Sentences with phrase «including about minority»

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According to the Journal, which cited anonymous sources, prominent Democrats including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spent the weekend changing their cellphone numbers, attempting to learn more about the hacking, and trying to figure out whether other hackings may be coming.

While no actual projects have been announced so far, programming could include a TV show around the people the NYT featured in its series «Overlooked,» about women and minorities who didn't get obituaries in the Times but should have, and a TV - version of «The Daily» podcast.

What remains of Yahoo after the sale includes an approximately 15 percent equity stake in China's Alibaba Group Holding; about 36 percent in Yahoo Japan; cash and marketable debt securities; certain minority investments; and Excalibur, which owns some patent assets.

The same is true of gender and minority representation, since the expectations of the day, unfortunate as they were, didn't commonly include the belief held by many today that Parliament should look, think, and care about issues in broadly similar ways to the country at large.

Influenced by advisors whose white nationalists views are well known, the president has waged a propaganda war against ethnic and religious minorities, stoking fear and hate by lying about crime rates, terrorist attacks, and voter fraud and by issuing executive orders that have already hurt many thousands of people around the world, including desperate refugee families.

We played and proved to be a crucial ally in building the case for Gay marriage (a just and right fight) «after all black marriages fail at such a high rate» etc and «marriage isn't about raising kids» its funny cause like every other minority group that uses Us to get their rights they bounce to the Suburbs and live «traditional» American lives gender roles included, I love it when the gender warriors turn around and heep praise on Ellen and her wonderful wife or other Gays who have traditional gender roles.

In the US, I think that about 25 % of the population consists of racial minorities and if you include ethnic minorities you get something closer to 50 %.

But, I suppose US Attorney Preet Bharara's fun - making, and all the heat about not including Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in the talks may have finally had an impact.

For now, the Republican contenders being talked about for the gubernatorial race this year include Assembly Minority Leader and Canandaigua resident Brian Kolb who has already declared he will seek the nomination, as well as possible contenders State Senator John DeFrancisco, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro and former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra.

A Hicksville manufacturer of power transmission parts and its chief executive are being sued by a former vice president, who alleges he was fired because he complained about abusive behavior by the CEO, including the frequent use of racial epithets against minority employees.

Comptroller Scott Stringer took Mayor Bill de Blasio to task on just about every plan he has to address the city's most pressing issues — including affordable housing, homelessness and the lack of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses — in a speech that sounded like a platform for his rumored mayoral run this morning.

Question topics included whether there are similarities between past defenses of states banning interracial marriage and current defenses of states banning same - sex marriages, his reaction to NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks's resignation, whether campaign contribution limits are too high and what Cuomo intends to seek as campaign finance reforms if reelected, whether he's going to the Somo el Futuro conference in Puerto Rico next week, whether he's worried that «minorities» will not turn out on election day and how his recent references to recent New York Republicans as being «moderates» reconciles with his past statements about «ultraconservatives» in the state senate.

Leading Congressional Democrats — including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — quickly praised Trump's bombing while raising concerns about process.

In contrast, The left wing coalition in all of these places is not wrapped up in a specifically Christian identity, is more welcoming to immigrants, and cares about stopping official misconduct towards minority populations including Muslims.

My estimate is that the next parliamentary Conservative Party will include about one hundred women, ethnic minorities and gay people.

Former aides, including Steve Cohen, have been informally searching for people and the governor has also been looking for talented staff among the staffs of Democrats in the U.S. Senate, where they are about to be in the minority, as well as the administrations of departing governors, including Maryland's Martin O'Malley.

Other issues included the importance of diversity within black, Asian and minority ethnic minority representation so that all communities felt they had a voice, and concerns about the deselection of councillors.

Posselt writes that, in some cases, including astrophysics and biology, admissions committees made allowances for certain «specific «underrated» universities whose reputations for strong training in the field surpassed their college or university's relatively weak overall ranking,» but she provides no hints about which programs these may be, so it is not clear whether any are at institutions that enroll significant numbers of students from non-elite or minority backgrounds.

Democracy itself depends on the inclusion of the diversity of American voices in journalism — including journalism about science — says Kevin Olivas, director of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists» Parity Project in Washington, D.C., which helps member news organizations improve their coverage of and interaction with the minority communities they serve.

As part of the study design, surveyors recruited participants traditionally underrepresented in other surveys about mobile phone use, including minorities, and people with low incomes.

To help black scientists craft stronger proposals, NIH will make an effort to include minorities in a new program that allows early - career scientists to participate in study sections to learn about the process.

And it's easy to see what Sherley was talking about after picking through the 150 - page report, which includes data from a faculty - wide attitudinal survey and in - depth interviews with minority faculty members.

Just about every person, other than the tiny minority with the genetic enzyme defects I mentioned in the beginning, can normalize their cholesterol levels with my Take Control of Your Health Program, which includes modifying your eating habits based on your body's unique nutritional type.

The experts cautioned about making broad generalizations — «meat is bad» or «dairy is bad» — but noted that only a minority of different populations adhere to a healthy dietary pattern, defined as one high in vegetables and fruits that can include lean meats and dairy even in modest amounts.

In recent months, the city's battle over school segregation has played out in a few specific schools in some of the its fastest - gentrifying (or already gentrified - to - saturation - point) neighborhoods: Nikole Hannah - Jones chronicled the Brooklyn version of the saga in her much - discussed New York Times Magazine piece last weekend, «Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City,» about her decision to send her black daughter to a mostly minority school, only to have that school rezoned to include an affluent, predominantly white population.

In the Washington Post, Richard Whitmire writes about a new report from the National Research Council that finds that students in Washington, D.C., including low - income minority students, are doing better.

«In a recent Runnymede Trust report commissioned by the NUT, called Visible and Invisible Barriers, Black, Asian and ethnic minority members reported structural barriers such as racism, including assumptions about capabilities based on racial / ethnic stereotypes which railroaded their ambitions for career progression and hastened their departure from the profession.

As usual, no one is talking about raising the scores of poor and minority kids so they can confidently compete for seats at the top schools, including Specialized High Schools.

These include: The Undereducation of American Youth, a study of the 16 - to 24 - year - old population in the 50 states; The Answer: Valuing Youth in Schools and Families, which presents strategies for communities, educators and parents working to keep young people in school and to educate those who have dropped out; and Hispanic Families as Valued Partners: An Educator's Guide, which provides background information about minority families and recommendations for involving them in their children's schools.

Watch this brief video to learn more about how charters are helping more students - including thousands of minority, low income, and first - generation college - going students - be prepared for college, apply to college, be accepted to college, and attend college.

From the embarrassment of approving abysmally low — and Plessy v. Ferguson - like — proficiency targets (including that for Virginia, which had only required districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students and 65 percent of Latino peers were proficient in math by 2016 - 2017), to complaints from House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Minority Member George Miller and civil rights - based reformers about how the administration allowed states such as South Dakota to count General Education Development certificates in their graduation rate calculations (and minimize graduation rates as a factor in accountability measures), the administration finds itself contending with complaints from civil rights - based reformers as well as from centrist Democrats finally acknowledging the high cost of their push for revamping No Child at any cost.

According to brother Mulgrew, it is up to the body to decide if the minority should be heard so he allowed the Unity majority, including the large bloc of retirees who don't have to worry about evaluations, to close debate.

This isn't to say that these officials don't care about these children, but that they are disinterested in taking on the tough work needed to overhaul districts and schools in order provide kids with the schools they deserve — which includes challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations for poor and minority kids held by far too many adults working in American public education in Virginia and the rest of the nation, and the affiliates of the National Education Association which has succeeded for so long in keeping the Old Dominion's status quo quite ante.

TAKING ON TEACHER EQUITY: Today, the Obama administration is asking states to create plans ensuring that all students have access to effective teachers — and it will publish profiles of all states that will include information about where children from minority and low - income families aren't getting their fair share of these teachers this fall.

A recent public opinion poll conducted in Bridgeport included questions about Malloy, Mayor Bill Finch, Paul Vallas, members of the Working Family Party who serve as the outspoken minority on the Bridgeport Board of Education and Carmen Lopez, the former Connecticut superior court judge who brought the lawsuit that determined that Paul Vallas lacked the credentials necessary to serve as a superintendent of schools in Connecticut.

Not only does Wright's study bear out three decades of research on overuse of discipline (including those than control for socioeconomic status), it even proves Vanderbilt Professor Daniel J. Reschly's assertion about the role of teacher beliefs (and misinterpretation of data) in the overidentification of Black and other minority children as special ed cases.

The book includes «lessons and essays about racial profiling, environmental racism, unfair mortgage lending practices of Big Banks, the «overabundance of liquor stores» in minority communities, and slave - owning U.S. presidents,» EAGnews» Ben Velderman wrote.

As in years past, the school's student body will be mostly minority students, including about 50 percent Hispanic and about 25 percent African - American.

The history of how minority groups — blacks, women, and Native Americans — fought to gain the right to vote is presented in this Vote America series volume and includes a discussion about the current issues related to voter suppression and the Latino vote.

A stock's enterprise value provides more information about its true cost than its market capitalization because it includes information about the stock's balance sheet, including its debt, cash and preferred stock (and in some variations minorities and net payables - to - receivables).

This release contains forward - looking information that involves substantial risks and uncertainties about the intention to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of a minority ownership stake in Pfizer's Animal Health business, including the anticipated timing of such a transaction and the potential benefits to Pfizer.

Artists from minority backgrounds were (and still are) often included only when making work about their minoritarian identities, reinforcing their status as «Other» while simultaneously allowing institutions to wear the mantle of «diversity».

and this little note about us — the entitled minority (I include myself, with a caregiver carbon footprint that appalls me when I think about it):

In part, this explains the hostility that some minorities themselves express about affirmative action, including sentiments by Justice Thomas.

For the purpose of supporting Jamie Maclaren's statement about fear of assault by sexual minorities, the salient points made in the article include: (1) a heightened level of violence involved in hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation, and (2) the inherent problem with data collection where an estimated 75 percent of incidents go unreported.

Zuckerberg was asked about Facebook's effect on the political turmoil in Myanmar, where elements of the country's Buddhist majority, including the army, have been persecuting the Muslim minority Rohingyas.

Fiodembo also includes a section of recommendations for minority nurses based on her experience as an immigrant to the U.S. Frequency about 1 post per month.

Chand Child and Family Social Work, 10 (2), 2005 View Abstract Considers research on family support services for ethnic minority families, including an overview of what is known about family support services for particular minority ethnic groups and the qualities sought in social workers by ethnic minority parents.

Limitations include concerns about generalizablity due to the limited number of minorities, moderate sample size, missing data, and possible participant report bias.

Limitations include concerns about generalizablity due to the limited number of minorities and moderate sample size.