Sentences with phrase «with issues of inequality»

Set on the eve of the Great Depression, Fantastic Beasts deals with issues of inequality and xenophobia — not least with magic driven underground amid hunts akin to the Salem Witch trials.

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«We welcome any opportunity to work with lawmakers and regulators who want to learn more about how home sharing helps the middle class address the issue of economic inequality.»

I think we should find a way to have more co-operatives to bridge the gap that we can see with these kind of inequality issues.

But supporters of the new rule take issue with that, and they say forcing companies to post their pay ratios will highlight the issue of wage inequality.

It is, I think, necessary to question what it takes for one to stand truly equal among one's fellows; to explore the limits of a rights - oriented approach to the problem of inequality between racially distinct populations in our contemporary national life; to deal with issues of dignity, shame, personal responsibility, character and values, deservingness.

Along with that, the NFL sounds like it's going to offer some kind of compromise, some tacit acknowledgement of the social issues — league owners and Roger Goodell noticeably don't directly refer to police brutality or racial inequality — either with a window of time and / or a financial commitment to various causes.

Short, concrete, and reassuring talks with young children, more detailed talks with middle age children focusing on their concerns and questions, and digging deep with interested teenagers around issues of values, inequality, and class divisions.

There are plenty of other «developed» countries with racial and social inequality and poverty - related health issues.

By Jon Sparkes With terms like «social justice» and «tackling inequality» being used by all main political parties in recent years, and the political rhetoric increasingly shifting to the need for addressing the «root causes» of social issues, one would be inclined to believe that homelessness, one of the most acute forms of poverty, is in decline.

«I think over time, obviously, I want to make sure that the issue of income inequality becomes more central to the national debate,» he said in an interview with Capital.

Ms. Timoner, who lives in Park Slope with her wife and two sons, is eager to attack what she sees as the pressing issues of the day — poverty, racism, violence, deep inequality — with a kind of communitarian approach to Judaism.

GRACIE MANSION — Mayor Bill de Blasio, who supporters describe as a «national hero» among progressives, has dipped his his toe into presidential politics with a push to make income inequality a central issue of the 2016 national elections.

According to President Akufo - Addo, the completion of the SDGs in 2030, presents this generation with the great opportunity to fight inequality on all fronts, wipe out extreme poverty, tackle the issues of climate change and reverse the degradation and unsustainable use of our environmental resources.

While de Blasio has taken up many important social issues — racial profiling, early childhood education, housing, and others — it remains to be seen if he can with the limited power of a mayor really affect the issue of economic inequality, that is the overwhelming power of capital in the world's preeminent financial center.

An article and an editorial in The BMJ both address the issue of trans fats public health, with the article reporting that bans or labelling or food with trans fats would reduce deaths from coronary heart disease, inequality from mortality and save money.

When Franco appeared at Sunday's Golden Globes, where he won a statue for his starring role in The Disaster Artist, many people took issue with the fact that the actor was wearing a Time's Up pin to show support of the initiative to combat sexual harassment and gender inequality in Hollywood.

The actresses came with strong opinions on the subject, which quickly segued into a frank debate on how sexism and harassment are intertwined with the issue of pay inequality in Hollywood.

Along with panelists Associate Professor John Diamond, Professor Fernando Reimers, Lecturer Rick Weissbourd, Assistant Professors Marty West and Meira Levinson, and the Honorable Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Minow addressed questions about the use of integration in equality, different contexts of inequality, and pressing issues facing equality in schools.

Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert's increasing frustration with educational policies that favour «no excuses» and «compliance», and that ignore the broader issues of poverty and inequality, is shared by many others across the sphere of education — and this widespread disaffection has led to the assembly of a diverse cast of teachers, school leaders, academics and poets who unite in this book to challenge the status quo.

In addition to my school wrestling with its «special education» students, we are also wrestling with issues of social inequalities.

She analyzes and engages issues of diversity, opportunity, and inequality in schools and communities, with a focus on the district, school and classroom leverage points that can increase college access for underrepresented, low - income students.

Today, 50 years after the report was issued, that prediction characterizes most of our large urban areas, where intensifying segregation and concentrated poverty have collided with disparities in school funding to reinforce educational inequality (see Figure 1).

I'd argue that the appeal to «British values» is a smokescreen that hides a multitude of issues concerning inequality and justice not dealt with by other British institutions.

In Jordan, I found a group of devoted school leaders who were struggling with many of the same issues school leaders are grappling with stateside: Class sizes are large, student discipline is an issue, the teacher and principal pipeline is impacting human capital, funding is tight, and inequality translates into uneven outcomes for students.

This issue of Educational Leadership on poverty comes to you because educators must deal with these inequalities every day.

How it came about, writes development director Stephen Tall, is an interesting case study of how we approach issues of educational inequality and try and tackle them in partnership with others.

She's ready to work with us to confront the issues facing children and their families today, including poverty, wage stagnation, income inequality and lack of opportunity.

Today, 50 years after the report was issued, that prediction characterizes most of our large urban areas, where intensifying segregation and concentrated poverty have collided with disparities in school funding to reinforce educational inequality.

This issue of Principal illustrates ways principals can overcome student inequality, such as reflecting on discipline practices, engaging with parents, and curbing summer slide.

But the Power 100 does include numerous individuals from a range of backgrounds worthy of attention, and who are working with issues of race and inequality in their practice (see: Chicago - based artist Theaster Gates, number 16).

In interviews with Laurie Anderson, Paul Chan, Trevor Paglen, JoAnn Verburg, and others, this series examines artists» approaches to small - p politics — issues of power, inequality, and participation.

He is a member of an artist collective facilitating workshops and performances at San Quentin State Prison that collaborates with incarcerated artists to explore their own personal journeys, as well as systemic issues of inequality, violence, and incarceration.

Conceptual and abstract art made in several Latin American countries from the late»50s onwards dealt not only with questions of abstraction and constructivism but also with deeper cultural issues such as colonialism, repressive and dictatorial governments and social inequality.

At the risk of stating the obvious, identity politics are primarily concerned with widespread social and structural issues of inequality, even where they are expressed through the personal.

Through her choice of subjects, her work was engaged with issues related to gender and racial inequality, family dynamics, labor struggles, and violence.

With all the proposed and actual US budget cuts aimed at gutting the EPA and NOAA's efforts to monitor the state of our climate, it's worth pointing out even if it's perhaps obvious that the record (and growing) levels of income inequality in the United States, as well as the fact that a shocking number of huge corporations pay lower taxes than actual people, that both of these are more than social and economic issues.

Because he wants to address the issues of «information asymmetry» and «inequality of arms», as of 14 July 2017, DoNotPay is opening up so that anyone can create legal bots for free, with no technical knowledge.

«And although we're starting to see, thanks to the tribunal's work and all of the First Nations communities and families and children who have advocated and stood with us during this long court battle, inequality starting to close in child welfare and on Jordan's Principle, we still have issues with education, early childhood, basics like water and sanitation, that are going to continue to pile up on hopes and dreams of children.»

With 70 years of experience in more than 90 countries, Oxfam takes on the big issues that keep people poor: inequality, discrimination, and unequal access to resources including food, water, and land.

That sounds like a big fat non-acknowlegement of the Redfern Statement in which Indigenous organisations, with the backing of many health groups and NGOs, issued a landmark election challenge calling for transformative action to address structural inequalities, and to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The first is that the extent of health inequality experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples raises issues of compliance with Australia's human rights obligations.

In March 2005, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination also identified that the extent of inequality in health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples raises issues of compliance with Article 5 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The second issue to consider in terms of human rights compliance receives less attention - namely, whether the current processes in place to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality comply with the key elements of the human rights based approach to health.

At the highest level, sitting atop the myriad of specific issues with which I and my team engage, there are four key inter-related national issues: Constitutional reform, the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [2], progress towards Closing the Gap on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inequality, and the status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in this country, an issue at the forefront of my agenda.

It also leads students to recognise issues around the inequality of access to and distribution of resources and generate a sense of responsibility to preserve and share the environment and resources with others.