Sentences with phrase «against communities of»

These objects not only tell the story of Fairhill (students were discouraged to drink the water), but also of the violence committed against communities of color and their ongoing struggle for civil rights.

A small but exasperated group of protesters gathered on Staten Island tonight to denounce a grand jury's vote not to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, accusing the Staten Island justice system and the NYPD of once more discriminating against communities of color.

As New York moves to decriminalize low - level offenses, arguing enforcement is «rigged against communities of color,» other large cities are coming under pressure from the Justice Department — now led by former head of the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn, Loretta Lynch — to do the same thing.

But city Democrats today argued that the real «rigging» in the works are voter identification and voter intimidation efforts they claimed the GOP has turned against communities of color, the poor and college students.

Hearing my own mum speak through her Azeri avatar, I saw firsthand how differences of culture truly pale against the community of our common character.

As you reach badge levels, you are ranked against the community of TrueBlue members who participate.

On Tuesday, August 31, 2010, the Canadian Press reported that a Montreal man filed a motion for leave to bring a class action suit against the Community of the Clerics of St. Viateur in Montreal and the Raymond - Dewar Institute (also known as the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb) and its priests.

Not exact matches

Rep. Brian Bosma, the speaker of the state House, said that the law does not allow discrimination against «any segment of the Hoosier community.»

Together — against forces of nature — we gradually developed to become the leading economic nation as we spread across the country, while simultaneously retaining a sense of community.

«The brand rallying against the impersonal nature of the world and bringing people and communities together is the point of view that Tim's has always had and will continue to have.»

Whether either man can shepherd a community of nations against the planet's most pressing threats is still very much an open question.

Obama gave The Atlantic several reasons for not enforcing the red line — uneasiness about a strike against Syria not being sanctioned by Congress, a lack of support from the international community and the American people, the possibility that the intelligence on the chemical - weapons attack wasn't 100 % solid — but did not mention the Iran deal among them.

«There are a lot of people trying to help us out, and it just shows the bobsled community really is one big family, even though we compete against each other,» said Gibbs.

Aside from the avalanche of media coverage, Gen Y also makes up a huge part of the start - up community in a Silicon Valley business ecosystem that's been accused of bias against those with gray hair.

«Such a divide between the local police and immigrant groups will result in increased crime against immigrants and in the broader community, create a class of silent victims, and eliminate the potential for assistance from immigrants in solving crimes or preventing crime.»

While the announcement to automatically eliminate tracking cookies in the new browser was celebrated by privacy advocates, it has been slammed by the FTC and the online ad community since it goes against Microsoft's previous agreement to a default browser setting that would require consumers to opt - out of tracking (much like what's available on Google Chrome).

It is an online community of gamers that are upset that people are speaking out against the objectified way women are portrayed in gaming culture on - screen, and the community has also provided some resistance to the growing number of female gamers.

«Until affirmative action is described and understood as one mechanism by which to make amends for historical wrongdoing against members of marginalized communities, it will fail to meaningfully address the inequality that exists as a direct result of federal policy,» he says.

«They learned a valuable lesson that the more violence you generate against the government, against the citizens, the more of a target you're going to become by the government and the international community,» Vigil said.

Crimes verging on genocide were being committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, and those crimes bore «the fingerprints of the Myanmar government and of the international community», the United Nations special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Tuesday.

Molly Burke, Founder, Bicycles Against Poverty Bicycles Against Poverty is a nonprofit that caters to remote Ugandan communities that don't have the benefit of nearby health centers and markets.

That's not just a betrayal of who we are, it would alienate the very communities at home and abroad who are our most important partners in the fight against violent extremism.

«Sources indicate that most of the cases of threats against Jewish communities and organizations, though not all, led investigators back to Israel,» The Jerusalem Post reports.

«Today's arrest in Israel is the culmination of a large - scale investigation spanning multiple continents for hate crimes against Jewish communities across our country,» US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement.

Indeed, we have seen a large increase of reported incidents of violence against Muslims, Hispanics, blacks, ethnic minorities, and the LGBT community since the election last week.

This month, two housing groups filed a complaint asking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to investigate complaints that OneWest engaged in discriminatory «redlining» practices against black and Latino communities.

B.C. is also part of a lawsuit against Ottawa arguing there was not proper consultation with Indigenous communities or other stakeholders when the pipeline was reviewed.

Members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Demand Progress and other digital rights activists are calling for a «day of action» on Feb. 11 when they hope to rouse the internet community into collectively speaking out against the NSA and the government's other intrusive surveillance tactics.

Within the Bitcoin community, there are recent reports of a «massive banning campaign» by PayPal against merchants selling anything related to the cryptocurrency.

There are a lot of things donors are looking for: A reduction in taxes, a sense of doing good in the community, and the satisfaction that comes from donating to causes that go against the opposing political party (so - called «rage donating.»)

It said Russia was responsible for carrying out cyberattacks against the US, disseminating hacked emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee, and launching a social media disinformation campaign — findings that mostly echo parts of the US intelligence community's assessment of Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

The first line of defense against elder financial abuse may be to raise awareness in our communities about the warning signs, common scams and preventative measures that might protect us from these crimes.

A protest against violence attacking black communities, the parade was one of the first public marches for civil rights.

French NGOs lodged complaints against her following the comments, but she was acquitted of «inciting hatred» because her statement did not «target all of the Muslim community» and was protected by freedom of expression.

But what I liked best about the book is how it engages with what I see as one of the most important and difficult social - policy questions of our time: How do we unstack the deck and, at the same time, get people to take ownership over improving their own lives and communities even when they reasonably believe that the deck is stacked against them?

However, there were was a stronger segment of the community that was against such increases.

There's been pushback, for example, against a proposal that would allow banks of all sizes to count mortgages held in portfolio as «qualified» under CFPB's QM rule — a provision that community banks have been urging.

«If Congress passed this bill that the American Bankers Association wants, how many community bank mortgages would be eligible for QM that aren't currently eligible... and how does that stack up against the number of mortgages held by Well Fargo, Citibank, JPMorgan and the other giants that would become eligible under this change in the rules?»

The case against Shrem has been a beacon to bitcoin community businesses warning them about the significance of regulatory compliance and following the rules of the game, which was also a theme that arose during court.

After speaking out against President Donald Trump's travel ban, members of the tech community are now seeking to take the administration to court.

The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you.

The legal dispute pits the sons of prominent figures in the community against each other in an enterprise that recruited the children of well - connected Raleigh families.

Tom DiFilipo, president and CEO of the Joint Council on International Children's Services, said UNICEF and other institutions in the international aid community have a definite «bias» against international adoptions.

LOT Network (short for License on Transfer) is a non-profit community of companies committed to protecting themselves long - term against PAEs and their patent lawsuits.

The B.C. Government's activist - driven agenda against Kinder Morgan is sending chills through the investment community across Canada and beyond, warned Chris Gardner, president of the Independent Contractors and Business Association.

«This report establishes a baseline against which we can measure the collective impact of #movethedial as we continue to increase the participation and advancement of women in our tech community,» says Chris Dulny, National Technology Sector Leader at PwC Canada.

Take, for instance, Florida's gun laws: A new report from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun control nonprofit formerly known as the Legal Community Against Violence, issued a report this month about the astronomical economic cost of Florida's awful gun violence laws.

I find myself speaking out more and more about the things I can not accept — like the failed war on drugs, mistreatment of refugees, prejudice against the LGBT community, or the fact that the death penalty still exists despite being proven to not deter crime.

WASHINGTON — French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking before a joint session of Congress, warned the US against retreating from the global community.

Yet, against the passage of time, progress towards a more open, community - driven economic model is evident.