Sentences with phrase «working class roots»

While the city retains its working class roots, it has also striven to increase the culture and artistic opportunities for its residents.

With a median income of $ 61,176 for a family, and a per capita income of $ 26,815, Henderson is a more affluent city than some, but still retains its working class roots.

I know Dan Markel, and I know that he is not biased against individuals with working class roots or against individuals with a «lesser» academic legal pedigree.

He held close to his working class roots and left college for the army, after which he earned an MFA at Ohio University through th...

De Kooning, never forgetting his working class roots in Rotterdam's docklands, felt a profound solidarity with artists who were looking in from the outside.

Although rarely declared or made specific, Ellis's practice is resonant with autobiographical references, and both his northern working class roots and the profound influence of art school in the 70s suffuse his work.

Kyle Kogut, a multimedia artist currently based in Philadelphia, explores masculinity, religion and his working class roots with totems from his relationship to his father.

With a median income of $ 61,176 for a family, and a per capita income of $ 26,815, Henderson is a more affluent city than some, but still retains its working class roots.

Clearly, John knows better than to drift into this darkly violent world, and it's pretty painful to watch him bounce back and forth over the next year, giving in to his inner rage and beginning to lose sight of both the promise of his intellect and his goal to break out of his working class roots and attend university.

Echoing Gallo's populist appeal to what he called «Lunchbucket Kingston,» Woltman said the city's Democratic Committee has drifted away from its working class roots and become dominated by a «clique» of connected insiders who were out of touch with everyday taxpayers.

She argued despite his principles, the party under Mr Corbyn was not «communicating with our voters» and stressed her northern working class roots as well as her experience with «metropolitan things».

In contrast there is more agreement between ConHome and its readers on the need for Conservative HQ to make sustained attacks on Ed Miliband and Ed Balls (item 14) and the need for more candidates with northern and working class roots (item 11).

In her pitch to MPs, Eagle is said to have stressed her working class roots.

The fate of the church that forgets its working class roots was never better described than in this poem by Elmer F. Suderman:

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The book is a memoir about his improbable journey from his working - class, «hillbilly» roots in Appalachia to the elite corridors of one of the top law schools in the U.S., and then the world of venture capital.

While working - class young adults «struggle with similar, and structurally rooted, problems, there is no sense of «we,»» reports Jennifer M. Silva, author of Coming Up Short: Working - Class Adulthood in an Age of Uncerworking - class young adults «struggle with similar, and structurally rooted, problems, there is no sense of «we,»» reports Jennifer M. Silva, author of Coming Up Short: Working - Class Adulthood in an Age of Uncertaclass young adults «struggle with similar, and structurally rooted, problems, there is no sense of «we,»» reports Jennifer M. Silva, author of Coming Up Short: Working - Class Adulthood in an Age of UncerWorking - Class Adulthood in an Age of UncertaClass Adulthood in an Age of Uncertainty.

He is the youngest child from a working class family with deep southern roots.

Stricherz, one gathers, would be comfortable in a Democratic party that returned to its working - class roots and its economic focus but that made a place for social conservatives.

In many ways Naz Shah is exactly the kind of Muslim MP the British left needs: a working class feminist who is rooted in her community and was able to put the likes of George Galloway to the sword in Bradford.

Gareth's working class and deep local roots, record of public service and government experience, and shoe - leather approach to campaigning make him the most electable candidate.

Working together on issues where we agree is fine — being tied into an agreement with a party which has no roots in working class movements is aWorking together on issues where we agree is fine — being tied into an agreement with a party which has no roots in working class movements is aworking class movements is another.

«Tom DiNapoli is a hard - working guy who doesn't forget his middle class roots, and he knows that every dime counts — especially when they're taxpayer dimes — so we trust him to do what's right for Staten Island.»

«Make the Road Action, NYCC, and Tenants PAC are strong working - class organizations with deep roots in the communities of North Brooklyn,» Medina said in a statement.

With his Northern working - class roots and charm, Ukip's new leader Paul Nuttall has been labeled a «major threat» to Labour's core vote.

In seeking the post, the NYPD officer's son had touted his blue collar outer borough roots, and argued his experiences could help the delegation reconnect with the working class voters who supported Trump on Election Day.

Stoller is urging Democrats to return to those roots as a way of protecting Democracy, adding jobs, and earning working class votes again.

Voters sprinkled across the vast Adirondacks and environs «are demanding working class representation from someone who has survived a few North Country winters and knows the problems we face every day,» she said, an evident dig at Stefanik's Albany area roots.

His council house roots also positioned him well to speak on why exactly the conservative mission attracts the working class, orating with evident passion until he was, quite literally, a little red in the face.

Since the new breed of political corruption takes the form of corporate money smothering our democracy, our club is staying true to its roots by supporting Howie Hawkins: a genuine friend of the working and middle classes,» said long time club member John Bredin.

I come from middle class roots, and the RWDSU has a long and proud history of fighting and winning battles for working families like mine.

She grew up in the historic Sholem Aleichem Housing Cooperative, a working - class development in the northwest Bronx known for its Jewish roots and heavy population of artists, poets and musicians.

If he genuinely wants to return to when Labour was a mass party with substantial roots in working class communities, he needs to recognise that this situation existed primarily because Labour was then a social democratic party which aimed to reform the capitalist system.

In a statement, Watson heaped praise on his old friend, stating: «Michael Dugher is a rare politician - a talented working - class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots.

• It is the broad Left's abandonment of independent working class politics since 1936, not some American exceptionalism rooted in our political institutions and culture, that best explains the absence of a mass party of the Left.

He went from working - class roots in North Tonawanda to get two law degrees — one in the United States and one in China.

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson described him as: «a rare politician — a talented working class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots.

Not just as a spouse who knows him intimately, but as a deft political mind in her own right: a feminist activist who understands grass - roots organizing, a liberal champion of the working class and an experienced author who has written speeches for leading New York officials.

Michael Dugher is a rare politician - a talented working - class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots.

Deputy leader Tom Watson led tributes to the sacked shadow minister, saying: «Michael Dugher is a rare politician - a talented working class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots.

«Michael Dugher is a rare politician - a talented working - class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots,» Mr Watson said in a statement.

In France, Marine Le Pen has worked to cleanse the far - right National Front of its anti-Semitic roots and build a broader working - class base.

Still, he's rather an admirable villain in one sense: A wholly self - made property baron who has clawed his way up from working - class roots by gaming the government at every available opportunity, Carver reasons that the American Dream does not come to those who wait.

The film also delves into the theme of letting go of one's past, as Brian is continually struggling between finding his true identity at Bristol and being dragged back to his working - class roots by his best friend and part - time criminal Spencer (Dominic Cooper).

There's nobody to really root for in this movie, just a joyless bunch of terrified, damaged, working class hypocrites who offer up their children to the alter of Christ without conscience... and suffer gravely for it.

As Brian McAvoy plays the romantic lead well — an affable ordinary guy who remains impossibly tied to his working - class roots.

And perhaps it's that lack of a clearly defined protagonist that has kept Alice Sweet Alice at an arms distance to many a film lover: there's nobody to really root for in this movie, just a joyless bunch of terrified, damaged, working class hypocrites who offer up their children to the alter of Christ without conscience... and suffer gravely for it.

I grew up in a conservative working - class family who had left its roots in farming communities of Ontario to travel to Hamilton, Toronto and other large metropolitan areas (where my dad landed a job as manager of Eastern Canada for Philips Electronics and brought us temporarily into the middle class).

Fritch's generation of teachers has few historical roots with the labor movement, yet they speak of social justice and daily serve kids from working - class families.

Reflections on loss and living explores the themes of living with absence and the roots of life through artistic responses sent in by you or the arts groups or classes you work with.

But this good old fashioned way of working with my students to learn vocabulary (We studied different types of syllables, affixes, roots and derivatives in my ELL Language Arts Class.)