Sentences with phrase «in policy movements»

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Breitbart is known for supporting what some refer to as the «alt right» movement in the United States, a loose affiliation of politically conservative groups that include overtly racist organizations such as Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute, which advocates for something it calls «white nationalism.»

But in the wake of the #MeToo movement and sexual harassment allegations that have come to light across multiple industries over the past several months, it's on every company to assess whether their HR policies in this arena make it possible for everyone to feel safe at work.

«When you change your trading relationship and population movements with the world, it has to change everything from the cost and supply of labour, the cost of good (exchange rate), the availability of market access (in and out), government finances (fiscal policy) or as we know very well monetary policy.

A new report shows that companies have been slow to update their sexual harassment policies, in spite of the growing #MeToo movement.

Citing recent student movement protests, some of which involved 1960s style sit - ins at Harvard and the University of Massachusetts Amherst that motivated official review of the school's investment policies, she pointed to Yale.

The event, which was founded by the 92nd Street Y, doesn't have a specific policy on donor premiums, it said in a statement:» #GivingTuesday is an open - source movement, and we encourage organizations and individuals around the world to come up with all kinds of creative ways to do fundraising.»

A key driver in that movement is normally dovish Governor Lael Brainard, who recently spoke about how aggressive fiscal policy — tax cuts and higher spending — will be economic tailwinds.

The idea of a job guarantee originally comes from a movement in economics known as Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), one of whose tenets is that monetary policy more or less does not work.

A rise in crude oil prices and a rebound in base metal prices, both partly related to the announcement of new policy stimulus measures in several countries, account for much of the recent movement.

The Trump campaign in the United States and the UK's Brexit movement put forth renewed calls for economic policies with potential to limit or reduce cross-border trade.

In this situation, the overall monetary policy decision was relatively straightforward as the required movement was the same to meet both inflation and output goals, as is the case in the event of demand shockIn this situation, the overall monetary policy decision was relatively straightforward as the required movement was the same to meet both inflation and output goals, as is the case in the event of demand shockin the event of demand shocks.

Any deviation from a «sensible» course for monetary policy would likely be penalised by movements in the longer end of the yield curve or by movements in the exchange rate.

The Trump administration's plans to impose $ 50 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, as well as tariffs recently placed on imported steel and aluminum and on imports of solar panels and washing machines, mark a distinct break from decades of U.S. trade policy, which long has generally favored lower tariffs and fewer restrictions on the movement of goods and services across international borders.

At the time, a movement was building to rein in zero - tolerance policies that had resulted in severe consequences for in - school infractions, the vast majority of which were only misdemeanors.

Indexed universal life policies credit interest based in part on the upward movement of a major stock market index, subject to certain limitations.

In November, 2014, after an Uber employee described tracking a journalist's movements, Senator Al Franken sent a list of privacy - policy queries to Uber's C.E.O.; last fall, Franken pressed Uber and Lyft about apparent race - based discrepancies in wait timeIn November, 2014, after an Uber employee described tracking a journalist's movements, Senator Al Franken sent a list of privacy - policy queries to Uber's C.E.O.; last fall, Franken pressed Uber and Lyft about apparent race - based discrepancies in wait timein wait times.

The strategist, Richard Turnill, said it might be possible to view price movements in blockchain - based cryptocurrencies as influenced by the ultra-easy monetary policies put in place by central banks after the 2007 - 2009 global financial crisis.

As an indexed universal life insurance policy, Lifetime Builder Elite calculates and credits interest based, in part, on the upward movement of major stock market indices.

In comparison, gun control advocates are motivated by more abstract notions of reducing gun violence — although, Goss noted, the victims of mass shootings and their families have begun putting a face on these policies by engaging more actively in advocacy work, which could make the gun control movement feel more relatablIn comparison, gun control advocates are motivated by more abstract notions of reducing gun violence — although, Goss noted, the victims of mass shootings and their families have begun putting a face on these policies by engaging more actively in advocacy work, which could make the gun control movement feel more relatablin advocacy work, which could make the gun control movement feel more relatable.

This profile is broadly in line with that presented in the February Statement on Monetary Policy, though recent movements in world oil prices are likely to introduce a divergence between headline and underlying measures of inflation in the short term.

But for some black racial justice activists, organizers, and public figures, the reaction to the students of Stoneman Douglas has also led to another truth: Organizing around Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embraced.

That would be great, but it would be more likely that politicians would adopt this agenda if there was already a movement in favor of such a set of policies.

Acknowledging this, however, would call into question the revelation vouchsafed to another of the new environmentalism's ideological allies, the population - control movement: namely, that people are a pollutant» a pernicious idea, born of the earlier progressivist eugenics movement and brought to a popular boil in the Sixties by evidence - light propagandists like Paul Ehrlich, that continues to affect U.S. foreign - aid policy to this day.

There are known connections and movements of people involved in government policy, scientific societies, and private industry, all with the common thread of influencing the outcome of a set of programs and investments underpinned by the supposed threat of global warming.

First, it should be acknowledged that there is a strong tendency within the ecology movement to give «survival,» understood in conservative, even elitist terms, pre-eminence in our national policies.

The most remarkable example of how politics has shifted in favor of the wealthy - an example that helps us understand why economic policy has reinforced, not countered, the movement toward greater inequality - is the drive to repeal the estate tax.

This amounts to more than one or two particular relevant policies (although they help) but a call to participation and activism in a wider movement that feels less authoritarian and more dynamic.

I wanted Governor Perry to explain his relationship with David Barton, the founder of the WallBuilders evangelical movement, who preaches that America should have a government «firmly rooted in biblical principles» and that the Bible offers explicit guidance on public policy — for example, tax policy.

Take the 1 in 3 Campaign, for example, whose mission is to «start a new conversation about abortion» and to «create a more enabling cultural environment for the policy and legal work of the abortion rights movement.»

The central thrusts of a reborn reform movement should be stockholder action to effect corporate decision - making, the mobilization of public influence on Congress, the development of improved rating systems, the encouragement of research to support policy - making, and the creation of support mechanisms to encourage and inform creative people working in the media industries.10.

U.S. policy toward Latin America has fluctuated between open support of dictatorships and hostility toward movements of liberation, and advocacy of a «restricted democracy,» in which a limited amount of political space is allowed so long as it does not rock the boat too much internally and in the hemisphere.

Seldom making a serious impact on the life and policy of the church body, it consumes its energy in planning conferences on evangelism or on prayer and encourages the new packaging of old revival techniques in such activities as the charismatic movement or the Faith Alive movement.

Closely following the teachings of B.R. Ambedkar, the 20th Century symbol of Dalit power and protest, the Dalit asserted their separateness from other Hindus and demonstrated vehement opposition to classical Brahmanic Hinduism.12 However, it may be stated that Dalit movement in India is not yet homogenous and does represent diverse policies and means of liberation.

Social policy implied a sustained commitment of the self to «the ordering and reordering of resources and personnel of whole institutions, organizations, and movements in the context of the needs of nations, peoples, and societies.»

Case in point is the civil rights movement the responsibility of the church is to fight for the equal treatment of all human beings in all places at all times no matter what policies the state has in place.

Very much aware of these movements within the National Academy, Bishop Ting told us of a recent academy document that was even more broad - minded than the «Basic Viewpoint and Policy» paper — one that goes even further in acknowledging religion's potential creativity for the good of society.

For many Republicans, and especially for the allies in the Tea Party movement, the issues of economic policy were also linked to a deeper concern.

Revelations of U.S. government infiltration of the Sanctuary movement and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) harassment of organizations opposed to U.S. policy in Central America, such as CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador), are indications that the «license» has not yet expired.

All comments that follow the comment policy are welcome, but in particular, if you are part of the Pentecostal / charismatic / or Third Wave movement, I'd appreciate any corrections to my history and I will update as needed.

It is unique also because it comes so soon after King's assassination in 1968 and at a time when the policy decisions made during his leadership of the civil rights movement are still being disputed.

Very generally, among our forerunners in all segments of the Christian peace movement, the policy was to use all legal avenues for protesting war and expenditures for war (and to speak much more respectfully of government than we are inclined to do).

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

I wonder if the hearing will cover how American and European foreign policy in the Middle East has helped to establish conditions for extremist movements in a dictator ridden region of the globe... no probably not.

Unlike the labor movement at its height, this policy initiative poses no threat to the structures of power in our society.

McKenna links their preparedness to accept the Democratic Party's adoption of an unambiguous pro-abortion policy in 1980 to four further causes: (i) an inferiority complex towards their «secular humanist» «soul mates (in) the civil rights movement» who «dismissed (Catholic) concerns about killing unborn children.»

«When governments fail to make these agri - corporations accountable for their crimes, people's movement proves to be the most important factor to effect change in agriculture policies.

The culinary community plays an important role in the sustainable seafood movement, pushing producers for quality, ocean - friendly products while working to spread awareness to customers, colleagues and policy makers.

As the Midwest's premier annual celebration of the growing Good Food movement, the Good Food EXPO continues to bring together regional and national leaders in local, sustainable food — from farmers to chefs, entrepreneurs to policy makers — to discuss the movement that's transforming the way we eat.

The goal of the IPC is to influence local and global policies, forge networks and solidarity among allies within the movement, and to have strength in numbers.

In a session entitled «Think Federally, Act Locally,» experienced policy organizers will share tactics to enable food movement stakeholders to wage effective campaigns.