Sentences with phrase «of liberal organizations»

But this election is different for SEIU and AFSCME, with the core group of five candidates also being backed by the Chicago Teachers Union — which played a major role in recruiting Garcia and has pumped more than $ 570,000 into aldermanic races so far — and United Working Families, a coalition of liberal organizations formed in July.

Ellison, a darling of the party's left wing, had received the support of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — who he had backed for president in the 2016 primary — Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, an array of liberal organizations like the WFP, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council.

Not exact matches

Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, was recently asked by a charitable organization to give back a hefty speaking fee — $ 20,000 — after the event he spoke at took a loss.

«The idea that you would deny protection for 50,000 people because there are a few bad apples who wouldn't be eligible for Temporary Protected Status in the first place, makes little to no sense,» Tom Jawetz, the vice president of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal research organization told NBC News.

People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy organization, called many of Gorsuch's criminal - justice rulings «troubling,» arguing that several of his dissents that favored defendants had been unique.

In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market organizations.

Why is Rand Paul standing up for liberal - leaning organizations who are boosters of Clinton?

Just another indication of your organizations bias against Christians.Unfortunately nothing new for CNN and nothing new for liberal theologians.

During the twentieth century, as denominationalism has lost its vitality, religious tribalism has taken the form of animosity and unco - operativeness among the conservative, liberal and radical wings of the ecclesiastical organizations, with the conservative wing being particularly militant.

The early founders of the Boy Scouts of America, who were mostly deists or liberal Protestants themselves, made this particular element of Baden - Powell's vision even more central to their organization.

What we have termed «bureaucratic theology» has dominated much of the UUA's theological education and political organization until recently, giving outsiders the impression that the movement was simply a very liberal continuation of Protestant impulses.

The 1998 act passed because a remarkable coalition of Jews and Christians was prepared to do battle not only with the foreign policy mandarins but also with oldline liberal churches and secular human rights organizations who complained that concern for persecuted Christians is an instance of «special pleading.»

This type of curricular organization does not in fact usually achieve the aims of liberal learning.

Although most congregations decided to remain in the SBC, the success of the conservatives spawned at least two spinoff organizations: the moderately progressive Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) and the liberal Alliance of Baptists.

When I'm out speaking to churches and other organizations, I can use your article as a prime example of all that's wrong and illiberal in liberal thinking and how unfair it is to those who don't agree with the totalizing claims of sexual liberation.

A few days later three «film doctors» — Lois Anderson from the American Baptist Churches, John Bachman from Union Theological Seminary, and I — were ushered into a room filled with representatives of Protestant New York, forty - three people from religious organizations across the spectrum, including every group from rock - bound fundamentalists to far - out liberals.

The World Council had more success in bridging the gap between the Churches of a more conservative theological orientation and those of a more liberal orientation than had any previous pan-Protestant organization.

This mockery is happening not because of CNN, liberal organizations, or some misguided blogger, but rather the silence of those that claim to be loyal to God.

Why not address your question to the organization responsible (American Atheists) instead of «liberals?»

They have created and run organizations aimed at restoring a classical liberal arts education for students of all ages.

In response to our reader's objection, Mr. Solomon writes: «While I would not wish to oversimplify the case, and though I recognize that there are many liberal Catholic thinkers who are tolerant on this subject, the Catholic Church as an institution remains singularly and aggressively antagonistic on the subject of euthanasia, and does more than any other organization in the world to stand in the way of death with dignity.»

I think they could just as well have been created by and worked for a liberal Christian organization — they are the ones most damaged by the ravings of these extremists.

Another troubling example has involved the unbending efforts of liberal Jewish organizations to keep religious symbols, such as the crèche and menorah, outside the public arena.

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

Pelosi joins a growing list of elected officials and liberal advocacy organizations pressuring the Independent Democratic Conference to form an alliance with their mainline Democratic counterparts and hand the party a working majority in the Senate.

The proposal was framed as an effort to push back against the «anti-worker» policies of President Donald Trump's administration, which comes as the IDC itself has been accused by liberal advocacy organizations and some fellow Democrats for enabling Senate Republicans in Albany.

Tomasi wants to promote his classical liberal vision of economic organization, but the force of his underlying moral vision pushes in an entirely different direction.

Event co-organizer Allen Roskoff, president of the Jim Owles Democratic Liberal Club, which has endorsed Zephyr Teachout, Cuomo's opponent in Tuesday's Democratic primary, said his organization has taken up the issue because Cuomo is the first governor in decades who has refused to grant clemency to a single prisoner.

Adele Malpass, the chairwoman of the Manhattan Republican Party, announced tonight that former Police Commissioner Ray Kelly will speak at an upcoming dinner for the GOP organization, and urged him to challenge Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal Democrat, in 2017.

Liberal groups such as NDN and Media Matters had mounted a «Dump Dobbs» campaign, and Latino organizations challenged such Dobbs declarations as his 2006 statement that about one - third of the U.S. prison population «is estimated to be illegal aliens» — which the anchor later acknowledged was way too high.

While never the closest of allies, Cuomo and the party have engaged in open warfare recently after the liberal - leaning organization opted to endorse Cynthia Nixon, the actor and education activist who has mounted a spirited primary challenge for governor from the left.

Another speaker at the event was James O'Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas, which has drawn controversy for its undercover videos and attempts to prank the media and liberal - leaning organizations.

A coalition of liberal groups and organizations is forming a new campaign to push for a «true» millionaires tax, the same day Wall Street Journal's report that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering a reshuffling of the state's tax code in order to achieve a more progressive system,

The key to StandUnited's success, of course, will be critical mass: Care2 alone has close to 20 million users, meaning that liberal organizations can access a vast pool of potential recruits.

Hillary Clinton on Monday announced her decision to spend the next few years at the helm of Onward Together, a new progressive organization working to build a major national coalition of liberal voters.

The WFP, along with a range of liberal pressure organizations and Democrats have been trying to push the IDC back to the mainline Democratic fold over the last several weeks, following the election of a 32nd enrolled Democrat to the Senate, giving the party a numerical majority, but not a working one.

Of the approximately 19,000 members of the progressive grass - roots organization who live in the district, the more than half who participated in the endorsement vote chose Burner, a longtime liberal favoritOf the approximately 19,000 members of the progressive grass - roots organization who live in the district, the more than half who participated in the endorsement vote chose Burner, a longtime liberal favoritof the progressive grass - roots organization who live in the district, the more than half who participated in the endorsement vote chose Burner, a longtime liberal favorite.

The latest executive actions have bolstered Cuomo's support among engaged liberal advocacy groups, ranging from LGBT organizations thrilled with his plan to write regulations to protect transgender New Yorkers to labor groups who have pushed him for years to take action on the minimum wage through the previously little - known power of the Department of Labor wage board.

Cuomo at the Working Families Party convention last month gained the labor - backed organization's endorsement after agreeing to help pass a host of liberal - sought legislation, including a new minimum wage increase and the DREAM Act.

The PHDR endorsement comes on the heels of decisions earlier this week by the Village Independent Democrats and Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club — both Manhattan - based organizations — to support Hawkins.

A coalition of progressive and liberal organizations on Thursday backed a push to extend the millionaires tax and urged hiking taxes as well as backed by Assembly Democrats.

The left leaning organization sent out an email earlier today that cited a recent New York Times story laying out the unrest Cuomo is experiencing on his left and his efforts to mend fences with liberals ahead of the Working Families Party convention this coming weekend.

The WFP had been among a range of liberal groups and organizations seeking to push the IDC and Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder to align with the mainline Democrats in the Senate and apply pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the same time to broker a compromise.

Control of the Senate by Republicans has been a key issue for liberals, a point of contention for Cuomo and activist organizations.

Known for its left - leaning politics and formidable voter turnout operation, the Working Families Party, founded by a coalition of labor unions and liberal organizations, enjoyed a banner year in the 2009 New York City elections.

[37] The campaign has support from both religious and non-religious organizations at both the national and local level including the Accord Coalition, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Alliance for Tenant Power, an organization representing a variety of liberal community organizing groups, knocked Mr. de Blasio for not calling for the end of 421a altogether.

New Yorkers Against Corruption is made up of an array of labor unions, liberal and conservative groups, and environmental organizations.

Of that, $ 15,000 went to the Public Policy and Education Fund, an affiliate of Citizen Action, a liberal organization that has endorsed NixoOf that, $ 15,000 went to the Public Policy and Education Fund, an affiliate of Citizen Action, a liberal organization that has endorsed Nixoof Citizen Action, a liberal organization that has endorsed Nixon.

WFP officials have said publicly that Cuomo has leveled threats against the WFP, telling them to «lose my number» if they endorsed Nixon and would find ways of pulling funding from the advocacy organizations that remain with the liberal ballot line.