Sentences with phrase «of societal ills»

If you haven't attended, and only have time to visit one gallery this week, you might try this three - for - one - special where discrete exhibitions by Mark Bradford, Geta Brătescu and Louise Bourgeois are loosely united by themes of societal ills, cultural lore and individual pain.

And what about the mounting health care costs that undermine our competitiveness in global markets and rob us of resources we could use to advance medical knowledge and attend to a slew of societal ills.

You must show this proof from your contribution towards curing some of your societal ills.

Regnerus (the same sociologist behind a controversial study of how children of same - sex couples fare) says cheap sex — sex with little cost as far as time or emotional investment — is behind a host of societal ills, from fewer people marrying to the rise of unmarriageable men to more people living together to more children being born outside of marriage — you get the idea.

Freeman Dyson of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton writes in American Scholar about the responsibility of science for some of our societal ills.

They were also a sad reminder to me of a societal ill that we have apparently failed to eradicate, because NO ONE WINS when we think like this.

Not exact matches

When you think of injustice, your mind might automatically go to thinking about societal ills like crime and poverty.

The author explores why income inequality and all of the associated societal ills have only worsened even as the U.S. has experienced an eight - year - long economic expansion.

After all, the JRW Little League is rooted in the midst of several challenging Chicago neighborhoods, where crime, poverty, underperforming schools, drug dealing and other societal ills can make everyday living nothing short of a treacherous human struggle.

It can be argued that such societal ills are not due to the failure of mothers to respond dutifully to their infants.

Manufacturer and inventor Grigory Kravtsov, who opened a campaign account in January, said he envisions that the expansion of American manufacturing, guaranteeing jobs for all, as a cure - all for societal ills

The liberals, as the term is applied in these United States, put forth gun control as a treatment for the impacts of other societal ills.

In this graveyard of societal pressures and ill intentions, Thornton's film finds stores of emotional power, moving with subtle grace, a la the light - footed Sam as he slinks away from the lawmen hot on his heels.

Although it is true that serious societal problems severely limit the ability of schools to perform their primary function, most schools are ill prepared to meet these demands.

But this is also an examination of some of the great journalists who exposed societal ills and promoted the reforms that aimed to address them.

She's more captivated by the work of trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly, and she loves writing shocking exposés of the city's societal ills.

Quebec libraries leery of Islamic group's books blaming feminism for societal ills (Yahoo Daily Brew)

Those same historical accounts largely ignored the societal ills of racial bias, restrictive housing covenants, and police brutality that precipitated the Panthers» resistance.

The new exhibition, the artist's first major survey, invites audiences to dive into a true experimenter's half - century journey of tackling societal ills such as sexism and racism in part through examining the deep societal bonds of sports.

Taken from William Butler Yeats» famous poem «Easter, 1916», the exhibition's title borrows from the Irish writer's seminal response to turn - of - the - century political events to site art's underused potential for commenting symbolically on the world's societal, cultural and economic triumphs and ills.

Born to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Levine grew up in the South End of Boston, where he observed a street life composed of European immigrants and a prevalence of poverty and societal ills, subjects which would inform his work.

It is only through programs such as this that we will really address the societal ills of poverty and crime.