Sentences with phrase «ordinary people a voice»

In her art she gives perfectly ordinary people a voice, examining and documenting the relationships between them.

In her works she gives perfectly ordinary people a voice — documenting private narratives, examining family constructs and exploring the boundaries between the private and the public.

Not exact matches

«We are doing what journalists throughout said mainstream media are supposed to do: challenge the conventional wisdom, hold politicians» feet to the fire, ask tough questions, report facts that are in many cases inconvenient truths for career politicians, and give a voice to the millions of people worldwide who have had theirs taken away from them by world elites who consider the ordinary person beneath them,» Boyle said, pointing to Breitbart's record July traffic as evidence Americans «hunger for something different.»

This structural break coincides with the attainment of a voice in politics by ordinary people in developed economies: since voters rarely opt for economic pain, their elected representatives soon found they had to avoid it at all costs.

In this, the authoritative voice of the Church chimes with what ordinary people know and understand in their heads and hearts.

Darwin there reminded his readers that centuries earlier a geocentric world was intellectually more satisfying to ordinary people, but eventually the realization came that the voice of the people can not be trusted to be the voice of God.

«The Labour Party must understand it can only exist if it remains the voice of ordinary working people.

Her pride in being «normal» is something she wears as a badge of honour, celebrating her Brummy accent, determined to carry on speaking in her own voice because «if we don't start sounding like the public, ordinary people will disengage and we'll be left with the Establishment holding court and we can't have that!»

«We are united in defending the basic democratic principle that ordinary people have the right to a political voice.

* President Mahama lived in his bungalow for 8 years as Vice President and President without demanding for an upgrade or renovation of his private residence because he is a man of the people and the voice of the ordinary.

When a tax credit for small contributions is combined with public matching funds, ordinary people's voices can be heard instead of only the largest donors.

Unite's Len McCluskey has said the organisation may cut ties with the party unless its next leader acts as «voice of ordinary people».

Cameron could never claim with credibility, as May did on Monday, that «the Conservative party is the unashamed voice of ordinary working people once again».

On spending, McLuskey urges Miliband to «create a radical alternative» to austerity in order to remain «the authentic voice of ordinary working people».

It is ordinary working people who will bear the brunt of these cuts and Labour is supposed to be their voice.

Ordinary people had a voice in some early Mesoamerican societies, though these democracies apparently lasted only 200 to 300 years

It also organises global mass mobilisations that express solidarity between the global North and South, allow tens of millions of ordinary people to make their voices heard and bring pressure to bear on world leaders.

A dynamic anthology of Harlem in the 1920s brings together unpublished material by Ralph Ellison and Dorothy West as well as the stirring voices of ordinary people, including peddlers, prostitutes, Pullman porters, and domestic workers.

With a distinctive narrative voice that relies heavily on the rhythms of the vernacular, her stories unflinchingly capture the experiences of ordinary people — often, but not always, women — as they shuffle through life, at once pushing against and accepting what fate has dealt them.

Canadian veterinarians, Montreal SPCA, American Bar Association, outraged pet owners and ordinary people are voicing their opinions about this new law.

Sure, there are some racist, sexist, squeaky - voiced mouth - breathers with bodies composed of two parts Mountain Dew and three parts puberty juices, but the vast majority are ordinary people who simply live for the game and don't care about immature bullshit.

His practice challenges the role and control of media and its charged relationship to ordinary people, in which they lack a real voice and representation.

The artist conceived and re-conceived the exhibition in his Los Angeles studio, eventually presenting paintings, sculptures and video the reflect his individual voice, collapse the division between artist and ordinary people, and emphasize his belief in the social and cultural influence of art, particularly in this historic, political moment.

Actions in and around Bonn brought the voices of ordinary people, not polluters, to the negotiations.

And I'm told by people who have ventured into karaoke dens that there's backing designed to feature ordinary voices.

CTJ's mission is to give ordinary people a greater voice in the development of tax laws.

«At a time of life when many people are content to enjoy the benefits of retirement, Fred has continued his work; travelling, talking, delivering speeches and above all else listening to the concerns of ordinary Australians, black and white, and fighting to ensure that their voices are heard in the corridors of power.»