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...court conceded that such firings may be necessary for policymaking officials, but in the words of Justice Stewart the First Amendment right of free speech is violated if "a nonpolicymaking, nonconfidential government employee can be discharged from a job that he is satisfactorily performing upon the sole ground of his political beliefs...
Economic imperatives, Gutman thus concludes, were not the sole determinants of 19th century workers' way of life or even of their collective actions as a movement. But he also emphasizes how much more research has to be done. In an essay on Protestantism and the American labor movement, he only outlines the "relationship between religious sentiment and rhetoric and everyday behavior." He calls the relationship a "risky" theoretical construct, and asks for more study. In another essay on black mineworkers and the miners' union he traces; the still sketchy life of one of the first black union organizers, Richard Davis...
Faced with this, the worst possible traffic and driving in the immediate area, and a boring droner from the University of Nevada at Reno as your sole course instructor, you might feel the need for a stiff drink. Don't worry: you'll be well taken care of in the immediate vicinity, and as you go further out, the variety increases. Some people's favorites are the consciously unpretentious bars--though that doesn't necessarily mean they're cheap. First, there's the aforementioned Cronin's, with large 70 cent light draft on tap and real atmosphere. For example...
Ultimately, the special "Jewish issues" will not be the sole factor in determining what Jews will do at the polls in November. The candidates' personalities and the full and complex spectrum of national issues are likely to count as much for Jews as for tens of millions of their non-Jewish countrymen...
...hire and keep the best black talent, which is now keenly sought by white editors. The Chicago Defender pays beginning reporters $164 per week; the Chicago Tribune $288. "Young journalists use us as a training ground," says John Procope, publisher of Amsterdam News. Nor is the black press the sole voice for the black community, which until the '60s it was. Metropolitan dailies now cover some stories of special interest to blacks, as do local television stations. Moreover, the black press has largely abandoned its protest rationale of almost 150 years (the first black newspaper, Freedom's Journal...