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health care, 8, 49, 54, 62–63, 120, 129, 155, 206, 223, 231, 233, 234, 236, 241, 251, 284, 286, 372, 422–23
Affordable Care Act, 8, 12, 48, 50, 66, 155, 229, 233, 234, 236, 238, 277, 281–84, 286, 442, 450, 453
Alzheimer’s disease, 96
Chelsea Clinton and, 42, 154–55, 213
Children’s Health Insurance Program, 207, 209, 234
Clinton administration’s efforts to reform, 150, 202, 207, 209, 234
Democrats and, 234
Flint water crisis, 209–15, 223
Ground Zero first responders, 176, 221, 251, 415
HIV/AIDS, 42
lead paint poisoning, 209
Medicaid, 131, 206–7, 229, 237, 238, 281, 284, 450
Medicare, 155, 229, 237, 238, 284, 450
opioid epidemic, 42, 61–62, 203, 236, 281–82
Sanders’ plan for, 154–55, 234
Trump and, 232, 233, 238, 281, 443
women’s services and reproductive rights, 127, 130–32, 188, 228, 230
Height, Dorothy, 134
Hentoff, Tom, 468
Herman, Alexis, 206
heroin addiction, 61, 62
HIV/AIDS, 42
Hochsprung, Dawn, 190–91
Hockley, Nicole, 189–90
Hoffer, Eric, 10
Hofstra University, 232
Hogan, Megan, 468
Holly, 25
Holt, Blair, 178–79
Holt, Lester, 211, 291
Holt, Ron, 178, 179
Holton, Anne, 18, 19, 465
Homeland, 353
Homeland Security, Department of, 347, 363
Hornbrook, Alex, 86
Horton, Willie, 434
Hotel at Kirkwood Center, 93
House Intelligence Committee, 355, 363
House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church, 212
Houser, Trevor, 467
Howe, Rosemarie, 28
Howell, Deneen, 468
Huffington, Arianna, 137
human rights, 113
see also civil rights; women’s movement
Human Rights Campaign, 156
humility, 34, 379
Hunt, Donnie, 440
hunting, 181–82
Hurricane Katrina, 135, 450
immigration, immigrants, 10, 206, 225, 230, 233, 238, 276, 278, 411, 412, 415–17
Mexican, and Trump, 7, 15, 224–25, 232, 233, 277, 413, 415
Indiana, 65
income, 284
inequality in, 8, 39, 67, 78, 81, 225, 236, 239, 241, 271, 436
using shared national resources to pay dividends, 238–39
wages, 48, 50, 63, 129, 235, 236, 268, 272, 284, 417, 423
Indiana, 244
Infowars, 359, 366
infrastructure, 43, 227, 233, 235, 284, 380, 417, 443
International AIDS Conference, 42
internet and social media, 332, 350, 422, 431, 458
algorithms used in, 360
“bots” and, 360–61
Facebook, see Facebook
Russian propaganda and, 359–62, 369–70, 407
“trolls” and, 359–61
Twitter, see Twitter
YouTube, 106, 115, 331, 352
Intrepid, U.S.S., 217, 222
“Invictus” (Henley), 26
Iowa, 60, 62, 63–64, 70, 71, 73, 218, 226, 244, 384
Iran, 220, 221, 328, 338, 371
Iraq, 48, 120, 218, 221, 256, 299
Iscol, Jill, 467
ISIS, 48–49, 218, 221, 232, 359
Israel, 229, 306
It Takes a Village (Clinton), 437–39
Jackson, Andrew, 40
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 17, 380, 385
Jacobs, Jay, 467
Jacobson, Elliott, 313
James, Henry, 428
Janelle, 95
Jaylon, 212–13, 215
Jay-Z, 144
Jefferson, Thomas, 5, 429
Joan of Arc, 121
jobs, 54, 232, 233, 235–36, 240, 263–87, 366, 380, 416–17, 423, 425
automation and, 8, 78, 240, 436
in coal mines, see coal miners
family and medical leave for, 142, 236, 284
in retail, 283
in steel industry, 240, 271, 285
training in, 227, 235, 241
wages in, 48, 50, 63, 129, 235, 236, 268, 272, 284, 417, 423
women and, 277, 284, 417
see also working class
John XXIII, Pope, 446
Johnson, Gary, 412
Johnson, Jeh, 347, 355
Johnson, Lyndon, 229, 451
Johnson, Paula A., 455, 460, 463
Johnson Controls, 397
Jones, Alex, 191, 352, 359, 366
Jones, Beth, 70, 467
Jones, Don, 430
Jones, John Paul, 468
Jordan, Barbara, 142
journalists, see media
Journal News, 86
Justice Department, U.S., 69, 179, 290, 362–63
in email controversy, 299, 300, 304, 305, 309, 310, 312–13, 315, 317
see also FBI
Kaine, Anne, 397
Kaine, Tim, 18–19, 131, 340, 395, 397, 398, 465
Kallstrom, Jim, 316–17
Kanick, Elizabeth, 467
Karp, Jonathan, 468
Kasparov, Garry, 366
Katy, 454–55
Keefe, Grady, 467
Keigher, Connolly, 89, 93, 100, 101
Keith, 96
Keller, Helen, 14
Kelley, Virginia Clinton, 160
Kelly, Mark, 189, 191
Kelly, Megyn, 137
Kendall, David, 301, 468
Kennedy, Jim, 79–80
Kennedy, John F., 342, 390
Kennedy, Robert F., 57, 196
Kent State shootings, 198, 199
Kentucky, 238, 269, 271, 272, 285
Kenya, 297
Kenyon College, 115
Kerry, John, 120, 274, 296, 393, 398, 452
Kessler, Glenn, 349
KGB, 364
Putin in, 327, 329
Khan, Ghazala, 256, 398, 413
Khan, Humayun, 256, 398, 413
Khan, Khizr, 256, 398, 413
Kim Jong-un, 334
kindness and love, 429–45
King, Angus, 369
King, Billie Jean, 55
King, Coretta Scott, 137, 233
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 57, 196, 233
Kinney, Barbara, 89, 212
Kirkwood Community College, 93
Kislyak, Sergey, 337, 357–58
Kissinger, Henry, 306
Klain, Ron, 103, 106, 139, 230, 467
Klein, Ezra, 400
Klein, Jen, 467
Kobach, Kris, 419–20
Koch, Charles and David, 326, 368–69, 372, 421
Koh, Harold, 467
Kommersant, 335
Kos, Sierra, 89
Kriegel, Elan, 65, 401–2, 467
Kristin, 143
Kristof, Nicholas, 222, 392
Krugman, Paul, 406
Kuhn, Amy, 467
Kushner, Jared, 357, 358, 363, 374
Lacy, Barbara, 87
Lady Gaga, 377
Lakoff, George, 119
Lamott, Anne, 31–32, 140
Lang, Karin, 296
Laos, 218
LaPierre, Wayne, 182
Latinos, 128, 177, 424, 442
Lauer, Matt, 217–22
Lauren, 461
Lauren, Ralph, 88
law enforcement and criminal justice, 174, 176–77, 188, 205, 206, 233
incarcerating teenagers with adults, 199–200
police officers, 173–80, 184–85, 203, 204–6, 415
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, 204–5
lead poisoning:
Flint water crisis, 209–15, 223
from paint, 209
League of Their Own, The, xvi
League of Women Voters, 198
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br /> Leahy, Pat, 317
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Sandberg), 125
Lee-Mui, Ruth, 468
Left, 197, 226, 276, 411
Legal Services Corporation, 113
Legend, John, 95
Legislative Correspondents Association, 6–7
Leibovitz, Annie, 313
Lemire, Kristen, 468
Lenin, Vladimir, 332
Leon, Donna, 29
Le Pen, Marine, 332, 365, 408
Letizia, Marianne, 27
Let’s Move!, 42
Letterman, David, 335
Levine, David, 467
Lewandowski, Corey, 405
Lewis, John, 3
LGBT people, 10, 50, 156
marriage equality and, 156, 228, 274
Pulse nightclub shooting and, 187
Libya, 328
Benghazi terrorist attack in, 11, 230–31, 273, 297–99, 304, 370
Life, 142
Atwater article in, 433–35, 436, 437, 442
life expectancy, 268, 442
Lincoln, Abraham, 98
lobbyists, 228
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America (Forman), 205
Lopez, Jennifer, 95
Lott, Trent, 135
Louis-Dreyfus, Julia, 87
love and kindness, 429–45
Lowenstein, Jenna, 70, 467
Lurie, Bari, 467
Lyman, Princeton, 307
Lynch, Loretta, 312–13, 364
Macron, Emmanuel, 365, 371, 372, 408
Madame Tussauds New York, 6–7
Maddow, Rachel, 372
Magnitsky Act, 374
Mahdara, Moj, 467
Manafort, Paul, 336, 345, 353, 374
Manchin, Joe, 276, 279
Mandela, Nelson, 26, 42, 153, 426
Manning, Greg, 251
Manning, Lauren, 251
manufacturing and industry, 232, 235, 240, 284, 416
automobile, 209–10, 229
steel, 240, 271, 285, 397
see also jobs
Marcia, 257–58
Margolis, Jim, 65, 103, 149, 255, 467
Márquez-Greene, Nelba, 190
marriage equality, 156, 228, 274
Marshall, Capricia, 100–101, 384, 467
Marshall, Marlon, 70, 467
Martin, Trayvon, 174–75, 179
Mauro, Garry, 467
McAuliffe, Terry, 65, 384
McBath, Lucia, 175
McCain, John, 12, 414–15, 452
McCarthy, Eugene, 22, 201
McCarthy, Joseph, 142
McCarthy, Kevin, 297, 298
McCartney, Paul, 98
McClatchy Company, 362, 365–66
McConnell, Mitch, 276, 355, 356, 451
McDowell County, W.Va., 268, 272
McFaul, Michael, 356, 467
McGovern, George, 5, 22, 201
McHale, Judith, 467
Mckesson, DeRay, 203
McKinnon, Kate, 31, 102
McSpadden, Lezley, 180
media, 48, 66, 99, 219, 372
Clinton Foundation and, 44
Clinton Rules and, 320–21
email controversy and, 15, 73, 74, 219–23, 225, 236, 289, 301–5, 318–21, 348, 393, 399, 403, 406, 418
fake news and, 349–52, 359–61, 372, 393, 406, 418
false equivalencies and, 219–20, 392
in France, 365
Hillary Clinton’s health and, 51
nightly newscasts, 223
political press corps, 48, 68–69, 76, 98–99
public policy coverage in, 222–23, 236, 289, 380
and right-wing war on truth, 365–69, 370
storylines in, 46
Trump and, 7, 44, 232, 318, 398–400
word clouds of coverage of Hillary Clinton vs. Trump, 399, 400
see also internet and social media
Medicaid, 131, 206–7, 229, 237, 238, 281, 284, 450
Medicare, 155, 229, 237, 238, 284, 450
Medvedev, Dmitry, 328
Meet the Press, 232
Mehlenbacher, Kelly, 467
Mercer, Robert and Rebekah, 326, 367–68, 369, 372, 421
Merkel, Angela, 233, 374
Merkley, Jeff, 137
Merrill, Nick, 60, 89, 92, 99, 245, 313, 467
Methodism, 32, 54, 112, 196–97, 432, 457
Mexican immigrants, 7, 15, 224–25, 232, 233, 277, 413, 415
Mexico, 282
Mezvinsky, Aidan, 20, 28, 29, 34, 47, 149, 154, 160, 469
birth of, 103, 149
Mezvinsky, Charlotte, 20, 28, 29, 34, 47, 81, 94, 149, 155, 160, 248, 255, 377, 469
birth of, 47, 156
dance recital of, 30
Mezvinsky, Marc, 18, 19, 28, 29, 47, 80, 155, 156, 166, 384, 469
wedding of, 22, 32, 349
Micah, 281
Michigan, 244, 350, 362, 377, 384, 385, 394, 395, 405, 407, 411, 412, 417
Detroit, 211, 384
Flint water crisis in, 209–15, 223
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, 210
middle class, 8, 63, 81, 231, 236, 241, 395, 410, 416, 417, 432
Middleton, Clay, 70
midterm elections:
of 1994, 180
of 2014, 49
of 2018, 422
Mikulski, Barbara, 142
military, 8
Miller, Matt, 312
Mills, Cheryl, 51, 384, 467
Minassian, Craig, 467
Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 129
misogyny, 127
in presidential election, 114
Republican Party and, 137
sexism vs., 114–15
see also sexism
Missouri, 75
Miss Universe pageant, 336
mistakes, 46
Mohonk Mountain House, 29
Moms Demand Action, 182
Mondale, Walter, 104
Montalto, Dominick, 468
Montgomery, Mike, 101
Mook, Robby, 65, 97, 313, 342, 383–84, 467
Moore, Michael, 210
Moore, Minyon, 66, 467
Moore, Ryan, 251
Morell, Mike, 342–43, 345, 406
Morning Joe, 334
Mother Emanuel Church massacre, 183, 440–41
Mothers of the Movement, 173–76, 178–80, 183–85, 189, 191, 415
moving, 284–85
Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing, 284
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 8
MSNBC, 69, 334, 372
Mubarak, Hosni, 203
Mueller, Bob, 312
Muir, David, 243–44, 247
Mukasey, Michael, 315
Murdoch, Rupert, 366
Muscatine, Lissa, 467
Musk, Elon, 241
Muskie, Ed, 123
Muslim Brotherhood, 203
Muslims, 8, 10, 15, 256, 412, 415–17
Trump and, 233, 277, 413
NAACP, 196, 205, 213
Nader, Ralph, 412
Nakiya, 212–13
naloxone (Narcan), 61–62
Nance-Holt, Annette, 178–79
NASA, 147
Nashawati, Tala, 461–64
National Archives and Records Administration, 300
National Building Museum, 244
National Economic Council, 282
National Organization for Marriage, 332
National Park Service, 12
National Rifle Association (NRA), 142, 174, 180–83, 185–87, 188, 191, 332
national security, 52, 221, 240
Hillary Clinton’s emails and, 73, 219–22, 290, 308–10
NBC’s “Commander in Chief Forum” and, 217–22
Russia and, see Russia
see also terrorism
National Security Agency (NSA), 222, 331, 363
National September 11 Memorial Museum, 101
NATO, 218, 328, 335, 372
Nayak, Navin, 65, 467
N
BC, 291, 403
Commander in Chief Forum, 217–22
Meet the Press, 232
News, 48, 341
Netherlands, 365, 408–9
Nevada, 65, 70, 71, 73, 385, 402
New Bedford, Mass., 200
New Deal, 78, 451
New Hampshire, 61–62, 70, 71, 123, 214, 226, 385, 412
New Haven Legal Services Clinic, 199
New Jersey, 247
New Labour Party, 235
New Markets Tax Credit, 282
New York, 318
New York (state), 250, 266
New York City, 102–3
9/11 and, 129, 221; see also September 11 attacks
Pride Parade in, 102–3
New York Daily News, 86, 392
New Yorker, 368
New Yorker Hotel, 17–18
New York Post, 86, 317, 349
New York Times, 60, 86, 222, 319–21, 335, 341, 342, 348, 352, 406, 457
DNC hacking and, 337–38
Eleanor Roosevelt obituary in, 448
email controversy and, 301–5, 307, 313, 315, 319–20
Hillary Clinton endorsed by, 319
and Trump’s ties to Russia, 320, 354–55, 357
New York Times Magazine, 437
New York Yankees, 100
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 2
Nikkels, Santa, 86
9/11 attacks, see September 11 attacks
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Orwell), 9
Nineteenth Amendment, 14, 248
Nixon, Richard, 5, 198, 200, 345, 366, 375
Noah, Trevor, 222
No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project, 43
North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), 43
North Carolina, 49, 377, 383, 384
North Dakota, 247
North Korea, 220, 233, 328, 338
Norway, 365
Nouwen, Henri, 33, 34, 172
NPR, 256, 308
NRA (National Rifle Association), 142, 174, 180–83, 185–87, 188, 191
nuclear power plants, 370
nuclear weapons, 218, 220, 221, 223
Nuland, Toria, 331, 339
Nunn, Michelle, 49
Nyad, Diana, 51
Obama, Barack, xiv, 8, 31, 43, 48, 49, 52–53, 69, 75, 79, 97, 103, 122, 123, 128, 143, 175, 221, 225, 227, 228, 230, 237, 252, 267, 273, 276, 283, 350, 371, 400–401, 409–10, 421, 422, 442, 450, 451, 452, 465
Benghazi attack and, 298
birth certificate of, 6, 7, 366–67, 415
at Democratic National Convention (2016), 250, 253–543
early life of, 111–12
email controversy and, 308
energy policies of, 270, 274
farewell address of, 444
Flynn and, 336
gun laws and, 186, 187
Hillary Clinton appointed Secretary of State by, 52, 53
Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and, 53, 55, 65, 66–68, 74, 77, 377, 378, 383, 385, 386, 394
inauguration of, 6
presidential campaign of 2008, 26, 63, 64, 68, 83, 243–44
presidential campaign of 2012, 63, 64, 66, 71
Putin and, 327, 356
racism and, 414
Russia and, 328, 330, 333, 355–56
and Russian interference with election, 351, 352, 354, 356, 358
Trump’s accusations of wiretapping by, 9–10