Sentences with phrase «justice issue of our times»

«I started to teach in urban schools because I saw the opportunity gap as the most important social - justice issue of our time.

«I love being a teacher at Capital City because we are not timid about the social justice issues of our time.

A group show featuring several gallery artists — Wangechi Mutu, Isaac Julien, and Kara Walker, among them — examining the social and political justice issues of their time.

It is the most critical justice issue of our time and of all time.

It also is a call for professionals in the mental health fields to focus on this, the social justice issue of all times... [bold added]

Not exact matches

This is the first time the president has weighed in on the issue, but the Justice Department announced they would look into bump stocks as part of a review process on the legal definition of machine guns following the Las Vegas shooting.

Following a controversial New York Times editorial by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Tuesday calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment, we asked readers to respond, offering not only the news of Stevens» stance, but also a Chicago Tribune editorial taking the other side of the issue.

A purchase of the Orange County Register and other newspapers by the parent company of the Los Angeles Times could raise antitrust issues by depriving readers and advertisers of competition, the U.S. Department of Justice has said.The department's...

The sky is not falling because other people live their lives differently from you and have joined their lives in marriage... Spend your time, energy and emotions on a topic that really matters - like world hunger, the pursuit of justice in the world, violence against women, natural disaster relief - these are issues that need your attention..

In addition Findlay comments that it was also a culture - changing time when an outpouring of support from outside the South in the struggle for racial justice forced this issue toward the beginning of a resolution.

If we metaphysicians, on our side, spent more time showing how metaphysics shapes practice in a variety of fields, the dichotomy between our field and the crucial issues of justice and survival could be overcome.

At the same time, the other theologies that have contributed most to explicating and justifying the metaphysical implications of the Christian witness seem to have been typically preoccupied more with theoretical questions of belief and truth than with practical issues of action and justice, and so have contributed only indirectly to clarifying and answering our central question.

It is worth repeating that economics, from the time of Plato through to Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill was as deeply concerned with issues of social justice, ethics and morality as with economic analysis itself However, economics students today are taught that Adam Smith was the «father of modern economics» but not that he was also a moral philosopher.

At the same time, others are strongly committed to the wider issues of peace, justice, and - the environment.

«Not only does ISL have the right to frame its own rules for the league and deal with related issues, including disciplinary issues, but in fact the AIFF has required ISL to regulate and sanction disciplinary issues,» said former Bombay High Court Chief Justice Kshitij Vyas, in a 21 - page order, according to The Times of India.

Both the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the National Offender Management Service (Noms) have looked at the issue for some years and the idea has been quietly kicked in the long grass on «operational grounds» every time.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

At the same time, raising the age of criminal responsibility was especially thorny topic for Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers, making a compromise on the complex criminal justice issue difficult.

Lawmakers and administration officials have cited the complexity of the criminal justice matters being proposed, saying more time is needed to parse through language (lawmakers and Cuomo may be wary of again taking up a complex issue so quickly following the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act had to be amended to exclude police officers from the measure).

A report issued about the same time by ALIGN, an economic justice research and advocacy organization, found that only 4 percent of businesses across New York receive subsidies, and that many recipients are large, out - of - state corporations.

Rory Lancman, a Queens councilman who has pressed the mayor to do more on criminal justice issues, said politics drove the timing, if not the substance, of the announcement.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, framed the issue as one of racial justice as well as common sense, saying that the police in New York City were wasting time, resources and good will making tens of thousands of unnecessary arrests.

That could give Democrats some leverage when it comes time to negotiate criminal justice reforms - but, there are so many other major issues at stake for Democrats including a minimum wage increase, renewing mayoral control of schools, the sunset of rent laws, and The DREAM Act, that there is a chance that the debate could be overshadowed yet again.

Men reported that the impact of their domestic violence issues on productivity and time lost were just as great before the incident that brought them to the attention to the criminal justice system as after.

Body image coach Rachel Cole shares why we lose touch with our bodies in times of distress, how to start coming back into embodiment, why the 2016 election has caused so much pain for people struggling with food and body issues, how she recovered from eating disorders and embraced body positivity, why feminism and social justice are so integral to making peace with food and your body, and lots more!

All of a sudden my general (and at times very overwhelming) interest in this massive social justice issue of global extreme poverty and gender inequality became a narrow - focused mission to help a few of Uganda's brightest young women go to college and become leaders in their communities.

Riding out these degradations is hard going at times, but this heady thematic mix of «issues about the justice system, gentrification, power dynamics, and racial profiling» also boasts an energetic «music video aesthetic... to give a sense we're playing in Leah's New York fantasies.»

It's a well - known fact that all police officers are issued a blank pass to go on one (but only one) revenge spree in their life, without regard to property or civilian damage, as long as its in the name of truth, justice and a rollicking good time.

Some of the major factors that lead to credit - deficiency and create risk are: poverty, pregnancy and parenting, questioning sexuality, full time work requirements, family issues leading to homelessness, foster care, inclusion in the criminal justice system, disengagement with traditional education systems, and other similar circumstances.

Nehemiah D. Frank wrote a blog on his website, The Black Wall Street Times, that captured issues that resonates deeply with founders of The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice.

For our founding teachers, this was an issue of social justice - being able to provide multiple opportunities for students to achieve mastery of skills over time was simply more equitable.

At the time, I also was earning my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on Social Justice in Urban Education that raised my awareness of equity issues and made me want to be even more of an advocate for others whose voices may not always be heard.

Especially with a cadre of new governors and legislators taking office, along with issues that intersect with education such as criminal justice reform on the agenda, reformers should use the time now to pass meaningful legislation that will help all of our children.

Shanteal Lake is a social justice advocate who views equity in education as one of the civil rights issues of her time.

Her recent books include: The Growing Out - of - School Time Field: Past, Present, and Future (Information Age Publishing, 2018); The Future Directions of Educational Change: Social Justice, Professional Capital, and Systems Change (Routledge, 2018); «Empowering Teachers: The Role of School - Community Partnerships» (book chapter with IEL's Reuben Jacobson in Flip the System: Changing Education from the Ground Up, 2015); Leading Educational Change: Global Issues, Challenges, and Lessons on Whole - System Reform (Teachers College Press, 2013), The Futures of School Reform (Harvard Education Press, 2012, co-authored chapter with Jeffrey Henig and Paul Reville).

The mission of the Prize — given to a first - time novelist — is to «advocate serious literary fiction that addresses issues of social justice and the impact of culture and politics on human relationships.»

As it turns out, the self - publishing route allowed The Breeders — which subtly and not - so - subtly deals with many high - profile social justice issues — to come out right at the perfect time: early in 2012, at the cusp of a politically charged election year.

Either because of the success of the reprinted Action Comics in a previous Loot Crate, the debut of the Justice League movie, or both, Loot Crate included this time around a reprint of the comic issue that first introduced the Justice League as a team.

Ruddy Roye's work was featured in The New York Times» interview with curator Sarah Lewis on editing Aperture's special Vision + Justice issue, which celebrates photography of the black experience.

In conversation with a number of local people involved in arts and cultural work, social justice and activism Barby and sorryyoufeeluncomfortable will rework the script for «Baldwin's Nigger», forming the basis for a performance which engages with many issues we are facing at this time in history and how James Baldwin's writings and thinking resonate with society today.

After a second printing, more copies of critically recognized issue became available this month, just in time for «Vision and Justice: The Art of Citizenship,» Lewis's exhibition at Harvard.

Beginning in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia on July 4th and covering 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles), the cyclists will eventually end up in the Turkish town of Sinop by mid-August — just in time for the twentieth annual Ecotopia, a gathering that brings youth from all over the world to discuss social justice and environmental issues.

Diana says of her time spent working on the garden and other environmental justice issues in San Antonio, «I feel everyone deserves the right to a clean, healthy environment regardless of your color or economic status.

So the movement we're talking about, the unnamed movement of environmental social justice and indigenous organizations, are forming and collecting to address the salient issues of our time: in poverty and water and climate and the enormous inequities that exist economically in the world, the continuous and rapid degradation of our resource bases, the injustice of pollution itself, in terms of what it does to people's health and their children.

The Chief Justice of Canada has spoken out many times on the importance of the issue.

In dismissing Ms. Raczynska's plea for leniency, Justice Graesser explained, «Rule 3.15 provides a deadline which is essentially «absolute», just like the time requirements for issuing a statement of claim under the Limitations Act» (at para 65).

The Court of Appeal stated that while an appropriate case may give rise to important issues such as privacy, solicitor - client privilege, expense, and time, this was not that case as Mr. Justice Myers» order was of narrow scope.

«One of the great issues for us in a time of austerity is going to be cost control and delivering justice in an efficient way.

In proceedings to which the European Union is a co-respondent, if the Court of Justice of the European Union has not yet assessed the compatibility with the Convention rights at issue of the provision of European Union law as under paragraph 2 of this Article, sufficient time shall be afforded for the Court of Justice of the European Union to make such an assessment, and thereafter for the parties to make observations to the Court.

An important issue will be unresolved, the Justices» time will be wasted, the parties» money will be wasted, and all over what is likely just a few thousand dollars» worth of investment.