Sentences with phrase «against working americans»

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It has already drawn severe criticism from the Iraqi government, whose forces are working closely with U.S. forces against ISIS, and from Iraqi politicians now threatening to impose travel restrictions on Americans entering Iraq,» he added.

The hype preceding Target's arrival now works against every other beloved American brand that makes a Canadian foray.

«I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit,» Ladar Levinson, the company's founder, said in a letter to users.

«We can watch very focused efforts to steal American information, to infiltrate the United States with spies — with people who are going to work on behalf of the Chinese government against America,» Pompeo said in an interview.

American habits are working against recyclers: Between 2000 and 2013, the amount of paper and paperboard Americans have sent to facilities has dropped 22 %.

A few years into the wars, American and coalition forces started to realize the twentieth century military mechanism wasn't going to work against a dangerous, dynamic and vastly decentralized enemy.

So far, its strategy is working, shattering prevailing assumptions that young American tech companies can not compete against local rivals.

None of the charges against Americans or Trump advisers so far have directly alleged that they worked with Russia to interfere with the campaign.

To be aware of that and to work against it can be dangerous, but a significant part of the Latin American church is aware and working and accepting the risks entailed.

Kyle Haselden, the late editor of the journal, explains that at a conference on Church and Society, convened by the National Council of Churches, one of the so - called «work groups» declared that American society is guilty of overt violence against the poor and maintains an unacceptable order of injustice, and that the church supports this exploitation by its own «systemic» violence.

Latin American theology today lives by «hope against hope,» in the apparently absurd confidence that small and humble practices of faith such as singing together or remembering the stories about Jesus can work toward rekindling a viable praxis of structural change.

In fact, U.S. liberation movements are already under way in women's groups, community organizing efforts among the poor, the search for freedom by gay and lesbian communities, and in Native American, African American and Hispanic struggles against U.S. racism, and in a host of works for justice, peace and the wholeness of creation.

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

His jeremiads against the collapse of moral absolutes resonates with many black Americans who have experienced firsthand the despair and destruction wrought by the collapse of shared public norms.

The very fact that, in 2012, a presidential candidate from one party can create instant headlines by arguing against a speech made by a presidential candidate of the other party, more than 50 years ago, should be enough to convince any fair - minded American that we still have much work to do as we try to reason with each other about these questions.

Although his work penetrated more deeply into the issue of transcendence over against immanence, Altizer was joined in his quest by other scholars and particularly by the American Jewish educator Richard L. Rubenstein, who maintained that «after Auschwitz,» the title of his book on this subject, 27 it was no longer possible to entertain the idea of a Judeo - Christian God presiding over the affairs of humankind.

The USCC's Thomas Lynch has successfully defended the new American guidelines against an attempt by the conservative front to drive an ideological wedge between the USCC's work and the work from Cardinal Baum's group.

If we are to understand the peculiar links between religious commitment and economic justice in American society, therefore, we must also locate the cultural pressures that work against taking responsibility for the poor — some of which are also reinforced by religious commitments.

None of his scare tactics against Americans worked.

He became interested in housing for Native Americans, and has built affordable housing on reservations in the northwestern U.S. Former prostitute and drug addict Norma Hotaling's organization SAGE (Standing Against Global Exploitation) works with prostitutes in San Francisco, many of whom have been abused and are addicted to drugs.

The story of Kid Rock reads like an «Against All Odds» American success story of hard work, perseverance, and a commitment to excellence throughout his multi-million selling recording career — and he has done so in his signature «Bad Ass» fashion complete with undeniable style and swagger.

It's that background and history that gives Espresso Americano the edge against other coffee franchises, and North America Director David Kubena says the company's knowledge will serve it well as it works to make greater inroads into the North American market.

* While there are, as of yet, no clinical studies to confirm the results, a laboratory study conducted at the College of Pharmacy at Oregon State University (OSU) presented at a December 2007 meeting of the American Society of Health - System Pharmacists found that an ointment containing benzethonium chloride with tea tree and white thyme oil worked best against all four tested MRSA strains, while ointments containing neomycin, polymyxin, and gramicidin also had some antibacterial effectiveness.

The world governing body of soccer, FIFA, awarded her the FIFA Fair Play Award, the first woman and American to receive the award, for her work against child labor in the stitching of soccer balls.

It is unwise and unnecessary to pit 9/11 heroes against 15 million out - of - work Americans, and we could have and should have protected both in this bill.»

In a news conference held yesterday at the offices of Asian Americans for Equality, attorneys working on the case pro-bono announced a civil lawsuit against the building owner, Fair Only Real Estate Corp..

Local officials say cutting off access to their waterfront has worked against the American side of the falls.

Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries was equally dissatisfied with the outcome, saying that the «system is rigged» under Republican rule and that the «deck is stacked against hard - working Americans.»

«Democrats have a clear choice to make: whether to work together with the Republicans to deliver a health - care system that works for every American or continue to work against Americans and protect the proven ACA failures.»

«It is a crime against working class Americans, it destroys local economies and this has been allowed to happen by Democrats and Republicans at all levels.»

The UFT will work with its national unions, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association (NEA), to fight against tax cuts that unfairly target those who need help the most including senior citizens, those who earn the least, children, the poor and the destitute.

Lipton and others within the party, sources say, believe running someone who would likely launch a Democratic primary challenge against James, looking to become the first black woman elected to statewide office, could alienate African - American liberals the Working Families Party is trying to cultivate.

Syracuse, NY — A group of Oneida Nation members, and other Native Americans working at Oneida Nation Enterprises, left for New York City early this morning to join a protest against NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The work, published this week in mBio ®, an online open - access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, suggests that immunizing pregnant women against HSV and similar infections could prevent serious brain disease related to these conditions in fetuses and newborns, said senior study author David A. Leib, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at the medical school.

In this episode, Scientific American news editor Phil Yam discusses how veterinarians, physicians and multinational food companies need to work together in the global fight against animal - borne infectious diseases; and University of Wisconsin evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll talks about recent research tracking the evolution of yeast genes with specific functions descended from a single, duplicated gene with multiple functions.

Today is the 74th birthday of Baruch Blumberg, an American research physician whose work has led to blood screening and a vaccine against hepatitis B.

Heat Vision reported on Wednesday that he plans on directing an adaptation of the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. For those unable to watch it when it aired between 1964 and 1968, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. follows two secret agents — one American and one Russian — as they work for U.N.C.L.E. (the United Network Command for Law Enforcement) against the evil organization THRUSH (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity).

It's directed by Jordan Vogt - Roberts, who is THE COOLEST (especially because he's come to the Chicago Critics Film Festival twice, first for his wonderful 2013 indie The Kings of Summer and then for his hilarious 2014 documentary Nick Offerman: American Ham), but hadn't ever worked on something of this scale, so I hoped against hope he could pull it off.

That defiant rage - against - the - machine sensibility wasn't all that Anton Yelchin and his screen work represented, but it is hardly the worst way to remember him: Possessed of a brilliant punk sensibility in a world that too often prefers American idols, he was a singular voice silenced terribly soon.

Maggie Smith goes completely against type to play a working - class woman who spouts the sort of racist comments that would cost a highly rated American comedian his career.

Working with a script by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider - Man), Emmerich's other proclivities are evident, including a life or death scenario that threatens the fabric of society, a quest to prove worth against the odds, the reuniting of a fractured family, and the triumph of American values when the stakes are heightened.

The plethora of modern American accents works against the game's alternative universe.

Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice - taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.

Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice — taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.

There is already talk that the Trump Administration will gut the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, which has worked vigilantly under the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama to address issues such as overuse of harsh traditional school discipline against Black and American Indian children.

www.mlfa.org Muslim Legal Fund of America: Funds legal work and programs to defend Muslims against injustice in American courtrooms, prisons, and communities.

Howard Smith, a professor of bicultural - bilingual studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, explained: «One of the arguments levied against African - American children, especially in the poor areas where the dual - language programs are springing up, is that, «Well, these kids don't speak standard English anyway, and we need to work on their standard English.

But statistics showing African - American students in the district were eight times more likely to get an out - of - school suspension than white students last year raises questions about whether the discipline code works against efforts to close the achievement gap.

Both the teachers unions such as the American Federation of Teachers and Republicans are working together against this demand: