Sentences with phrase «political issue of our moment»

A large and determined fraction of the public were convinced that global warming worries deserved only scorn, and most of the rest gave the problem a far lower priority than the economic and political issues of the moment.

Not exact matches

At least as troubling is the suggestion of the guidelines that «constitutionality and related matters» require the neutering of the Church's witness on issues of moral moment in the political arena.

«While some of our members have differed in the past on some of the specific issues in the New NY Agenda, the Executive Committee unanimously takes this position because we understand and accept Andrew's point that this is a pivotal moment in the history of this state, similar to the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when leaders in the labor, civic, business and political arena must put aside their individual agendas for the good of the entire state.»

Just as political organizers and fundraisers have tried to make the most of emotional moments with mobile technology by devising mobile donation systems that can enable giving at rallies and political events, Garvin thinks that canvas managers can update surveys based on news events and inopportune comments by politicians on the other side of an issue.

A spokesman for Cuomo responded that the governor was seeking «unity at a time of national turmoil» and that any «attempt to use this moment as a political issue is repulsive.»

The Ku Klux Klan's failure to defeat the black civil rights moment is well documented, but the group's lesser - known legacy may be its lasting impact on the U.S. political system, according to a paper published in the December issue of the American Sociological Review.

This one has all the right elements and moments to make you fall back in love with the tragic events of R & J, but it doesn't hold strong to the true political, social and gender issues that the play invokes.

Early word of mouth is that the film rounds out the «trilogy» that Spielberg began with Lincoln in 2012 and continued with Bridge of Spies in 2015 - movies that reflect on important moments in U.S. history and hold a mirror up to present - day political concerns and issues.

Dr. Linda Darling - Hammond — President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, and member of the Coalition of Essential Schools Executive Board — will share remarks on the political, policy, and school practice issues facing progressive educators at this historical moment.

Issue 8 is a special issue composed entirely of black - and - white posters by artists, that respond to the political turmoil of the present moment — USA today, in crisis in an election seIssue 8 is a special issue composed entirely of black - and - white posters by artists, that respond to the political turmoil of the present moment — USA today, in crisis in an election seissue composed entirely of black - and - white posters by artists, that respond to the political turmoil of the present moment — USA today, in crisis in an election season.

Through conceptual pieces ranging from digital to analogue, Daniel Joseph Martinez engages socio - political issues, infusing art with examinations of contemporary and historical moments.

After treating the undoubtedly political position of the artist in «Hercules» (2007) and the problems related to psychological issues and language in «Horizon Problems» (2011), Agut now proposes a physical and visual experience that brings us closer to the moment zero of artistic creation, the moment when the artist confronts himself with his work and starts to think about it.

In his new body of work, «Crossing the Rubicon», White continues to excavate ideas sourced from defining moments in history and their intersection with current global socio - political issues, to inform his contemporary image making practice.

(The fact that nuclear disarmament disappeared as a political issue just at the moment that the bomb was acquired by Kazakhstan and the Ukraine - brand new states whose futures remain unpredictable — merely demonstrates how tenuous is the link between political reality and the rise of mass movements).

Instead, climate change is an issue that will be dealt with through peak moments of big change and flat - lines of political morass.

And while the movement for solutions may seem in the throes of an especially challenging moment, addressing the crisis» impacts on our current and future well - being is not a political issue but an ethical and practical one.

This important issue has been stuck in a political stalemate for over a decade; the stalemate has now been (partially) broken at an especially interesting moment in the evolution of the federal sentencing system.