Sentences with phrase «on issues of income inequality»

The WFP has tapped Dorian Warren, an assistant professor of political science at Columbia University who specializes on the issue of income inequality, to deliver its speech at the convention.

That was the era of Occupy, and Albany's protests focused on the issue of income inequality: There were nightly arrests, reportedly at the administration's direction.

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The problem, he says, is that Trump has turned the race into «more of a celebrity sweepstakes» that focuses on one candidate's personality while ignoring a host of important policy issues, from income inequality and health care to job creation.

«Mark's work will focus on issues related to income inequality and the growing and pressing issue of social mobility.»

The survey also examined views of income inequality in America, an issue that has thrust to the forefront of public discourse by the Occupy protests going on in cities around the world.

In a statement from his hometown of Peru, New York, Derrick touted his 30 years in the military — which took him from the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea, to the German border and to domestic posts — but said his campaign would focus on issues such as education, agriculture and income inequality.

He added that Clinton will be equipped to address issues such as income inequality, which elements of the Democratic base are skeptical she will be able to deliver on, given that she is considered to be from the more centrist wing of the party.

Among the speakers at the news conference was the Rev. Al Sharpton, who praised de Blasio for taking the lead on income inequality, even as he cited some disagreements they two have had on the issue of police reform.

Mayor Bill de Blasio convened a group of progressive leaders at Gracie Mansion on Thursday to announce a new national effort to force his signature issue of income inequality into the upcoming presidential campaign.

She analyzes and engages issues of diversity, opportunity, and inequality in schools and communities, with a focus on the district, school and classroom leverage points that can increase college access for underrepresented, low - income students.

, but will focus on the issues of today: displacement, cost of living, income inequality.

The exhibition will expand on Martha Rosler's 1989 three - show cycle entitled If You Lived Here..., but will focus on the issues of today: displacement, cost of living, income inequality.

News leaked this week that the Koch brothers» billionaire network plans to spend nearly $ 900 million in fossil fuel and other corporate money to try to get their way in the 2016 election — in other words, the Kochs and their cronies are planning to spend astronomically to prevent action on climate (as well as income inequality, voting rights, affordable healthcare, and many other issues of importance to the 99 %).