Sentences with phrase «for national debate»

When Neel began painting her neighbours in Spanish Harlem in the 1940s and 50s, urban deprivation was becoming a subject for national debate.

The investigation has provided more fuel for the national debate over how charter schools use suspensions, expulsions and other harsh disciplinary practices to weed out students who need extra support and, in so doing, boost the schools» test scores.

Nine years later, his name appeared on a list of scientists proposed to the Environmental Protection Agency as arbiters of climate science for a national debate meant to provide Americans «true, legitimate, peer - reviewed, objective, transparent discussion about CO ₂.»

The Chief Psychiatrist of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Akwasi Osei, has condemned calls for a national debate on the legalisation of marijuana in the country, describing it as «a dangerous call».

As for the national debate, Senate Democrats think that centrist voters in most states reject the Ryan plan to overhaul Medicare.

While this is a local election - the Democratic mayoral primary - the race is being closely watched far beyond the District because the outcome could carry significant implications for the national debate over education reform.

Labour must face down the Tories and set its own terms for a national debate on nuclear weapons.

There is still time for a national debate that could affect the final decision of Congress — but just barely.

Reciting the imperfections of democracy does not lead ineluctably to the conclusion that the least accountable branch of the federal government is the better forum for our national debate about public values.

This opened up an interesting opportunity for a national debate about what we want E.I. to be — coverage right now is at all time lows, and the accumulated deficit from the last recession -LSB-...]

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With the country locked in a national debate about what an appropriate living wage should be, pay — in particular the minimum hourly rate — has become a sticking point for many businesses and their workers.

The hearing, set for Tuesday, is the latest development in a showdown between Apple and the U.S. government that has become a lightning rod in the national debate over digital privacy and what kind of data on phones and personal devices should be accessible by law enforcement.

Their early 1990s study Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast - Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (available for download here) showed «no indication that the rise in the minimum wage reduced employment» and sparked a national debate.

«This review will look at the sustainability of the national, regional and local press, how content creators are appropriately rewarded for their online creations, and ensure that the UK has a vibrant, independent and plural free press as one of the cornerstones of our public debate.»

His bid for the presidency was marred by a seemingly inadequate knowledge of national affairs, which was most pronounced during a televised debate that showed Perry unable to remember the name of a third federal department he'd said he planned to cut, along with the Departments of Commerce and Education.

The development could bring an abrupt end to the high - stakes legal showdown which has become a lightning rod for a broader debate on data privacy in the United States, which was inflamed by revelations in 2013 from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden about the U.S. government's massive surveillance programs.

With the debate continuing to roil Washington, Inc. offers this modest prescription for immigration policies that preserve our national brand as the land of opportunity — and prosperity — for all.

Alice Hill, who directed resilience policy for the National Security Council in the Obama administration, said the wider debate over cutting climate - warming emissions may have distracted people from promptly pursuing ways to reduce risks and economic and societal costs from natural disasters.

The panel features former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and former National Security Agency Director Michael McConnell to debate with Nuala O'Conner, CEO for the Center for Democracy and Technology, and Trevor Hughes, president and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Ann is known for her debate skills (she placed first in the National Tournament of Champions and second in the State of California in high school) and was part of a five - person team at Yale that competed in the Robocup Competition in Paris, France.

The indictment of 13 Russian nationals for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election has reignited the debate on whether Facebook and other social - media giants are a threat to democracy.

The longer Europe refuses to debate honestly about debt and the euro, and the the longer it suffers from stagnation and unemployment, the more credible the Front National becomes in denouncing centrist parties for sacrificing workers and the middle class to protect the interest of bankers.

Canada's coming national price on carbon adds further fuel to the debate, as some will be looking for Canadian industries affected by the carbon price to get protections, maybe even in the form of a carbon tax applied at the border on goods coming from places in the U.S. where there is no such policy.

Its intention to file for bankruptcy has been known at least since February, but sources told The Wall Street Journal that the filing was delayed after the school shooting in Parkland Florida on February 14 that re-awakened the national debate on gun regulations.

ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Greece's left - wing government launched an auction Tuesday for four private national television licenses, reducing the number from seven after a heated public debate on corruption in the financially troubled country.

Mirroring a larger internal NDP debate on the national level, Mr. Eggen has released a statement calling for peace between Israel and the Palestinians living in Gaza.

And amid the debate over how far the government should go to protect certain industries in the era of global competition and technological change, some trade and industry experts are questioning whether the administration is simply using national security as an excuse for economic protectionism.

Their interest in local and national politics is intense: They picket regularly for pro-life causes, enroll their children in debate clubs that argue for conservative political ideas, and rally for Bush in the 2000 election.

Then there is the way in which Americans determine their own national interest» from manifest destiny, to Woodrow Wilson's crusade for democracy, to the delegitimation of America's war in Vietnam, to the debate over just war and the Gulf War.

Our national debate about marriage would be richer if we asked just what it is that God intends for us in marriage.

It has not taken long for Dolan's role as spokesman for the Catholic Church on the national stage to draw him into a prominent debate that was occasioned by a controversial action of President Obama regardingthe definition of marriage.

The current political climate within the American Church is full of debate over a myriad of national and moral issues, however, protecting the environment should not be up for debate...

Not only did the dissenters not argue for or desire separation, but separation simply was not part of the national debate until well into the 1800s.

But one might imagine, for example, how the fierce debates over «globalization» that recently spread to the streets of Seattle might occasion yet another «constitutional revolution» in which the people insert themselves into the politics of international trade on behalf of either ceding or protecting the national sovereignty that the Constitution formally entrusts to them.

«All the same, historians in the twenty - first century may give President Clinton and his wife considerable credit for having sparked the first truly national debate on a thorough reform of health care.»

Ting stresses the need for ministers who are sophisticated enough to make a contribution to the national debates over the role of religion.

For virtually no problems faced by and politically debated within these societies are without a moral dimension, including very technical economic problems (such as, say, the prime lending rate or rates of exchange between national currencies).

There is room for debate about how comprehensive the safety net should be, and whether it is best funded and managed by local or national governments or by private voluntary agencies.

Though Lincoln lost the Senate race to Douglas — their rematch, this time for the presidency, would come just two years later — the debates propelled Lincoln to national prominence for his stances against slavery, against Dred Scott, and against the «supremacy» of a renegade Supreme Court.

ACCC Chair Graeme Samuel «called for a reality check in the debate around food inflation and the dominance of two players in the grocery market, when he addressed the National Retail Forum in Melbourne today.»

In a speech to the National Consumer Congress in Sydney today -LRB-»Em powering consumers in the digital age») ACCC Chairman Ron Sims highlights «price signalling» as an area for debate in the forthcoming root and branch review, claiming «recent statements regarding airline capacity shows why these laws need to be extended to all sectors of the economy».

«For now, the Bear vs. Saban is not much of a debate among the fan base, with Paul Bryant still holding the lead (longevity, tenure, SEC titles, national championships, impact on the game),» said Evans.

Shared facts do not extend far beyond Heisman winners and national champions, and even the mythical national champion from a given season is often up for debate.

«It's a way for us to engage the argument around drug policy for folks who might not necessarily think in those terms, or be familiar with the larger debate, which is our whole interest — taking the debate beyond the field, especially during a national opioid crisis.»

Senior writer Richard Hoffer wrote in SI's 50th Anniversary Issue, in 2003, that sports «evolved from a local flavor to a national appetite... and suddenly, all sorts of people could talk to one another, volatile debates defused by a shared passion for sports.»

For citizens of this country the best - known setting at the American National Exhibition in Moscow is probably the kitchen where Khrushchev and Nixon held one of their livelier debates.

The former Sheffield United forward's proposed move back into football after he was convicted and served two and a half years behind bars for rape has been a particularly divisive and controversial one with an almost national debate questioning whether anyone who has committed such an abhorrent sex crime should be allowed to return to a lucrative and privileged position in football.

But for the larger group of casual fans with an outside curiosity about the national championship or the sport in general, the constant hammering over the head with terms like «native sandy areas» (and attendant rules parsing, delay, and debate) will sound like the stuff of a niche sport, and is a turnoff.

From drawing our attention to the ignored but obvious, to making attractive points and arguments, to drawing sensationalist targets — he has reopened a debate on the foreign nature of the Premier League and its consequences for the national team's future achievements.

There has been much debate recently over whether the England national team is paying the price for having so many foreigners in the league.