Sentences with phrase «progressive leaders like»
So did nationally prominent progressive leaders like Naomi Klein and Van Jones.
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They know firsthand the impact that progressive leaders like Amazon can do to help fuel LGBT civil rights.
Not exact matches
Like the Wildrose Party, who lost leader Danielle Smith and 10 other MLAs when they crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives in the final months of 2014, the Liberals will now need to find someone to lead them into the next election.
Like you said, many of these leaders were progressive for their time, but not all of their culture, teachings and actions will apply to modern life.
The name comes from both the desire to see a new and progressive expression of Christianity in our world today and to connect like - minded leaders with the fresh things God is doing.
«We set the bar on what progressive government and what progressive society looks like and we set that bar for the rest of the nation to follow,» Cuomo said at the event, which was also attended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
The Republicans allowed Cuomo to keep a lid on damaging taxes that could hurt him in the suburbs, while Cuomo simultaneously huddled up to IDC Leader Jeff Klein and his fellow renegade Democrats on progressive initiatives like the $ 15 minimum wage and Paid Family Leave to pull those same Republicans leftward.
Pro-fusion forces on the right like Mike Long and the Conservative Party will no doubt push the Republicans to withstand the governor's call, but in the end it will come down to progressive - minded leaders and legislators inside the Democratic Party voting yea or nay.
«I've gotten to the point, I'm not sure any new revenues we can propose would be that productive,» he said, sounding a lot more like a moderate Republican than a hardcore Democrat who's widely viewed as a leader of the party's progressive wing.
The same video included appearances by noted progressives like Harry Belafonte and major labor leaders like SEIU 1199's George Gresham, all of whom have influence in the Working Families Party.
«I very much would like to see the state of New York be the progressive leader when it comes to campaign - finance reform, transparency, disclosure, public finance, limits — that's going to be our goal,» he said in an interview with Public Radio's Karen DeWitt this afternoon.
All the talk of progressive policies like another minimum wage hike and establishment of a public campaign finance system and a formal fracking ban makes business leaders very nervous.
«Is Buhari justifying the imprisonment of Dr Alex Ekwueme, who was only the Vice President or All Progressives Congress (APC) leader like Chief Bisi Akande, who only served as a Deputy Governor?»
Klein said the IDC had served as a «strong, stabilizing force» during its partnership with the Senate Republicans, but the time has come to reassess that relationship in light of the fact that top progressive priorities like the DREAM Act, a statewide public campaign finance system and the Women's Equality Act aren't being allowed to the floor of the Senate for a vote due to the opposition of GOP Leader Dean Skelos.
Ellison, a darling of the party's left wing, had received the support of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — who he had backed for president in the 2016 primary — Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, an array of liberal organizations like the WFP, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council.
Progressives need to work with tech leaders to stand strong on issues like privacy.»
«It is an honour to have been elected as the next leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats - to focus my energy on bringing like minded people together to rebuild our party and to re-establish the Welsh Liberal Democrats as the radical, progressive force of Welsh politics.
The governor said allowing the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress to be embarrassed like past Yoruba leaders would not be in the interest of the race.
Rather than make themselves a vessel through which Cuomo can position himself as a national progressive leader, community groups are backing candidates like Nixon, lieutenant governor candidate Jumaane Williams, and a slate of IDC challengers in September's primary in order to help remake the party in their image.
He says the state has a long progressive tradition, with leaders like Teddy Roosevelt, al Smith and FDR.
«I very much would like to have the State of New York be the progressive leader when it comes to campaign finance reform,» said Cuomo.
«It's been really good for progressives that there's been kind of a race among potential presidential candidates to not just be on board, but be leaders on issues like Medicare for all, fighting for Dreamers and fighting against Trump's giveaways to billionaires and giant corporations,» said Adam Green, a founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal advocacy group.
Or, if you're not into the whole brevity thing, something like, «Of course, and I'm excited to work with them to improve the lives of working people, protect a woman's right to choose and ensure that New York remains a progressive leader in this country.»
Like many state and city elected officials who spoke at Saturday's labor luncheon, Heastie cited threats to progressive institutions posed by President Donald Trump's administration as he urged union leaders to oppose the convention.
«The reason nearly every progressive leader in New York and organizations like Naral Pro-Choice and Citizens Union are all supporting Eric Schneiderman is because no one in this race has fought harder for social justice, reproductive rights and cracking down on gun violence,» said James Freedland, a Schneiderman campaign spokesman.
ALBANY — Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos said he would like to see an increase in lawmaker pay, but that he is unwilling to trade them for several marquee items in Governor Andrew Cuomo's «progressive» agenda — including a minimum wage hike.
The growing muscle of non-union forces, the more pragmatic stances of progressive union leaders (whether sincerely felt or tactically adopted), and roughly 25 years of education reform that has gone against the traditional union vein leave Professor Moe sounding a bit like a tardy Paul Revere, sounding the cry that «the British are coming» when it is not redcoats in formation that he is hearing but the drumbeat around the wedding of Kate and William.
Meanwhile, Kahlenberg says he's hoping for more «aggressive» action from Democratic leaders in places like Wake County, where some progressive leaders have been criticized for failing to turn around increasing segregation in the school system.
Progressive programs in shelter medicine like the University of Florida's online master's degree and innovative leaders like Dr. Brittany Watson at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (BOX 1) are expanding the reach and redefining the meaning of shelter medicine by bringing students into communities to provide medical care and education to at - risk animals and their owners in an effort to further increase companion animal health and decrease relinquishment.
Once again, we're seeing a city leader like Mayor Brown take a progressive stand for the animals and own the mission of no more homeless pets.
That looks like a broad accusation that unspecified «progressive» leaders of unspecified western nations conspired / decided amongst themselves to use the CAGW threat to centralize power.
In comparing premiums among five industry leaders, Consumer Reports found you will pay from a third less to half less with USAA than with guys like Allstate, Progressive, Geico and State Farm.
As a practical and innovative leader with progressive management strengths in the hospitality industry, I would like to offer my services as a Fast Food manager at Burgers Galore.
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