Sentences with phrase «with other controversial issues»

In the meantime, Tolson is also wrestling with other controversial issues closer to home, like his involvement in an organization promoting the unionization and integration of black and white laborers.

But as the Common Core has been grouped with other controversial issues by opponents serving a variety of larger political agendas, the union has also been joined by libertarians and even conservative Republicans in opposition.

Not exact matches

Bringing other provinces on board with pipeline expansion, plus a variety of other controversial issues such as temporary foreign workers, requires a national perspective on economic growth.

Other Christians invoke images of persecution when someone disagrees with them on controversial issues such as abortion or birth control, says Moss, whose «The Myth of Persecution» was recently released.

Priests and others are reluctant to talk about controversial areas of morality, especially the «pelvic issues», with the result that the main influence on Catholic thinking on those issues comes from the surrounding culture.

Sunder, One of the problems with the internet debates, especially those around controversial or hotly contested issues, is that the parties very often do not actually appear to engage with each other at all - they merely stand on their own ground shouting to the world about their particular take on a point and fail to actually listen to what others are saying... the classic examples of this is the «debate» about the promotion of women in the European elections and the «debate» about grammar schools - both on Conservative Home.

Bharara, the prosecutor who has already won convictions against former Senate leader Dean Skelos and Assembly leader Sheldon Silver, has issued subpoenas for records related to the Buffalo Billion projects, state contracts with COR Development for Central New York projects, and for a controversial energy project in Orange County, among other things.

He added that she has «straight As» from the National Rifle Association and voted against Democratic Gov. David Paterson's «bloated» budget this year (Burns conceded there were other issues on which the Republican has problems with conservatives in her party: she is pro-abortion, voted for gay marriage and, while not endorsing the controversial «card check» provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, she does support «reform in workers» ability to organize» — a stand not too different from that of AFL - CIO President Rich Trumka when he said he could support EFCA without card check).

The Independent politician in the video sounds fair and probably speaks for a lot of others who don't want to be known for their support with this controversial issue.

He's issued subpoenas for records related to the Buffalo Billion project, state contracts with COR Development for Central New York projects, and for a controversial energy project in Orange County, among other things.

Still, it's hard to see it as anything other than a naked political ploy when the GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidate appeals to the Democratic leader of the free world to intercede in a controversial local issue when his spokesman just made it clear his boss doesn't want to touch it with a 10 - foot pole.

Paraphrasing Bratton, New York magazine's latest issue reported that he wishes he hadn't sat «on one side of the mayor with the Rev. Al Sharpton on the other» at the controversial July 31 roundtable discussion convened after the police - chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R — Syracuse) complained that Cuomo — like other governors before him — stuffed the spending plan with controversial policy issues that held up completion of the negotiations.

«As we discussed immigration, racial profiling, minimum wage, and other controversial issues, I found that students tended to stick to thoughts and explanations that fit the framework with which they have grown up.

There are surely other issues with the studies, but policymakers should be aware that there is at least some emerging empirical evidence about the effects of these controversial student loan policies.

The issues they commonly support are quite controversial with criticism of the NEA coming from some other education and civil rights groups, but the organization's spirit is the right one — to attempt to reach across the ideological divide.

Other charter school leaders in New York City took issue with Ryan's visit to the controversial charter network run by Moskowitz, who has frequently sparred with de Blasio and has made no secret of her support for DeVos.

Obama's comments lay the foundations for a fight with Congress over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and other environmental issues in his final year in office, Fortune magazine speculated ahead of the address.

Your stand on a controversial issue or in support of a specific candidate may make people on the «other side» unhappy with you.