Sentences with phrase «on about inequality»

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Reporting and speculation on Mayer's potential compensation has spurred conversation and debate generally about executive conversation and income inequality.

Canadians watching tomorrow's Munk debate will probably learn a lot about what's going on with inequality and tax rates in the United States.

To investigate the impact of not looking our best on our behavior, Stanford professor Margaret Neale and PhD student Peter Belmi asked a group of both women and men to write about a time they felt either attractive or unattractive and then quizzed them on their attitudes to inequality and hierarchy.

But setting aside the tiresome, partisan screaming on both sides about the consequences of inequality and how to solve it, the renewed discussion of inequality is flawed by a disregard for actual data.

But ahead of the report launch on 24 January 2017, I'd like to share something that I discovered while researching and talking to [business, government and social] leaders around the world about one dimension of inequality: gender.

President Obama took on a topic yesterday that most Americans don't like to talk about much: inequality.

In many ways, the Brexit vote has simply accelerated our prior view that growing populism would force politicians to address the concerns about the uneven recovery, income inequality and the pressure of immigration and globalization on wages in many developed countries.

Also, if you want to learn more about economic inequality ahead of the event (or won't be able to attend the event), Cornel West — prominent intellectual, author, and cultural critic — will teach an online course on the subject in conjunction with ChurchNext, which is open to all from January 11 - 21.

We usually focus on the content of faiths and policies in disputing groups; for example, the Catholic bishops» pastoral letters, the sermonic messages of Martin Luther King, Jr., and black churches, Mormon doctrines about equality or inequality, New Christian Right teachings based on revealed truths, or Jews» concepts of the land of Israel.

I don't care about a lot of theology that is going on out there, but if there is theology that validates and supports inequality, abuse and the dehumanization of people, I'm on it.

[CT has reported on how African Americans in multiethnic churches appear to «start to think more like whites about the origins of inequality.»]

Please help spread the word about this important short film speaking about Men - Women inequality and street harassment to find contributors on Indiegogo.

Appearances to the contrary, femininity was never about being some kind of delicate flower; it was tactical: a way of securing resources and positioning women as advantageously as possible on an uneven playing field, given the historical inequalities and anatomical disparities that make up the wonderful female condition.

However, intervention studies — both primary studies and systematic reviews — rarely assess impacts on socioeconomic inequalities, and thus little is known about which interventions are effective and cost - effective for reducing those inequalities.2 — 4

We hope this lawsuit will start newer deeper conversations about fatherhood and about the inequalities that we face on a daily basis.

In every discussion about fighting inequality or improving chances or protecting the environment or stimulating the economy or supporting parents or focusing on mental health.

For example, we did a whole issue about class of our quarterly magazine, and its been a central theme of our work on child poverty, inequality, taxation, solidarity.

He took to Twitter throughout the day on Tuesday, tweeting about income inequality and the need for a fairer tax code.

We were always positive about the party keeping inequality at the top open, such as on higher top rate, and frequently pushed Labour people to respond to that.

If we are serious about aspiration, serious about opportunity, serious about helping people get on and improve their fortunes, then we need to acknowledge inequality is a barrier to all of those things too.

I don't think it is mad or bad for Corbyn to be talking about wage, wealth and structural inequality — quite the opposite — I really really want Labour to be on this properly.

By showing that we are alive to people's concerns, this allows Labour to start having those crucial conversations with the public about what they are really upset about which are things that Labour cares about — pressures on local health and social care services; a lack of local investment and housing; not sharing the wealth and opportunity that London has; systemic inequality; culture; integration.

«Russ fights for the issues you and I care about: debt - free college, raising the minimum wage, fighting income inequality, and supporting hardworking families,» de Blasio writes in the fundraising email sent on Wednesday afternoon.

At the tail end of our time in Government Harriet Harman as Equalities Minister commissioned an in - depth study on inequality by Prof John Hills and there was huge discomfort from No 10 about even doing that, but we wanted robust evidence to help us shape the Equality Act.

Recent policy debate on the mansion tax, and a «temporary wealth tax» also suggests that this is an opportune time to consider wealth inequalities and what might be done about them.

Detestation at Britain's obvious class - based inequalities — once a given on the Labour left, and at least a theoretical postulate for the Labour right — gave way to being intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich.

Furthermore — and this is the final reason for advocating a greater emphasis on reducing inequality — it should be popular with the kind of people who are likely to vote for us, generally highly educated, socially liberal and progressive, concerned about the quality of life, not just personal consumption.

Nixon underscored that herself this week in her two - minute campaign announcement video on Twitter, mentioning such issues as crumbling infrastructure, income inequality and sagging upstate economies, but not a word about gay rights.

A guest or host on RT might only be talking about austerity cuts in Britain, or inequality in the United States, and their remarks might be full of truth, goodness and beauty.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, headed to Iowa for a four - day trip to stump for Hillary Clinton ahead of Monday's caucus, hopes he can convince progressive Democrats in the state still on the fence about Clinton that she's long been at the leading edge of the fight against income inequality and knows how Washington works better than her primary challenger, Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The mayor argued that his national travels, which will continue on Wednesday with a trip to California to talk about income inequality, are necessary to shift the national focus and, ultimately, help him secure federal resources for New York City.

«I'm very proud of the fact that my campaign in 2012 and 2013 was about income inequality, raising taxes on the wealthy.

I wouldn't go to a debate on inequality run by the Fawcett Society and complain that they weren't talking about class, for example.

He also slapped away any mention of inequality as an explanation, reply on a potentially contradictory mixture of «this is just about criminality» and «this is all about responsibility».

In response to James» question about the Labour leadership candidates — Ed Miliband campaigned for Simon Hughes to speak out & is encouraging his supporters to call on the Lib Dems to stand up for their values, David Miliband has suggested ending the charitable status of fee - paying schools and (one of those non-monetary aspects to reducing inequality) giving representation to ordinary workers on corporate remunertion committees, Ed Balls has strongly opposed the VAT rise and is calling for a graduate tax instead of higher tuition fees, Andy Burnham has reiterated his support for a National Care Service and spoken out on the abolition of the Future Jobs Fund, Diane Abbot has called for fair taxation, cancelling Trident, and setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

During a televised debate, the international development secretary Hilary Benn said Labour should be «unapologetic about our socialist values» and urged more action on inequality.

If Brexit means that people care about the places they'd never heard of before (Sunderland, Hartlepool, Spalding), if Brexit means that embarrassing levels of inequality are considered a problem, if Brexit means that those in charge realise that a sense of community and of job satisfaction matter as much as income to live on, then 2017 may the long overdue — a year when we start to address these challenges.

«The Audit Commission wanted to open discussions on some fundamental questions about improving the nation's health and tackling health inequalities because public spending will be more constrained in the years ahead,» Mr McKeon added.

De Blasio said he hopes he can convince progressive Iowa Democrats still on the fence about Clinton that she's long been at the leading edge of the fight against income inequality and knows how Washington works better than her primary challenger, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

On Wednesday, de Blasio will leave D.C. and travel to California where he will speak at his daughter Chiara's college and the University of California, Berkeley, about income inequality.

He has now written an article for the New York Times on Labour's defeat, elaborating on his view that, although voters are concerned about inequality, they were not attracted by the solutions being offered by Miliband.

Politico New York and the Associated Press, citing unnamed sources, reported yesterday that Mr. de Blasio was in talks with Ms. Clinton about an endorsement before the mayor hosts an Iowa forum on income inequality next month.

«The 50p rate is not a step forward... If we are serious about dealing with inequalities, we are much better dealing with unproductive wealth in the form of extreme property and the mansion tax on property over # 2 million is the best way to do that,» he added.

Wu said their campaign was part of «battle going on for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party» between «people who are more serious about the problem of inequality in our country and people who are less serious,» noting he and Teachout were featured on a Politico list alongside Mayor Bill de Blasio as part of «The New New Left.»

Fifty seats will disappear in total in an effort to (1) save # 12 million and (2) reduce the inequality in the populations represented by each MP to about 76,000 on average (and between 72,810 and 80,473 voters).

And if we think that capabilities and freedom are important then, depending on some other moral thoughts in the area, we may well be quite concerned about inequality in capabilities and freedom between persons.

«I'm trying — as one of the leaders of urban America — to change the discussion, to get our candidates on all levels to talk about income inequality and what they're willing to do about it,» said de Blasio on Tuesday.

Ms. Clinton's speech also touched on income inequality — that issue Mr. de Blasio has insisted he wants to hear more about before endorsing any candidate.

The Democratic mayor, in Italy for a conference on climate change and income inequality, said he spoke with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo about grappling with Uber, the ride - sharing behemoth he is trying to regulate in New York.

In his farewell letter, written before he left to take over the V&A museum, Tristram Hunt, son of a Labour peer, mentioned, as a motivating factor, what he had learned in Stoke - on - Trent about «the harrowing effects of poverty and inequality upon social mobility».