Sentences with phrase «national debates over issues»

His aggressive approach politicized nearly all that it touched, leaving in its wake unnecessarily divisive national debates over issues like Common Core and sexual harassment on college campuses.

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The national debate over whether to raise minimum wages has stirred interest in where American companies stand on the issue.

In a similar case, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a born - again Christian, was jailed briefly last year after she refused to allow her office to issue marriage licenses, igniting a national debate over religious freedom and civil rights.

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...

National debate has heated up over the issue of gun control, and the NRA's role in opposing it, since Feb. 14, when a former student killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, using an AR - 15 assault rifle he had purchased legally.

Aside from current national issues, the candidates also debated over crime, vacant property and city finances, as well as a light - hearted «lightning round.»

«I think over time, obviously, I want to make sure that the issue of income inequality becomes more central to the national debate,» he said in an interview with Capital.

Viewers overwhelmingly thought she won the debate, and particularly trust her over the rest of the Democratic field when it comes to issues of national security.

Flanagan was also deeply critical of Democrats and their handling of policing issues as a national debate continues over law enforcement interactions with people of color.

In the true essence of Albany, politicians in this nearly 400 - year - old city bargained and bickered over a host of seemingly unconnected issues as gay couples and other states watched closely for indications about which way the national debate is evolving over using the word «marriage» to describe the union between people of the same sex.

In 2004, she was elected a Fellow of the AAAS in recognition of her «sustained contributions to the national debate over improving the practical handling of ethical, legal, professional and administrative issues as they affect scientific research.»

The report, «Advancing Astronomy in the Coming Decade: Opportunities and Challenges,» has been controversial: both the NSF's National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the NANOGrav Collaboration (which uses GBT as one of its telescopes to observe pulsars to detect gravitational waves) issued responses, and a public comment forum filled with debate over the telescope's future.

President Reagan's campaign on behalf of merit pay, now more than eight weeks old, has thrown the leadership of the National Education Association (nea) off balance and has provoked a debate within the organization over the issue, recent events and interviews with union officials suggest.

It may be that the debate over national standards has been so energetic over the past year that the public now is more aware of the issue, whether or not the phrase «Common Core» is mentioned.

So, the events of the past few years — among them the violence of white supremacists in Charlottesville, the church shootings in Charleston, the national debate over Confederate flags and memorials — certainly shaped the book, especially as they emphasize the extent to which the history of our country is built around the armature of slavery and the Civil War, and how far we still are from putting those issues behind us.

While the book is designed to entertain, it also explores the very real issues in the current debate over vaccine safety in the mandatory U.S. National Immunization Program.

She had been nominated to take a seat about to open up on the Arctic Research Commission, a panel of presidential appointees that helps shape research on issues in the far north, including the debate over oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The national debate over what to do, if anything, about the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has become less a debate about scientific or economic issues than an exercise in political theater.

This is a long way from Ohio, but the debate over the KXL project has become a national issue.

He has also championed privacy rights in the public debate over national security and public safety, and led research and investigations into privacy issues that go to the heart of consumer trust and confidence.

In a relatively short period of time, the debate over patent reform has transformed an arcane, low - salience issue into one that sparks fierce controversy and national headlines.

Although ART has been around for several decades, recent scientific advances and the growing number of infertility advocates have sparked national debates on issues ranging from calls for tighter controls over the types of ART procedures used to insurance coverage for infertility treatments.

Zillow ® will bring together an esteemed group of national real estate experts, influencers and policy makers to debate and discuss housing trends and policies from different communities as we begin to identify housing issues that will have the greatest impact over the next two years.

A microcosm of the national debate over smart growth or sprawl is underway in Michigan, where both a group of Republican legislators and a «blue ribbon» commission are considering a half - dozen land - use issues affecting future development.One piece of legislation would allow local governments to designate zones where less dense development is desired, then give landowners in these areas the option of selling their development rights to property owners in districts where more density is desired.