Sentences with phrase «shut out of the political process»

«And all of those are areas where people, I think, felt shut out of the political process.

Suleika Cabrera Drinane, President and CEO of the Institute for the Puerto Rican / Hispanic Elderly, Inc., said, «From fighting on behalf of CUNY students in the 1960s to co-founding one of the most effective civil rights organizations in the country, Mr. Perales is a lifetime advocate for those whose voices are often shut out of the political process.

«People feel totally shut out of the political process; they feel like Congress is corrupt,» she said in between an impromptu march with New Paltz teachers to support their fight for a new contract and a recent informational session on tick - borne diseases.

Minor parties have been shut out of the political process.

Not exact matches

«People can call themselves Democrats for Education Reform — it's a free country — but if your agenda is to shut teachers and school employees out of the political process and not lift a finger to prevent cuts in education, in my book you're not a reformer, you're not helping education, and you're sure not much of a Democrat,» said state Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, a registered Democrat whose office is nonpartisan.