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Fire Next Time, The (Baldwin), 17
fires, 247–48
First Amendment, 157
Flake, Jeff, 268, 273
floods, 246
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 200, 204
Ford, Christine Blasey, 268–76
Ford Foundation, 183
foreclosure crisis, 76–82, 89–108, 256
foster care, 34–35, 48, 64
Fourteenth Amendment, 112
Franklin, Aretha, 5, 14
Freddie Mac, 94
Freddy, Uncle, 8–9, 75, 135–36
Freedom Riders, 25
Fresenius Medical Care, 200
Fresno, CA, 76–79
Gallagher, Maria, 268
Garland, Merrick, 158
Garner, Eric, 70
Gates, Bill, 261–62
gay and trans panic defense, 138
gay relationships, 116
marriage, 110–20
George, Ronald, 46, 112
globalization, 146, 257
Google, 146
Gopalan, P. V., 7
Gopalan, Rajam, 7
Gorsuch, Neil, 158
Great Depression, 222
Great Recession, 107, 108, 146, 222–24
black families and, 107
foreclosure crisis in, 76–82, 89–108, 256
Green Revolution, 262
Griffin, Chad, 112, 117
Guatemala, 166
gun safety, 281
Habig, Jill, 138
hackers and cybersecurity, 232, 234, 237–43, 248
Hallinan, Terence “Kayo,” 37
Hamer, Fannie Lou, 9
Harris, Donald (father), 4–8, 20, 281
divorce of, 6, 10
Harris, Kamala:
as attorney general, 45, 69, 72, 121, 137, 138, 160, 168, 205, 224, 242, 262–63
attorney general campaign of, 59, 82–88, 113, 210, 277
attorney general election and inaugural ceremony, 87–88
bar exam and, 26–27
birth of, 4, 5
childhood of, 4–20, 63, 75–76
in college, 21–24, 26
as deputy district attorney, 26–33, 48
as district attorney, 45–64, 81, 83, 121, 138
district attorney campaign of, 37, 39–45, 50
district attorney position desired by, 24–26
district attorney’s office internship of, 1–4, 26
drug bust case and, 2–3
in elementary school, 2, 11
first Senate speech of, 159–61
in high school, 20
jobs and internships of, 1–4, 23, 24, 26
law career decision of, 20–21
in law school, 11, 24, 26
letters to, 217–18, 223
marriage of, 134
marriages performed by, 111, 117–19
in Montreal, 19–20
name of, xvi
at San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, 34–36, 54–55
at San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, 33–34
senate campaign of, xi, xiii, xiv, 141–43
on senate committees, 150, 157, 231–33, 235, 236, 238
senate election of, xiii–xiv, 24, 143–44, 148–50
as senator, 63, 65, 157–58
in sex crime unit, 30–33
U.S. attorney general position considered by, 136–39
Harris, Maya (sister), 85, 87, 88, 134, 145, 160, 183–84, 190, 209, 210, 213–14, 254
birth of, 5
childhood of, 6, 7, 10–12, 14–17, 19, 75–76
at Ford Foundation, 183
Kamala’s district attorney campaign and, 44–45
Harris, Meena (niece), 87, 111, 134, 157, 190, 210
Harris, Shyamala Gopalan (mother), 4–11, 13–20, 25, 26, 36, 63, 99, 120, 145, 155, 160, 183–84, 211, 213–14, 245–46, 253, 278, 281
cancer of, 184, 193–94, 208–11
career as cancer researcher, 5, 7, 19, 63, 184, 199, 208, 254–55
cooking of, 13–14
death of, 88, 210–11
divorce of, 6, 10
home of, 75–76
and Kamala’s district attorney campaign and inauguration, 39, 41, 46
marriage of, 5, 6
Harvard University, 247
Hassan, Maggie, 149
Haspel, Gina, 248–50
hate crimes, 138
Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of, 192
health, public, 244–45
health care, 156, 185–207, 217–19
Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 186–88, 206, 217, 225–26, 274, 281
dialysis, 200–201
emergency, 191
HealthCare.gov website and, 255
home health aides, 220–21
infant mortality and, 195, 196
life expectancy and, 185, 195
maternal mortality and, 185, 196
Medicaid, 159, 185, 186, 201
Medicare, 159, 185, 189, 199, 201
medication-assisted treatment for addiction, 207
mental health, 192–93, 201–2
mortality rates and, 195, 196
National Institutes of Health and, 199, 205
opioid epidemic and, 165, 202–7
patient advocates and, 194
pharmaceutical companies and, 188–91, 206, 207
pregnancy and, 187–88, 195
prescription drug prices, 188–91
racial disparities in, 194–98, 200
toxic stress and, 196
women and, 185, 187–88, 195
Heckler, Margaret, 194, 195
Henderson, Thelton, 58–59
heroin, 202, 205
high school dropout rate, 122
Hill, Anita, 276
Holder, Eric, 136–37, 139
Homeland Security, U.S. Department of (DHS), 150–52, 157, 171, 172, 174, 177, 239–40
homicides, 50–53, 122
Honduras, 166, 167, 172, 176–77
Horner, Jeffrey, 253
Hotaling, Norma, 35
housing, 76–77, 120, 142
affordability of, 218–20, 225, 228
California Homeowner Bill of Rights, 103
foreclosure crisis, 76–82, 89–108, 256
Houston, Charles Hamilton, 21
Howard University, 21–24, 26
Huffington, Arianna, 147
Huffington Post, 147
Humane Society, 79
human trafficking, 32, 54, 132, 137–38
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, 39–40
Hurricane Harvey, 227
Hurricane Maria, 246–47
hypotheses, 254–55
Iglehart, Dick, 33
IMD exclusion, 201
immigrants, immigration, 120, 142, 144–48, 150–54, 156, 159–81, 235
asylum seekers, 167–70, 172, 174, 176, 177, 180
in California, 161
Chinese, 116, 146
DACA and, 150–51, 160–64, 172
DREAM Act and, 162–64, 166, 280
false choice in debate on, 165
family separations and, 171–81
Japanese, 116, 146
Jewish, 146
Latinx, 148, 153
Mexico border wall and, 164–66
Muslim travel ban and, 156–58, 160
from Northern Triangle, 166–81
Otay Mesa Detention Center and, 175–79
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. (ICE), 147, 151, 153, 172, 178
Immigration and Nationality Act, 159
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Immigration Reform and Control Act, 144
implicit bias, 69–70, 197–98
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Angelou), 18
income:
guaranteed income program, 256
wages and salaries, 216–22, 226
India, 109, 246
infrastructure, 228–29
cyberattacks and, 240
innovation, 242, 255
Instagram, 146–47
Intelligence Committee, 149, 231–33, 235, 236, 238, 243
internet, 228
cyber exploitation and, 264–65
cybersecurity and, 232, 234, 237–43, 248
net neutrality, 226
voting systems and, 237
interrogation techniques, 248–50
Iran, 240, 241
Iraq, 260
ISIS, 233
Israel, 109, 246
Italy, 132
Japanese Americans, 116, 146
Jewish Home for the Aged, 208–9
jobs, see work, jobs
Johnson, Venus, 277–79
Jones, LeRoi, 9
Jones, Mrs., 15
Jordan, 260
JPMorgan Chase, 80, 94, 100–102, 106
Judiciary Committee, 268–70
jury selection, 43
Justice Department, U.S., 25, 59, 68, 102, 137
Katami, Paul, 112–13
Kavanaugh, Brett, 268–74
Keker, John, 86
Kelly, John, 150–53, 157, 160, 170–72
Kelly Report on Health Disparities in America, 195
Kennedy, Anthony, 269
Kennedy, Robert F., 25, 136, 216
Khazan, Olga, 195
kidney disease, 200
King, Coretta Scott, 143
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 8, 58–59, 214–16, 266–67
Kirkland, T. Larry, Sr., 88
Klobuchar, Amy, 271
Knight, William “Pete,” 111
Knight Initiative, 111
Know-Nothing Party, 146
Kraft, Colleen, 171
Krieger, Mike, 146–47
Ku Klux Klan, 25
labor unions, 104–5, 222, 226, 229, 266
Lancet, 107
Lankford, James, 235–38
Latinos, 148, 153, 161
Lauder, Estée, 146
law enforcement, 71, 138
implicit bias in, 69–70, 197–98
police, 68–72, 197
see also criminal justice system
Lazarus, Emma, 165
Leahy, Patrick, 275
LeBlanc, Travis, 242
Leno, Mark, 44
Lenore, Aunt, 9, 155, 210
LGBTQ community, 112, 120, 235
marriage equality and, 110–20
LIFT the Middle Class Tax Act, 219
Loftus, Suzy, 69
Los Angeles Times, 180
Lucy, Autherine, 117–18
marijuana, 66
marriage equality, 110–20, 274
Marshall, Thurgood, xv, 21, 117–18
Mary, Aunt, 8–9, 15, 20, 210
McAfee, 241
McCain, John, 166, 250
McCarthy, Eugene, 159
McCaskill, Claire, 237
McKesson Corporation, 204
McKinsey Global Institute, 226–27
Medicaid, 159, 185, 186, 201
Medicare, 159, 185, 189, 199, 201
Mendocino Complex Fire, 247
mental health care, 192–93, 201–2
Mesloh, Debbie, 46, 50, 84
#MeToo movement, 267
Mexico, 132–33, 167
border wall with, 164–66
middle class, 219, 222, 229
Migration Policy Institute, 154
Milk, Harvey, 119
Minney, Teri, 202
Mira Loma, 257–60
Mitchell, Rachel, 270
money laundering, 132–33
Montreal, 19–20
mortgage and foreclosure crisis, 76–82, 89–108, 256
Mortgage Fraud Strike Force, 106
Mother Jones, 204
Mothers of Homicide Victims, 50–51
Motley, Constance Baker, 21, 73
Muslim travel ban, 156–58, 160
Mylan, 190
Napolitano, Janet, 163–64
Nassar, Larry, 275
National Archives, 23
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), 91
National Foundation for American Policy, 147
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 199, 205
National Lampoon, 119
national security, 156, 231–51
climate change and, 243–48
cybersecurity, 232, 234, 237–43, 248
Department of Homeland Security, 150–52, 157, 171, 172, 174, 177, 239–40
innovation in, 242
interrogation techniques and, 248–50
and Russia’s efforts to influence presidential election, 232, 234–36, 238, 239
and Russia’s hacking of organizations and government entities, 239–40
terrorism, 233, 244
voting systems and, 236–39
National Sexual Assault Hotline, 275
National Women’s Law Center, 221
NATO, 248
Nazi Germany, 146
Nelson, Brian, 89, 100, 105
Nepal, 246
net neutrality, 226
New American Economy, 192
New Deal, 159
Newsom, Gavin, 46, 111
New York Times, xii, 171, 173, 200
New York Times Magazine, 64
Nielsen, Kirstjen, 172–74
9/11 attacks, 77
Northern Triangle, 166–81
North Korea, 240, 241, 248
Oakland, CA, 4, 8, 23, 24, 76
Obama, Barack, xii, 59, 68, 108, 112, 136, 150, 158, 163–64, 245
Obamacare (Affordable Care Act; ACA), 186–88, 206, 217, 225–26, 274, 281
Office of Refugee Resettlement, 172
Office of the United States Trade Representative, 241
OpenJustice, 138
opioid epidemic, 165, 202–7
optimism, 280–81
Otay Mesa Detention Center, 175–79
OxyContin, 203–5, 207
Pakistan, 246
Paris Agreement, 248
Parkinson’s disease, 191
Parkland shooting, 281
patriot, meaning of word, 280
Paul, Rand, 65
Paul, Saint, 174
PBS NewsHour, 181
Peace Corps, 201
Pelley, Scott, 89
Pérez, John, 103–6
Perrelli, Tom, 92
Perry, Kris, 112–13, 114, 117–19, 121
Pfizer, 191
pharmaceutical companies, 188–91, 206, 207
PhRMA, 190
police, 68–72, 197
Pollar, Mary Ann, 17
Pompeo, Mike, 243, 248
Poor People’s Campaign, 214
pornography, 264–65
poverty, 122, 159, 221, 224, 262
criminal justice system and, 64–65
Pravastatin, 190
presidential election of 2016, xii–xiv, 143, 271
Russia and, 232, 234–36, 238, 239
prices, 226
prison(s), 55, 62, 67, 68, 121
mass incarceration, 48, 53
women in, 67–68
progress, 279–80
Proposition 8, 110–17
Proposition
22, 111
Proposition 187, 144
prosecutors, district attorneys, 24–25, 28, 34, 36–37, 47–50, 56, 62, 72, 138
psychiatrists, 192
Puerto Rico, 247
Purdue Pharma, 204
Putin, Vladimir, 234
quantum computing, 242
racial biases and disparities, 120
in criminal justice system, 62, 65, 66, 68–70
Great Recession and, 107
in health care system, 194–98, 200
implicit bias, 69–70, 197–98
Russian exploitation of, 235
segregation, 2, 11, 21, 40–41, 115, 116
toxic stress and, 196
Rainbow Sign, 16–18, 26, 214
rape kits, 137
Rapid DNA Service, 137
reading proficiency, 122
Reagan, Ronald, 144, 222
recession, see Great Recession
Redfin, 220
Renne, Louise, 34–35
Republican Party, 143, 146, 158, 164, 276
Affordable Care Act and, 186, 187, 206, 217, 225–26
economy and, 222
Kavanaugh and, 272–73, 276
organized labor and, 229
Resner, Amy, 2, 29
revenge porn, 264–65
Rivaldo, Jim, 44, 119–20
Roberts, John, 110
robo-signing, 80–81, 94
Rodriguez, Juan, 143
Role Models Club, 279
Roosevelt, Franklin, 116, 257
Ross, Robert K., 121
Ross County, 202–3
Rothschild, Matthew, 44
Russell, Timothy, 71
Russia, 149, 248
and hacking of organizations and government entities, 239–40
and presidential election of 2016, 232, 234–36, 238, 239
Rustin, Bayard, 121
St. Louis, 146
Salas, Angelica, 144
Sanchez, Loretta, 142–43
S&P 500, 225
San Francisco, CA, 40–41, 46
Bayview–Hunters Point, 39–40, 196
San Francisco Bay Area, 17–18
San Francisco Chronicle, 84
San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, 34–36, 54–55
San Francisco City Hall, 111, 119
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office:
Harris as district attorney at, 45–64, 81, 83, 121, 138
Harris as head of career criminal unit at, 33–34
Harris’s campaign for district attorney, 37, 39–45, 50
Harris’s inauguration as district attorney, 45–46
professionalism at, 61–62
San Francisco State University (SFSU), 9
sanitation workers, 214–16
Santillan, Karina and Juan, 78–79
Scalia, Antonin, 158
school truancy, 121–25, 138, 263
scientific method, 254–55
SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility), 233