Sentences with phrase «to violence»

Perhaps most remarkable is the collective imagination of students across the United States, who dared to take on a challenge that their parents, aunts, and uncles had all but abandoned: stopping the scourge of gun violence.

Uber has sought arbitration in other cases involving alleged sexual violence against its passengers by drivers, as well as in battles with its drivers seeking better compensation.

Petraeus continued by saying that» [ISIS] is clearly a threat to the United States, to our allies and partners around the world, and of course, very much in the region, where it's fomenting instability, violence and indeed, far beyond Iraq and Syria.

«If corporate America wants to make a positive difference on gun violence, it should donate a portion of its profits to mental health treatments and school safety initiatives.

Still, in a news conference on Monday evening, Chief Mark Saunders of the Toronto Police Service said the violence wasn't an accident.

We agree that people shouldn't be fired for their political views, but this isn't a disagreement on tax policy, this is advocating hatred and violence.

Since the mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, in which 49 people died, the entire media ecosystem — from late - night comedians to TV anchors to newspapers — have been focused on America's gun violence epidemic.

After a downturn in violence in the early years after the turn of the century, deaths related to Mexican drug wars totaled 121,669 between 2006 and 2012, according to a recent report from the Justice in Mexico project at the University of California - San Diego's Department of Politic Science and International Relations.

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Curbing all kinds of gun violence and other crimes comes down to more funding for effective enforcement, says Jake Novak.

But, he told studio chiefs: «When it comes to issues like gun violence, we've got to make sure that we're not glorifying it, because the stories you tell shape our children's outlook and their lives.»

Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. have organized gun protests and been joined by millions of Americans that have railed against gun violence, assault rifles, and the NRA.

And it turned its Twitter feed into a sort of running op - ed, focused on gun violence in America.

Sykes said he knew the sheriff wasn't actually calling for violence.

But he called the remarks hypocritical, considering Clarke had tied rhetoric from Obama and Black Lives Matter activists to violence for years.

And if they've got a criminal record, a history of violence, or are struggling with mental health or addiction, local authorities won't issue one.

«The board has an obligation to prevent this violence from happening again and you can't say that you value women's rights at the same time that you say that these types of cases have to go into confidential arbitration,» Christensen said.

In November, the digital ad platform AppNexus said that it was banning Breitbart from using its ad tools because the site promoted racism and content that might incite violence, which was against the firm's rules.

«Emotional neglect, exposure to violence, bullying and racism all impact your telomeres, and the effects are long - term,» Blackburn said.

The fortune teller then gave him a metal cross to protect him from physical violence.

The attacks in rapid succession were a grim reminder of the strength of both the Taliban and Islamic State's emerging Afghanistan branch to wreak violence despite stepped up U.S. air attacks under Trump's new policy for the 16 - year - old war.

Only two days after entering office, he issued an executive order stating that prisoners «shall in all circumstances be treated humanely and shall not be subjected to violence to life and person (including murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment, and torture), nor to outrages upon personal dignity (including humiliating and degrading treatment).»

I had actually seen Private Violence recently and was fascinated by it.

With big names behind the camera as well — Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, Patriot's Day, etc) is the executive producer, and Cynthia Hill (A Chef's Life, Private Violence) directed the series — agreeing to the project seems like a no - brainer for Hendrick Motorsports.

«I appreciate the work Facebook and other media do to stop content and pictures showing abuse and violence,» the prime minister wrote.

A decision not to impose tariffs would have capped an incredible turnaround for Cohn, who just last year was in Trump's doghouse for criticizing the president's divisive comments blaming people on «both sides» for violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

President Trump and the American people need action on gun violence far more than we need leaders who show empathy, says Jake Novak.

The violence was mirrored last weekend, when members of the city's large Turkish population took to the streets to protest after two ministers from Turkey were blocked from entering the country.

The company, which is based in Austin, Tex., and also operates a networking service for professionals and a friend - matching function, is donating $ 100,000 toward a nationwide protest against gun violence planned for later this month.

And civil society groups in Myanmar have hit back at Zuckerberg's claim that the company is able to use monitoring to stop hate speech messages spreading like wildfire through its services — they say such messages spread for days, leading to violence.

In the wake of the unforgivable and senseless killings in Las Vegas on Sunday night, the deep and widespread fear of gun violence will, no doubt, grow even deeper and more widespread.

Dimon himself has been involved in advocating change, though he was part of the business advisory panel for Trump that was abandoned in the wake of the racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

And whether you agree with that stand or not, the fact is that the vast majority of the four million refugees are victims themselves, simply trying to escape the same intolerance, fear and violence — and they need help.

«The violence was a stark reminder that we must recommit ourselves every day as a society to stand up and uphold the values that bind us as Americans,» he wrote back then.

The good doctor has spent much of the past 35 years reframing our national epidemic of gun violence as though it were any other epidemic — that is to say, as a public health problem.

He also explains how Qalaa deals with corruption, violence and Ebola.

In an email to staffers later published on Twitter, Pichai denounced extremist violence: «Specific to Barcelona, our security team has helped several Googlers on the ground get to safety, and everyone we've heard from so far is safe,» the executive said, noting that the company has activated an SOS alert for those in the city, with news, a map, and local updates from the police.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has apparently said that inversions do violence to what he refers to as «economic patriotism.»

The protest started Wednesday morning, after Rep. John Lewis of Georgia made a number of remarks about how little Congress has done to limit gun violence.

The top CEO in the group is Merck's Ken Frazier, at No. 5, who was the first of President Trump's business advisers to step down after the president blamed «both sides» for the violence in Charlottesville.

Wells Fargo wants schools and communities to be safe from gun violence, but changes to laws and regulations should be determined through a legislative process that gives the American public an opportunity to participate.

Riot police intervened, charging the crowd when violence broke out and using capsicum spray.

«Guns and gun owners aren't inherently a public health problem, but the violence that results absolutely is,» he said.

«The preponderance of young men engaging in these deadly, evil, and stupid acts of violence may be a result of brains that have yet to fully developed,» Howard Forman, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, told my colleague Chris Weller.

Sri Lanka, faced with online content it says spurred deadly sectarian violence, has banned Facebook's social media and messaging services.

Some scientists say this could illuminate a potential factor behind a recent spate of acts of mass violence, almost all of which have been perpetrated by men between the ages of 20 and 30.

He explains the reason Mexican drug cartels consistently commit acts of violence at 5:45 p.m. in Juárez, Mexico.

Forty - two percent of respondents said they were either somewhat worried or very worried about being the victim of gun violence.

The company has fostered relationships with U.S. and international domestic violence shelters and donates one pair of underwear for every pair sold, to support victims of domestic violence.

«Employers must have a well - crafted policy with regards to preventing harassment, bullying and violence in the workplace.