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Google, at the time, said it was standing up against censorship.
And praise to Maher and Sanders for standing up against it.
But experts also say candidates are increasingly standing up against harassment.
You're feeling and seeing injustice, and you're standing up against it.
And part of that work is standing up against anti-Semitism.
She doesn't care about the backlash because she's standing up against discrimination.
"He died standing up against hate," said Mike Niemeyer of Silverton, Oregon.
" He praised the Strand for "standing up against a behemoth like Amazon.
I've been called a "house slave" for standing up against anti-Semitism.
The recent protests show that many Filipinos are standing up against that.
Standing up against Mueller, Swift made a statement for sexual assault survivors everywhere.
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We are standing up against bad laws which dehumanize us and destroy our freedom.
And where were the Republicans standing up against conspiracy theories and for scientific integrity?
We have a moral duty to condemn and continue standing up against these arbitrary arrests.
Unfortunately, as we've seen, standing up against pedophilia is a necessary political position in 2017.
"Certainly I respect the players and what they are standing up against," Meyers Drysdale said.
Today, it is heartwarming to see Americans of all creeds standing up against similar bigotry.
Ford is credited in Mein Kampf as the "single great man" standing up against Jewish influence.
Jennifer Lawrence is joining the many voices in Hollywood standing up against inappropriate treatment of women.
Here, see a few photos of people standing up against cyberbullying, with inspiring and heartbreaking stories.
Australians are standing up against the offshore detainment of asylum seekers at protests around the country.
This was a city grieving its dead, and standing up against the forces that took them.
"You need to do the right thing, regardless of who you're standing up against," Kim said.
In the wake of the Weinstein scandal, the fashion industry is also standing up against sexual harassment.
The truth is that standing up against the violence committed by American institutions has never been popular.
That's why I will continue to embrace the responsibility of standing up against attacks on women's health.
In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the fashion industry is also standing up against sexual harassment.
Politicians lead the charge Prominent politicians across the nation are defiantly standing up against the guidance from Washington.
Bryan and Billie Lourd are standing up against an upcoming biography about Billie's mom: the late Carrie Fisher.
But we have a president that instead of standing up against them, actually [is] making excuses for them.
"Greta is amazingly courageous to be standing up against ignorance and injustice regarding the climate crisis," said Herrmann.
The actress is standing up against gun violence in quite a different way than we're used to seeing.
The basalt is still there, standing up against the beating waves as it has for thousands of years.
But if you want to get literal, we've got a spunky child standing up against rising stock prices.
The NBA stumbled in their response: not quite apologizing, but not standing up against the Chinese government, either.
They were standing up against people who don't belong here, that don't define their experiences at Ole Miss.
For now, there's no evidence that other Republicans in the Senate will follow Corker in standing up against Trump.
They are to Jacky Rosen -- because Dean Heller of Nevada isn't standing up against the destruction of public lands.
Sitting at my kitchen table three years ago, all I knew was that standing up against injustice was right.
But, she said, the culture of Brazilian women standing up against sexism, even before the #MeToo movement, gives her hope.
"I want to thank this establishment for standing up against the appropriation of indigenous people in this country," another wrote.
We are proud that their employees are standing up against what can only be described as corporate greed and arrogance.
Clinton added that people used to focus on tolerance instead of standing up against instances of hatred, like casual misogyny.
Kate Winslet is standing up against childhood bullying by opening up about her own experience getting picked on as a kid.
All of this, he said, is precisely why we all need to do our part in standing up against LGBTQ hate.
The National Football League doesn't deserve my viewership after blackballing former player Colin Kaepernick for standing up against racist police brutality.
"To your point about politics, it looks like President Trump is standing up against those bullies," co-host Steve Doocy injected.
It meant for me standing up against the commercial system, the rich elites, not spitting down on people who are defenseless.
In the end, I have decided that I must join those who are standing up against Mr. Jones and his despicable actions.
Surely the industry that prided itself of standing up against Donald Trump has some words of wisdom for all of us, right?
" In her Instagram post, Bennet thanked Skrein for "standing up against Hollywood's continuous insensitivity and flippant behavior towards the Asian American community.
But at the same time when you are standing up against Novak Djokovic it's just a different animal in terms of pressure.
He's playing to his base by demeaning black athletes who are standing up against racism, or kneeling down against racism and injustice.
Given her experience with assault and standing up against her alleged abuser, many people were confused as to why she wasn't included.
" He also claims to be an American nationalist standing up against a corrupt elite in hoc to "the false song of globalism.
They're standing up against the extreme racism of the administration and the G.O.P., as well as the passivity of the establishment Democrats.
Its central story, about Tony's crew standing up against anti-Columbus Day demonstrations, is both out-of-character and uncharacteristically heavy-handed.
Expanding our definition of "survivor activism" to include standing up against other injustices expands the opportunities to reclaim our power and our voice.
This detail feeds the story line that Clinton, now known as an advocate for women, was standing up against discrimination against men too.
The growing resilience of people standing up against repression and demanding respect for human rights is a cause for hope in uncertain times.
And in watching them and watching all the women standing up against Weinstein and Bill Cosby, it felt like dominoes were falling around me.
The 28-year-old actress posted a picture on her Instagram of her standing up against a large door wearing a distinctly '60s outfit.
None of the women have expressed hatred of fellow citizens or American values; they contend that standing up against injustice is an American value.
The activists in the civil rights era stood up against injustice, even when that meant standing up against the government; they made America great.
Standing up against this global pressure campaign on Israel and the Jewish people goes to the heart of our friendship and the heart of America.
David Banner did NOT get handcuffed in DC because his friends couldn't get into a nightclub -- instead he got busted while standing up against racism.
" She added that she felt "empowered" by Sykes and Dungey and "and those at ABC standing up against abuse of power and lack of values.
It's a weighty responsibility to move their talents where the impact is positive, or commit to standing up against the business imperatives of their employers.
" He described being "harried like this by an invisible enemy and standing up against the dangers of battle without any of its exhilaration or enthusiasm.
The actions of Hong Kong's youth mirror millennials around the world, who are increasingly standing up against the status quo and demanding more radical political change.
Weaver said in a statement the candidates are "standing up against the wealthy interests and biggest corporations, and putting working families first" in their home states.
"Sanders' pro-union message and record of standing up against outsourcing and free trade deals is going to resonate," said Ro Khanna, Sanders' campaign co-chair.
In choosing to publish their stories, many obstetric violence survivors feel they are standing up against a similar culture of silence and normalization within an industry.
The post comes after Beckham shared a photo late last month that showed him standing up against some lockers, next to the shadows of two unidentified figures.
By standing up against all violence, including workplace violence, domestic violence, gun, street and gang violence, we can be agents of changes that make our communities healthier.
I am proud of my family, proud of my record of standing up for our progressive values and proud to be unflinching in standing up against hate.
Putting a name to the practice of obstetric violence is the first step toward standing up against it, and so, of course, doctors have begun fighting back.
"Standing up against fascism and the rise of Nazism and fascism in this country is not a crime," she said at her arraignment, according to Huffington Post.
However, this sort of coalition has been traditionally been a challenge for the Socialists, often blamed by its voters for not standing up against Chancellor Angela Merkel's party.
A union like that could also lead to investigating a collective games publishing model, which might be the best chance indies have at standing up against platform holders.
It treats Hillary Clinton's constant barrage of abuse, Elizabeth Warren's standing up against the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions, and women's ongoing fight for equal pay, like meaningless buzzwords.
Failing to do either in this moment would be to create more space for bigotry to fill; not standing up against this would be an example of true incivility.
"Ms Redstone is the only person who seemed to be standing up against this conflict," he said, referring to the issues with Dauman's appointment as Redstone's health care agent.
The Trump administration will have to be able to evaluate objectively Mr. Putin's agenda and lead NATO in standing up against his aggression, while allowing for cooperation where possible.
Numerous progressive groups are also standing up against Clovis, with 54 groups in farming, food, conservation and other areas writing to senators last month asking them to oppose him.
" EA's dogged response to this debacle marks another instance of creators standing up against toxic fan bases who seek to rail against diversity and what they view as "PC politics.
In recent times, she's been something of a tour de force when it comes to standing up against current speaker of the house Paul Ryan and President Donald J. Trump.
I applaud these women for standing up, against all odds, for their rights as women and trying to break the stereotype that Islam can't live in peace with progressive feminism.
Instead, senators like John McCain and Susan Collins, who won widespread praise for standing up against Obamacare repeal during the summer, went along meekly with a monstrously awful tax bill.
Separately, more than 19943 newspapers across the U.S. — from large metro-area dailies to small local weeklies — are standing up against President Trump's repeated verbal attacks on the news media.
"We offer zero apologies to anyone that is offended by this advertisement that depicts armed, but peaceful, patriotic Americans standing up against socialist, anarchist, and communist rioters," the companies wrote.
On a personal note, Melissa and I have been friends for over a decade, and I'm so proud of her for speaking her truth and standing up against transphobic bullshit.
Nev Schulman said it loud and proud ... he's Jewish, and wore the yellow Star of David to the VMAs to make sure his fans know he's standing up against white supremacists.
"Hence, people across the globe who decided to wear black were standing up against the moral imbalance of power and misconduct in the name of position, authority, and influence," she said.
"" The works featured images appropriated from the New York Times and local New Orleans papers — stories from the previous summer about racial strife and community leaders standing up against police brutality.
Delay is the friend of the union buster: after voting for a union, workers want to see immediate results from standing up against the company -- the entity that issues a paycheck.
His aides have sometimes pushed back, noting that his base loves to see Sanders, a thick-skinned mom with a relatable Southern twang, standing up against a brigade of aggressive reporters.
"He made an ethical decision to stand up against racism and injustice, and sometimes standing up against those decisions you'll be rebuked by the American court system," said Shabazz, according to NBC29.
That was Saturday morning, before a driver weaponized his car and plowed it into a group of brave counterprotesters standing up against white nationalism and racism, killing one young woman, Heather Heyer.
Susan Bro gave a powerful speech Wednesday at her daughter's memorial service in Charlottesville's Paramount Theater, and served up a rallying cry for what her daughter died for ... standing up against hate.
This negligent attack on my character will not stop me from continuing my battle and standing up against the violence in our communities, the violence in the nation and the violence worldwide.
What makes The Hate U Give so brilliant is the seamless way that it blends a stirring and universal coming-of-age story with an important lesson about standing up against institutional corruption.
The thought of anyone being forced to stay in an unsafe situation at the detriment of their sanity and future is intolerable—and that's the very injustice Sisters Uncut are standing up against.
Meanwhile, if voters reward Northam and Murphy for standing up against hate and instead offering a strong progressive economic agenda, they provide a roadmap for fighting back and fighting forward in the Trump era.
The Black Panthers' use of open carry to demonstrate to police that they were standing up against "tyranny" inspired California to make open carry illegal — and helped spur a nationwide wave of gun control.
Members of the group "were really excited and engaged by him and especially standing up for workers' rights, standing up against big corporations like Amazon," said Barbara Lopez, Make the Road Action's Connecticut director.
"You can see what's happening in the political process — both parties are dealing with grass-roots movements standing up against the shrinking of the middle class and the rise of income inequality," Mr. Amato said.
"[She] is standing up against something and we see her as a powerful image," N.Y.C. tourist Holly Sargeant told AP. "She represents all the young women in the world that want to make a difference."
BUT THE REASON THAT I DID WAS WE NEEDED TO STAND UP. AND YOU CAN SEE NOW MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STANDING UP AGAINST WHO I THINK WOULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS PRESIDENT.
And while few condemn them for not standing up against Jim Crow when doing so carried great risk, at a minimum we expect them to have developed some perspective on it in the time since.
"Thank you Bernie Sanders for having the guts in leading all of us in standing up against the billionaires who are trying to take over our democracy," she said at a joint rally in September.
Acevedo recommends connecting with friends and neighbors to advocate for important causes, standing up against everyday injustices and challenging unfair policies, engaging in email and letter-writing campaigns, and creating petitions to address a specific problem.
It comes in the wake of Callie standing up against a corrupt foster care bill that will funnel more money toward privatization, and could threaten her new position as a much-needed voice for foster kids.
Clinton called on graduates to uphold the legacy of figures like the slain civil rights leader for whom the school is named, by fighting for voting rights and standing up against the rise of hate crimes.
On the one hand, party leaders might be wary of exacerbating the anger felt by many Chinese people, who often side with villagers like Mr. Jia, seeing them as folk heroes standing up against venal forces.
While it's nice to imagine a corporation like Facebook or Twitter standing up against government censorship by refusing to comply with their demands, getting banned countrywide can have serious consequences both for the company and its users.
And now, many Indian men have taken the message a step further and are actually posting selfies of their mustaches with the hashtag #MrDalit, to show that they're standing up against the discrimination, violence, and unconstitutional treatment.
Many Puerto Ricans are standing up against decades of corruption and mismanagement, and what they say is second-class treatment as a US territory, consider Vazquez a liability at such a crucial moment in the island's history.
As Turkey strives to join the European Union and demands respect from the international community, many citizens in the country and abroad are standing up against Erdogan and risking their safety and lives for freedom and democracy.
"I'm so inspired by the work you do, specifically in organizing the recent petition of Tennessee faith leaders standing up against the 'Slate of Hate'," Swift, 29, wrote in a note dated April 8 to TEP's director.
Then again, stopping Trump would have required more than merely standing up against his rise — it would require a fundamental shift in the party, as Vox's Matt Yglesias explains: Trump has massive, obvious weaknesses as a candidate.
She told me that postponing the RITA contest, the US's top prize for romance fiction, until next year is not enough to convince her that the organization is serious about standing up against racism in the industry.
At a time of shifting allegiances and rising competitors in the world, we have no better friend than Ukraine -- a scrappy, unbowed, determined, and above all dignified people who are standing up against Russian authoritarianism and aggression.
They cheered at the final reveal of Simon's secret pen pal (the other closeted gay kid in his school — the two chat under pseudonyms and don't know each other's identities) and at a teacher standing up against bullies.
In the name of standing up against the supposed anti-African bias of the court, South Africa has aligned itself with the autocrats of the continent and given succour to those who have committed appalling human-rights abuses.
Singh told VICE News that Singh is a "wonderful kind-hearted person who has long been committed to standing up against discrimination, especially against women and minorities," and that he was targeted because of his anti-discrimination work.
"I'm writing you to say that I'm so inspired by the work you do, specifically in organizing the recent petition of Tennessee faith leaders standing up against the 'Slate of Hate' in our state legislature," the singer wrote.
"I had to hold countless counselling sessions with Santadevi's father to convince him that if his daughter was standing up against her child marriage, she wasn't in the wrong," says Dr. Kriti Bharti, the founder of the NGO.
I feel that all these athletes are not doing it because it's a "trend" or because they're being told to, I believe they are doing it because they are making a statement and standing up against social injustice.
Senator Lindsey Graham denounced Trump in 2016, and until recently seemed to be standing up against the idea of firing the attorney general to kill the Mueller investigation; now he's signaled that he's O.K. with such a firing.
Set It Up was a pretty perfect complete film on its own, with Deutch and Powell's assistants finally standing up against their domineering bosses and taking control of their own careers — and, obviously, falling in love with each other.
She discusses how her mom shared a similar story about herself with Tamblyn, as well as Tamblyn's grandmother's resulting response of "Boys will be boys" — a statement passed down for generations that the actress is standing up against today.
" Swift's note to him reads: "I'm writing you to say that I'm so inspired by the work you do, specifically in organizing the recent petition of Tennessee faith leaders standing up against the 'State of Hate' in our state legislature.
Google Is Helping the Pentagon Build AI for Drones (Gizmodo) Speaking of Google employees standing up against a controversial program, this story about the internet giant's secret Pentagon contract broke long before Googlers organized marches to protest their own company.
World Premiere Burning Sands / U.S.A. (Director: Gerard McMurray, Screenwriters: Christine Berg, Gerard McMurray) — Deep into a fraternity's Hell Week, a favored pledge is torn between honoring a code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
There are so many incredible heavy metal bands out there standing up against fascism and in support of marginalized communities who definitely deserve our full-throated support and hard-earned dollars, but most of them are still operating outside the mainstream.
Or maybe the problem was that they hadn't seen combat, and instead they wanted the glory they missed overseas and decided to live out the quintessential American fantasy of being a "good guy with a gun" standing up against injustice.
He is expected to use Mr. Mattarella's attempted appointment of a technocratic — if temporary — prime minister to reinforce the League's anti-elitist message and portray himself as standing up against anti-democratic forces beholden to Brussels, Berlin and the bankers.
"There's no better example of that than what we've seen with the kids in this country standing up against gun violence in the last few days," he said, in reference to the survivors of the school shooting last week in Parkland, Florida.
Standing up against the idea of children being slaughtered at school is one thing, but the throngs of activists I met were well-aware of the gun lobby's historical stranglehold on American politics—and determined to enact specific changes to gun laws.
Some context The resistance in North Dakota is part of a larger movement across the Americas in which indigenous people are standing up against energy projects that they say would contaminate their water, contribute to climate change, and infringe on their land rights.
In the congressional battle, Republicans will argue that the Democrats' obsession with removing Trump from office pulled them away from the business of governing in Washington, while Democrats will hit GOP lawmakers for not standing up against the president's possibly unlawful actions.
Daniel Ellsberg, a fellow whistle-blower who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971, put himself forward to the court, understanding that the history of civil disobedience is being willing to accept any punishment for the moral act of standing up against authority.
"The Pittsburgh Penguins join the greater Pittsburgh community in standing up against this senseless violence and supporting the victims and families of the Tree of Life Synagogue," David Morehouse, president and CEO of the Penguins said in a statement, according to KDKA.
"Ambassador Haley has failed the LGBTQ community by not standing up against the barbaric use of the death penalty to punish individuals in same-sex relationships," said Ty Cobb, director of Human Rights Campaign Global, in a statement emailed out soon after the vote.
Speaking at a campaign rally for New Jersey Democratic congressional candidate Mikie Sherrill, former Vice President Joe Biden denounced the current political climate in Washington, arguing that the Republican-led Congress has been afraid of standing up against President Trump's divisive rhetoric, according to NJ.com.
Standing up against sexual violence was a key subject during the event's kickoff, three weeks after allegations that movie producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted women over the past three decades galvanized outrage over abuse of women that has been covered up or ignored.
In March, Omar gave a two-minute speech at a banquet for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights group, outlining her inspiring story (she's a Somali immigrant), her commitment to American values, and the importance of standing up against Islamophobia.
The crisis she goes through in the opera is the choice between sitting at home with your partner and ranting about what you see going on in the world, or getting out there, politicizing your body, and standing up against the injustices that you see.
In the years since, the family became even more firmly entrenched in the deep and bitter debate over public land policy in the West — seen either as right-wing extremists or stalwarts in standing up against federal government overreach, depending on whom you asked.
Even if we recognize the ridiculousness of societal standards for women's bodies, it's nice to know that some awesome, high-profile ladies are standing up against the idea that weight loss should be a woman's first priority the second after she, y'know, gives birth to a child.
The Standing Up Against Anti-Semitism in Ontario Act, introduced by Progressive Conservative MPP and former leader of the party Tim Hudak would've meant that no public body would be allowed to enter into contracts with people and entities that support or participate in the movement.
Clinton has been using the gun issue "as a way to respond when [Sanders] goes after her with not standing up against Wall Street, to kind of counter with, 'you're not standing up to the gun manufacturers," said Douglas Schwartz, the director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
To anti-sexual violence activists, Hendrickson's candidacy for Superior Court judge is pivotal—not only for the people of Santa Clara County, but also in this current cultural moment, where women are standing up against the status quo and shining a light on the prevalence of gender-based discrimination.
" Tapper asked Johnson: "There are also grieving moms because their sons were innocently and wrongly killed by law enforcement ... if one of them were here and said 'Hey, Kaepernick wasn't standing up against your son, he was standing up for my son,' what would you say to that?
"Dear Chris, I'm writing you to say that I'm so inspired by the work you do, specifically in organizing the recent petition of Tennessee faith leaders standing up against the 'Slate of Hate' in our state legislature," Swift wrote in the note that was shared on social media.
The question now is to what extent he is willing to lead his court in standing up against a president who, it is hardly far-fetched to imagine, may trample the First Amendment, withhold information the law regards as subject to disclosure, or defy court orders on immigration or other matters.
Urbana Middle School isn't alone in standing up against seemingly sexist dress restrictions: Students at Linganore High School, which is located in the same district in Maryland, are also protesting their dress code, according to People, which they argue promotes rape culture by focusing on covering up the female body as a way to ward off the male gaze.
They are also about Americans standing up against a rigged tax system in which billionaires pay a lower rate than secretaries, some profitable multinational corporations pay no federal income tax at all (due to corporate offshoring) and small businesses and hardworking families are forced to pick up the tab to create the society we want to live in.
A generation of boys exists before us that can engender a new and joyous chorus, a band of women and men together standing up against harassment and violence, becoming educated about their rights as global citizens, pursuing their dreams, using education as a weapon against injustice, and pressing for progress with each word, action, law and social practice upon which they lean.
To be effective, they cannot stop applying the pressure of more CEOs going vocal and public in their opposition: Apple CEO Tim Cook, for example, issued a memo to employees, standing up against Trump's "moral equivalence between white supremacists and Nazis, and those who oppose them by standing up for human rights," and pledged $2 million in donations to groups that champion equality.
"It was an unusual thing at the time for the state of Texas to be standing up against the president of the United States in front of the Supreme Court, particularly when that president was a Texan and a Republican and the former governor of this state," Cruz told cheering supporters at a Houston rally in February, one of the many times he has brought up the case.
Former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien Comey85033 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Barr predicts progressive prosecutors will lead to 'more crime, more victims' James Comey shows our criminal justice system works as intended MORE on Thursday expressed appreciation for the FBI standing up against "weasels and liars" as debate rages over a classified memo that purports to show political bias within the Justice Department.
"The media's obsession with vilifying conservatives -- whether it's calling Americans who want immigration controls bigots, slandering those who push for school choice as anti-teacher, or claiming those who seek to block-grant medicaid to the states want to push granny off a cliff -- is the very reason we're not going to apologize for standing up against the oppressive political correctness the leftist media uses in its impotent attempt to silence their political opponents."
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