the film was already speaking to my choir and I wanted to consider how filmmakers and artists can reach beyond the echo chamber to try and change some minds about the issue of race in contemporary America.

While this film tackles a huge issue in the history of race relations in America, it's also a remarkably involving true story about a couple tenaciously holding on to each other in the middle of a storm of oppression.

Well, the wait is over now, with Hidalgo, a slightly ridiculous film starring Viggo Mortensen about a horse race across Arabia in the late nineteenth century, apparently based on a true story (and Touchstone Pictures has also just issued a press release confirming that Father Christmas is real after all).