America Ascendant

by Stanley B Greenberg

  focus groups, as real life

  Foer, Franklin

  food banks

  food stamps

  as cause of idleness and poverty

  dependence on

  funding cuts to

  immigrant use of

  middle class and

  Reagan, Bush and

  Republican governing models and

  Tea Party and

  Ford, Gerald

  “47 percent”

  Fourteenth Amendment

  Fox News

  fracking. See hydraulic fracturing

  France

  family leave and

  immigration and

  income inequality and

  Industrial Revolution and

  manufacturing and

  multiculturalism and

  secular disengagement and

  shale oil, gas and

  Francis, Pope

  freedom to spend

  freelancing

  free market, as sinful

  Friedman, Milton

  fuel-efficiency standards

  Gallagher, Leigh

  Gallup Polls

  Garcetti, Eric

  Garner, Eric

  Gates, Bill

  gay marriage. See same-sex marriage

  culture war and

  Evangelicals and

  Karl Rove and

  Massachusetts and

  moderate Republicans and

  overturn of states’ bans on

  pluralism of marriage types and

  religious pluralism and

  Tea Party and

  gender roles

  income and

  lack of support for women and

  marginalization of men and

  marriage and

  values, battle over, and

  The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Keynes)

  George, Henry

  Gerard, Leo

  German-American Alliance

  Germany

  education and

  emigration and

  family leave and

  immigration and

  income equality in

  Industrial Revolution and

  manufacturing and

  religion and

  Gerson, Kathleen

  Gilded Age

  class turmoil and

  corruption and

  defined

  modern return to

  Giles, Chris

  Gingrich, Newt

  Gini coefficient

  Glazer, Nathan

  globalization

  immigration and

  new economy and

  global warming. See climate change

  Goldwater Barry

  Goodwin, Doris Kearns

  Google

  GOP conservative heartland. See conservative heartland

  Gore, Al

  Gosling, Samuel

  government shutdowns

  governorships

  Graham, Jesse

  Gramsci, Antonio

  Gray, Freddy

  Great Carolina Comeback

  great inversion

  green card limits

  Green Climate Fund

  Greenhouse, Linda

  Greenspan, Alan

  Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

  gun control

  Hagan, Kay

  Haider, Jörg

  Haidt, Jonathan

  Halliburton

  Halpin, John

  Hampton, Keith

  Hanna, Mark

  Harding, Warren G.

  Harvard University

  Haskins, Ron

  Hawkins, John

  Hayek, Friedrich

  Head Start

  health care industry. See also Affordable Care Act

  Healthy Families Act

  heartland, new

  Hendren, Nathaniel

  Hepburn Act of 1906

  Herring, Mark

  Highton, Ben

  Hindery, Leo

  Hispanics

  American Dream and

  Democratic ascendancy and

  diversity and

  education and

  elections and

  2010 elections and

  immigration and

  languages and

  marriage and

  metropolitan areas and

  Pennsylvania and

  religion and

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell

  homosexuality. See also gay marriage

  Horton, Willie

  House Budget Committee

  housing industry

  Huckabee, Mike

  Hull House settlement houses

  hydraulic fracturing

  Hymowitz, Kay

  illegal immigrants

  amnesty for (See also DREAMers)

  Barack Obama and

  Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act and

  border security increases and

  Canada and

  comprehensive immigration reform bill and

  Democratic ascendancy and

  Evangelicals, Tea Party and

  Hispanic support for

  Immigration Reform and Control Act and

  Lyndon Johnson and

  Mitt Romney and

  Republican Party and

  immigration. See also multiculturalism

  American Dream and

  America’s revolutions and

  businesses and reform of

  Canada, Brazil and

  Democratic ascendancy and

  education and

  health care and

  history of

  Industrial Revolution and

  Pope Francis on

  Republican positions on

  revolution, ideology, and

  values, battle over, and

  Immigration Act of 1882

  Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

  Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

  impeachment proceedings

  income. See also minimum wage

  from capital vs. wages

  education and

  gender and

  inadequacy of

  marriage and

  presidential candidates and

  productivity vs.

  reform agenda and

  independent contractors

  individualism

  Bobby Jindal and

  fundamentals of

  metropolitan areas and

  radical

  Thomas Jefferson and

  industrialists

  Industrial Revolution

  Andrew Carnegie and

  cities and

  history of

  immigrants and

  inventions launching

  John D. Rockefeller and

  John Pierpont Morgan and

  McKinley and

  muckrakers and

  overview of

  reforms and

  trusts and

  Industrial Workers of the World

  inflation

  infrastructure investment

  job creation and

  ten year plan for

  inheritance tax

  inherited wealth

  innovation

  hydraulic fracturing and

  metropolitan areas and

  revolution in

  insurance. See also Affordable Care Act

  internal combustion engine

  International Harvester

  Iraq War

  Irish immigrants

  Isaacson, Walter

  Islamic extremists. See also specific groups

  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

  Israel

  It’s Even Worse Than It Looks (Mann/Ornstein)

  Japan

  family leave and

  financial crisis and

  immigration and

  manufacturing and

  minimum wage and

  multiculturalism and
/>   religion and

  research and development in

  test scores and schooling and

  JC Penney

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jencks, Christopher

  Jewell, Sally

  Jindal, Bobby

  governing model of

  Jindra, Michael

  jobs. See also income

  Jobs, Steve

  “Joe the Plumber”

  Joffe, Josef

  Johnson, Lyndon

  Johnson, Tom

  Johnson-Reed Act

  Jones, Sam

  Jost, John

  journalism. See also muckrakers

  The Jungle (Sinclair)

  Kansas

  Republican governing model in

  Katz, Bruce

  Katzenberg, Jeffrey

  Kay, Aaron

  Kennedy, Anthony

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kennedy, Robert

  Kerry, John

  Keynes, John Maynard

  Kimmel, Michael

  King, Martin Luther, Jr.

  Kingston, Jack

  Kline, Patrick

  Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) schools

  Koch, Charles and David

  Komen Foundation

  Korean War

  Kristof, Nicholas

  Krueger, Alan

  Krugman, Paul

  Kuttner, Robert

  labor costs

  Labor’s Love Lost (Cherlin)

  Labor Standards Act of 1938

  La Follette, Robert

  La Follette Republicans

  LaHood, Ray

  Landrieu, Mary

  Larrimore, Jeff

  Lazarus, Emma

  League of Nations

  Lears, Jackson

  leisure industry

  Levi, Michael

  Levison, Andrew

  light-sand fracking (LSF) method

  Limbaugh, Rush

  Lippman, Walter

  lobbying. See Super PACs

  Lodge, Henry Cabot

  longevity, income and

  Louisiana. See also Jindal, Bobby

  Duck Dynasty and

  off-year elections and

  Republican governing model in

  same-sex marriage and

  taxes in

  Loving v. Virginia

  Lowrey, Annie

  LSF method

  Manchin, Joe

  Manhattan Project

  Mann, Thomas

  manufacturing industry

  March on Washington

  marriage. See also gay marriage

  Democratic ascendancy and

  2010 elections and

  interracial

  Pope Francis on

  Republican Party and

  transformation of

  values, battle over, and

  Martinez-de-Castro, Clarissa

  Massachusetts

  education and

  minimum wage and

  same-sex marriage and

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),

  maternity leave. See family leave

  McCain, John

  McClosky, Abby

  McConnell, Mitch

  McCrory, Pat

  McDonalds

  McInturff, Bill

  McKinley, William

  Medicare and Medicaid

  Barack Obama and

  2010 elections and

  health-care revolution, deficit and

  reform agenda and

  Melville, Herman

  mergers

  metropolitan areas

  Democratic ascendancy and

  economy and

  millennial revolution and

  momentum for reform and

  polarization and

  Pope Francis on

  values, battle over, and

  Mexico. See also Hispanics

  Mexico City, policy in

  Miami

  Michigan

  Bill Clinton and

  as blue-wall state

  education and

  manufacturing industry and

  off-year elections and

  same-sex marriage and

  unions and

  middle class

  aspiration to comfortable life by

  conservative interregnum and

  reform agenda and

  middleweight cities

  midterm elections. See off-year elections

  millennials

  Democratic ascendancy and

  education and

  marriage and

  metropolitan revolution, economy and

  multiculturalism and

  new heartland and

  religion and

  Republican party and

  social transformation and

  Miller, Claire Cain

  minimum wage. See also income

  California and

  Japan and

  living wage vs.

  reform agenda and

  Teddy Roosevelt and

  women and

  minorities. See multiculturalism; race; specific groups

  Mitchell, George P.

  moderate Republicans

  Barack Obama and

  campaign finance reform and

  climate change and

  gun control and

  Obamacare and

  overview of

  personal vs. government responsibility and

  social issues and

  Tea Party and

  waste, inefficiency and

  Mondale, Walter

  moral colorblindness

  Morgan, John Pierpont

  Morganization

  Mormons

  Morris, Ian

  mortgage tax credits

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

  Mrs. Parkington (movie)

  muckrakers

  multiculturalism

  Democratic ascendancy and

  education and

  2010 elections and

  immigration history and

  overview of

  polarization and

  Pope Francis on

  religion and

  values, battle over, and

  Murray, Charles

  Muslims

  Myerson, Harold

  The Myth of America’s Decline (Joffe)

  National Association of Manufacturers

  National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

  National Council of La Raza

  national infrastructure bank

  National Labor Relations Board

  National Popular Vote Bill

  The National Review

  National Rifle Association (NRA)

  natural gas

  Naturalization Act of 1906

  “The Negro Family” (Moynihan)

  neotraditional men

  New Deal

  “New Freedom”

  “New Nationalism”

  The New Republic

  New York City

  affordable housing and

  Barack Obama and

  Bryant Park

  campaign funding and

  child care and

  climate change and

  Democratic ascendancy

  financial industry and

  immigrants and

  income inequality and

  Industrial Revolution and

  metropolitan revolution and

  minimum wage and

  Mrs. Parkington and

  multiculturalism and

  paid sick leave and

  police and

  pre-K education and

  New York state

  Civil War and

  climate change and

  metropolitan revolution, economy and

  minimum wage and

  shale industry and

  Teddy Roosevelt and

  New York Stock Exchange

  The New York Times

  Next Generation Science Standards

  Nike<
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  Nineteenth Amendment

  Niquab

  Nixon, Richard

  non-corporate businesses

  Noonan, Peggy

  Nordstrom

  Norquist, Grover

  North Carolina

  Barack Obama and

  contraception and

  equal pay and rights for women and

  off-year elections and

  Republican control of

  shale energy and

  as swing state

  Northern Securities Company

  Norway

  NRA. See National Rifle Association

  Nurse-Family Partnership

  Nye, Joseph

  Obama, Barack

  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and

  education and

  families and

  immigration and

  metropolitan areas and

  multiculturalism and

  preschool education and

  Republican Party and

  strategy of

  successes of

  taxes and

  voters, swing, and

  voters, white, and

  working families/mothers and

  Obamacare. See Affordable Care Act

  off-year elections

  Affordable Care Act and

  Asian Americans and

  Barack Obama and

  blacks and

  businesses and

  California and

  Evangelicals and

  health care, abortion and

  Hispanics and

  Republican actions after

  Republican success in

  subsequent presidential elections and

  Super PACs and

  young voters and

  oil industry

  energy revolution and

  Industrial Revolution and

  OPEC. See Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

  Operation Wetback

  Opinionator

  Oppenheimer, Mark

  opportunity gap

  Oregon, climate change and

  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

  Ornstein, Norman

  Our Kids (Putnam)

  OUR Walmart movement

  outsourcing

  PACs. See Super PACs

  Paine, Thomas

  Palin, Sarah

  parda

  Palmer, A. Mitchell

  paternity leave. See family leave

  patrimonial capitalism

  Paul, Rand

  pay. See income

  paycheck bonus credit

  Paycheck Fairness Act

  Pelosi, Nancy

  Pendleton, Hadiya

  Pennsylvania

  energy revolution and

  off-year elections and

  Republican governing model in

  same-sex marriage and

  unions and

  Pennsylvania Railroad

  Pepper, John E., Jr.

  Perkins, Frances

  Perry, Rick

  pessimism

  Pethokoukis, James

  Piketty, Thomas

  the Pill. See contraception

  Pingree, Hazen

  PISA rankings

  Planned Parenthood

  pluralism, religious

  pluralistic political control

  polarization of America

  political periodization

  Potter, Jeffrey

  poverty. See also income

  power, portability of

  preschool education

  presidential agenda

  education and

  employment and

  Franklin Roosevelt and

  tax rate, CEO compensation and

  working families and