Sentences with phrase «real problem of poverty»

The claim that there are more than thirty million Americans «living in poverty» only intensifies the distrust that is corrupting our public life and distracting attention from the very real problem of poverty in this country.

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Rather, let us say that if an earnest Christian can write what the one quoted above did, it is solely because he shares the common presupposition of our times: that poverty is the great calamity and therefore an obstacle to the spiritual life; that the real problem is how to induce the rich to aid the poor; and that otherwise preaching the gospel is hypocrisy.

Groups like Clergy for a New Drug Policy seek to reform the enforcement laws to get to the root of real problems like addiction and poverty, instead of just locking up millions of people, turning them into felons for life.

The fusion of the spiritual life with the gritty problems of political survival, alcoholism and poverty is the real face and heart of the Native Soul.

Brian, Well I suppose I do have a fear about what these fantasy beliefs can do to cause trouble all over the world, as if we don't have enough with real problems of political ills, poverty, diseases and natural disasters; but mostly I am repelled by so many, like eaglemt and the huge number of others like him / her, who preach hell - fire and eternal torment for those who don't regard their unproven beliefs as reality.

But when they switch to other religious faiths and experience the same distinctions — albeit in different forms — they realize that such a change neither improves their social status nor remedies their economic problems of unemployment and poverty — the real source of their social discrimination.

Hasker's third proposition is that for the problem of divine non-intervention to be a real problem, «we must be able to identify specific kinds of cases in which God morally ought to intervene but does not» Many critics of (traditional) theism probably already have a more or less vague list of such cases, which might include genocidal events, such as the Nazi holocaust and the Rwandan massacre; wars; large - scale natural disasters; conditions of chronic poverty, in which millions of children die from starvation or are permanently stunted because of inadequate protein; the sexual molestation of children, which often leaves them psychologically scarred for the rest of their lives; death preceded by long, painful illnesses, such as cancer or AIDS, or by mind - destroying conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease; and the kinds of events described by Dostoyevski, such as the soldier using his pistol to get a mother's baby to giggle with delight and then blowing its brains out.

I had always been interested in the issue of urban poverty — when you live in New York City, it's impossible to ignore — but it looked like one of those social problems without a real solution.

«The real problem is concentration of poverty and wrong - headed policies that are clueless about how teaching and learning really work.»

«The problems of food insecurity and poverty are very real, but the notions about desertification and overgrazing are misplaced,» Hanan explained.

While an increase in population from 6.8 billion today to closer to 10 billion by mid-century will make sustainable living on the planet a challenge, especially since the bulk of that growth will be among those living in poverty who have a moral claim to economic development, the real problem may not be human numbers so much as human behavior.

«The toxic idea is if we clump all those people together and treat them as the same people, then we don't solve the real problem that the majority of people in poverty are working, trying to improve their lives, and we treat them all as deadbeats,» Sanders.

Fast facts on Nutrition • Added Sugar Is a Disaster • Omega - 3 Fats Are Crucial and Most People Don't Get Enough • There Is No Perfect Diet for Everyone • Artificial Trans Fats Are Very Unhealthy and Should Be Avoided • Eating Vegetables Will Improve Your Health • It Is Critical to Avoid a Vitamin D Deficiency • Refined Carbohydrates Are Bad for You • Supplements Can Never Fully Replace Real Foods Seven major types of nutrients that our Body Requires • Nutrients • Carbohydrates • Fat • Essential Fatty Acids • Fiber • Protein • Minerals • Trace Minerals Poor Nutrition is a major problem which is most of the time associated with poverty, due to poor nutrition a large number of people suffer from disabilities, malnutrition, and deaths around the world.

This drama explores the real but often unseen problem of poverty in America.

They explore complex contemporary issues and problems facing education and society — including issues of community - focused leadership development for high - poverty rural schools, college access and student success, sexual violence, cross cultural counseling, community college leadership, and state and institutional policies that affect children and adult learning — with a view toward solutions that will make a real, positive difference for students, teachers, counselors, administrators, policy makers, and communities.

Second, we believe that claims made on the basis of this flawed study feed the false hopes of many Americans, including policymakers, educators, and the general public, that we can find a single, simple solution, such as directly teaching phonics, to the real and complex problem of improving the reading of young children in high poverty schools.

One of the real problems with poverty concentrations is teachers learn to adapt their expectations to the reality they experience.

In a post entitled, «U.S. has the world's most educated workforce — but students face unparalleled levels of poverty, inequity and violence,» Jonathan Kantrowitz has written an extraordinary and profound piece about the real problems that are causing the growing educational achievement gap in the United States.

Like all the other governors listed here, Cuomo has chosen to ignore the real reasons for educational problems: poverty, segregation and inequitable distribution of resources and has focused his sights on those miscreant teachers, who have only dedicated their lives to working with children.

Opponents of reform contend that poverty is the real problem, rather than what we do in our schools.

Through short, diary - like chapters she brings us up close and personal with her life and the very real problems of being a poor immigrant living in an effective ghetto, surrounded by poverty, bigotry, racism and misogyny - so we can get some sense of how overwhelming it is to survive in such an environment, let alone to dream of finding a better life.

Summing up, he says that in his view other real - time problems, particularly global poverty, trump whatever long - term risk is posed by man - made warming, and that the slow natural pace of society's shift away from dirty fuels like coal toward cleaner ones will take care of the problem in any case.

Using them in the context of serious real world problems like poverty and avoidable death invites confusion.

How can you be so certain that future generations would not say we panicked on very little information, ignored the many unknowns and allowed ourselves to be diverted from real and pressing problems of poverty, much of it caused by lack of energy — to chase a phantom problem that could be resolved as technological progress followed the wider prosperity achieved as poor countries developed?

The real problem with citizenship rights, a problem I point out time and again in my Native Title and Social Justice Reports, is that they are not capable of transforming the poverty and destitution that marks so many Aboriginal peoples» lives.