politics, 77
Politics of Rich and Poor, The (Phillips), 133
polls, See public opinion polls
Poniewozik, James, 342
Poor People’s Campaign, 48
popular culture, sexuality and, 223, 227–31
pornography, 145, 155–56, 230
Posner, Sarah, 343
poverty, 26, 235
Powell, Colin, 206, 264–65
Powell, Lewis, 33, 63–64, 172, 175
Power of the Positive Woman (Schlafly), 70
Predator drones, 255
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), 263–64
Priebus, Reince, 346
Prince, 152
PRISM program, 287–88
prisons, 235–37
privacy rights, 79
privatization, 236, 278–79
productivity, 27
Pro-Family Rally (Houston, 1977), 92
professional schools, 73
pro-life legislation, 272
pro-life movement, 279
Proposition 13, 102–3, 108
Proposition 187, 220
proxy wars, 124
Pryor, Richard, 32
public health, 160–61, 175–79
public opinion polls
abortion rights, 78
George H. W. Bush’s approval ratings after Desert Storm, 188–89
George W. Bush’s approval ratings after Katrina, 283
George W. Bush’s approval ratings during Iraq War, 270
George H. W. Bush’s approval ratings in early 1992, 200
Clinton’s approval ratings at time of impeachment, 231
Clinton’s approval ratings in 1993, 209
on direction of US in 2000, 238–39
economic recovery (1983), 120
on economy in 1990s, 231
election of 2012, 316
election of 2016, 342
Ford’s popularity after Nixon pardon, 11–12
homosexuality, 272–73
importance of Obama’s election, 295
Iraq War in late 2006, 285–86
major political parties’ approval ratings, 331
moral values as 2004 election issue, 278
Nixon’s resignation, 10
Reagan’s culpability in Iran-Contra affair, 162
Reagan’s economic policies, 119
Reagan’s popularity, 110
Reagan’s post-Iran-Contra approval ratings, 165
Republican/Democratic ideological division, 323
Terry Schiavo case, 279
school busing, 58
Trump approval ratings, 357
trust in government (1966–1981), 34
trust in government (1972–1977), 17
unemployment in 1970s, 32
Pulitzer Prize, 61
PUSH (People United to Save Humanity), 50, 129
Putting People First (Clinton), 204
Quayle, Dan, 182, 215
quotas, immigration, 56
race and racism, 44–64
cultural nationalism, 52–57
Kerner Commission report, 46–47
Rodney King incident, 196–98
struggle for black equality, 44–52
as topic in Obama’s farewell speech, 2
Trump supporters and, 335
Rainbow Coalition, 129, 200–201
rap music, 156–59, 200–201
Rasmussen, William, 138
Raza Unida, La, 54
RCA, 136, 138–40
Reagan, Ronald, and administration
and AIDS crisis, 176, 178
arms-for-hostages scandal, 161–65
beginning of second term, 132–34
Berlin Wall speech (1987), 167
and Briggs Initiative, 85
and California abortion bill, 78
CNN’s coverage of assassination attempt, 141
election of 1976, 36
election of 1980, 101–2, 104–5
election of 1984, 128–32
election of 1988, 183
and fairness doctrine, 151–52
as “Great Communicator,” 89
Hinckley’s assassination attempt against, 110–11
Iran-Contra affair, 162–65
Iranian hostage crisis, 100
Rush Limbaugh and, 215
Meese Commission, 155–56
as model for Trump’s undermining of ACA, 350
national security policies, 122–27
negotiations with Gorbachev, 165–68
and New Right, 98, 104–5
Sandra Day O’Connor and, 117
on Proposition 13, 103
and Religious Roundtable, 95
Supreme Court appointments, 160, 170–75
tax cuts, 102, 106–7, 109–12
Reagan, Ronald, Jr., 118
Reagan Democrats, 104
Reaganomics, 133–34, 245; See also supply-side economics
Reagan Revolution, 105–12
George H. W. Bush and, 182
chaos unleashed by, 134
and Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, 201
and “compassionate conservatism,” 244
election of 1984, 131–32
fragility of, 180
reality television, 229
Real World, The (TV program), 229
recession (1982), 118–19
recession (1990–1991), 189–91
recession (2008), 291–94, 296–300
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 153
Rector, Ricky Ray, 200
Reddit, 341
Redford, Robert, 19
redistricting, 310
“red states,” 240–41, 289
Reed, Ralph, 346
Reeves, Richard, 34
Reform Party, 333
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 61–63
Regional Bell Operating Companies, 145
regulation, 97–98
Rehm, Diane, 207
Rehnquist, William, 171–72
Reid, Chip, 267
Reid, Harry, 307
religion; See also specific religious groups
ERA opposition, 71
faith-based initiatives, 246–48
women as clergy, 77
Religious Right, 88–95
and Access Hollywood revelations, 346
and Bork nomination, 173
and George W. Bush’s Social Security privatization initiative, 278–79
election of 1980, 104
election of 1988, 181
election of 2004, 271–73
and election of 2004, 277–78
ERA opposition, 71
and faith-based initiatives, 247
and New Right, 96
and Reagan administration’s first year, 116–17
Terry Schiavo case, 279
Trump and, 338
Religious Roundtable, 95
Rendón, Armando, 53
Reno, Janet, 207–8
reproductive rights, 78–79, 89–91, 193; See also abortion rights
Republican National Committee, 77, 261, 346
Republican National Convention (1980), 86, 104
Republican National Convention (1988), 182
Republican National Convention (1992), 199
Republican National Convention (2016), 338–40
Republican Party; See also specific politicians
approval ratings at time of Clinton impeachment, 231
and Benghazi issue, 321
George H. W. Bush and, 181
Carter administration criticism, 43
and Clinton budgets, 210
and Clinton health care plan, 212
and Clinton impeachment, 231
election of 1974 midterms, 13
election of 1976, 36
election of 1978, 104
election of 1984, 131
election of 1994, 216
election of 2008, 290–91, 294
election of 2010, 309–10
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election of 2014, 324
election of 2016, 331–32
and financial crisis (2008), 293–94
and Ford’s pardoning of Nixon, 12
and NAFTA, 209
and NCLB, 248
and Obama’s attempts a bipartisanship, 296–98
and Obama’s economic stimulus package, 297
opposition to Clinton agenda, 205
opposition to Obama agenda, 296–302
and Reagan tax cuts, 111
response to counterterrorism programs, 256
and resurgence of Right in 1970s–1980s, 88
and Tea Party, 300
and Trump’s presidential victory, 1–2
Reykjavik Summit (1986), 166–67
Reynolds, Frank, 100
Reza Shah Pahlavi, Mohammed (shah of Iran), 99–100
RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), 153
Riccardo, John, 41
Rice, Condoleezza, 261
Rice, Tamir, 327
Rich, Frank, 266
Richards, Ann, 182
Richardson, Elliot, 8, 173
Ridge, Tom, 262
Riggs, Bobby, 74
Right
backlash against cultural changes of 1970s, 88–112
Democratic reaction to Reagan Revolution, 113–34
New Right, 88, 96–105
Reagan Revolution, 105–12
Religious Right, 89–95
right to privacy, 79
RINOs (Republicans in Name Only), 299
riots, 46, 197–98
Rivera, Geraldo, 282
Roberts, John, 285, 315, 318
Roberts, Paul Craig, 109
Robertson, Pat, 93, 95, 138, 181, 183
Robison, James, 95
Roesgen, Susan, 300
Roe v. Wade, 78–79
and Religious Right, 89–91
and Clarence Thomas nomination, 194
and Webster case, 193
Rolling Stone magazine, 23
Rollins, Ed, 106, 183
Roman Catholic Church, See Catholics
Romney, George, 314
Romney, Mitt
Benghazi comments, 321
election of 2012, 314–19
health care reform in Massachusetts, 303
and individual mandate, 303, 314
and Republican National Convention (2016), 339
Roof, Dylann, 329, 343
Rooney, Tom, 357
Roots (TV series), 52
Rosenberg, Howard, 197–98
Rosenstein, Rod, 356
Roth, William, 103
Rove, Karl, 246–47, 296, 316–17
Rubio, Marco, 331, 337, 343
Ruckelshaus, William, 173
Rumsfeld, Donald
Abu Ghraib prison scandal, 270
on Guantanamo detention camp, 257–58
and Iraq War, 261, 268
resignation of, 287
Russia
coup attempt (1991), 170
and Operation Desert Storm, 186
Trump and, 341
US election of 2016 election, 342, 345, 355–57
Rust Belt, 17, 31, 347
Rustin, Bayard, 49
Ryan, Paul, 311, 314–15, 325
Sadat, Anwar, 99
safe sex, 177
Safire, William, 20
SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty), 14
same-sex marriage, 218–19
and election of 2004, 277
hearings for Scalia’s successor, 338
Lawrence v. Texas as harbinger of, 273
“Sanctified Lady” (song), 155
Sanders, Bernie, 330, 331, 358
Sandinistas, 124
Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, 325–26
San Francisco, California, 85
sanitation workers’ strike (New York, 1975), 15
Santa Barbara oil spill (1969), 29
Santelli, Rick, 300
Sasse, Ben, 339
Satellite News Channel, 141
satellite television, 136–37
Saturday Night Live (TV program), 37, 254, 291
“Saturday Night Massacre,” 8, 173
Saudi Arabia, 186
Save Our Children, Inc., 84
Save Our Security, 115
savings and loan (S&L) crisis (late 1980s), 190
“Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud!” (song), 52
Scaife, Richard Mellon, 97
Scalia, Antonin, 171, 172, 259, 338
scandals
in early Clinton years, 207, 208
Fox News coverage of, 225–26
media coverage of Clinton’s scandals vs. Trump’s, 340–41
Schaeffer, Francis, 90
Schiavo, Michael, 279
Schiavo, Terri, 279
Schlafly, Phyllis, 70, 72, 89, 92, 95, 177
Schlosser, Eric, 236
Schneider, Bill, 182
Schonfeld, Reese, 23, 139–40
school segregation/desegregation, 51, 58–60, 171
school shootings, 325–26, 355
Schorr, Daniel, 140
Schultz, George, 264–65
Schumer, Charles, 133
Schweiker, Richard, 114
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), 45, 48
Scorsese, Martin, 31
Scott, Ridley, 148
Scott, Walter, 327
Scully, John, 148
SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative), 126–27, 166, 168
Sears, 93
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), 292
Second Amendment, 325
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 292
segregation, 51, 58–60, 171
Seib, Charles, 21
Select Committee on Benghazi, 321–22
Senate, US
Affordable Care Act, 307
blocking of Obama appointments, 301
Edward Brooke’s election to, 49
election of 1980, 105
election of 1982, 119
election of 1986, 161
election of 2008, 294
election of 2014, 324
Hill–Thomas hearings, 195–96
INF treaty, 168
Operation Desert Storm, 186
Rehnquist hearings, 172
Thomas hearings, 196
Watergate hearings, 8, 9
Senate Banking Committee, 292
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, 153–55
Senate Finance Committee, 304–5
Senate Intelligence Committee, 258
Senate Judiciary Committee, 194, 195, 302
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, See 9/11 attacks
service sector, 38–39, 66, 67
Sessions, Jeff, 287, 356
Sessions, Pete, 294, 297, 298
700 Club, The (TV program), 93
Sex and the City (TV program), 230
sexual harassment, 194–95
Shales, Tom, 101
Shapiro, Ben, 343
Shaw, Bernard, 184
Shays, Chris, 279
Shelby County v. Holder, 318
“Shock and Awe,” 266
Shore, Stephen, 31
Shriver, Maria, 200
Sierra Club, 191
Silent Spring (Carson), 28
Silicon Valley, 147, 232–33, 235
Silver, Nate, 347
Simmons, Chester R., 138
Simon, Paul, 254
Simpson, Alan, 132, 195–96
Simpsons, The (TV program), 224
Sinclair Broadcast Group, 357–58
single mothers, 66–67
Sirica, John J., 8
Sister Souljah, 200–201
60 Minutes 2 (TV program), 269
Skrentny, John, 63
S&L crisis (late 1980s), 190
Smith, Howard, 67
Smith, Shepard, 282
Smithsonian magazine, 191
smog, 29
Snider, Dee, 154–55
Snowden, Edward, 322
Snowe, Olympia, 299
Snyder, Jimmy “the Greek,” 75
Soap (TV program), 83, 93
social conservatives/conservatism, 91–92; See also Religious Right
in 1990s, 204
and election of 1992, 199
libertarianism vs., 280
and Reagan administration’s first year, 116–17
Trump and, 338
“socialized medicine,” 212, 302
social media
and BLM movement, 328
CompuServe and, 149–50
and Howard Dean candidacy, 276
as news source, 3–4
and polarization, 330
Trump and, 341–42, 351
Social Security, 114–16, 120, 278–79
Social Security Amendments of 1983, 120
“soft news” shows, 275
“Soiling of Old Glory, The” (photograph), 61
Sony v. Universal City Studios, 145
sound bites, 106
Souter, David, 193
South Central Los Angeles riots (1992), 197–98
Southern Baptist Convention, 89–90
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 45, 48
Soviet bloc, 170
Soviet Union; See also Cold War
coup attempt (1991), 170
and European intermediate-range nuclear missile deployment, 124–25
NATO Able Archer 83 exercise, 126
Olympic boycott (1984), 127
Reagan’s national security policies, 123
Reagan’s negotiations with Gorbachev, 165–68
Speakes, Larry, 106, 176
Specter, Arlen, 299, 305
speed limits, 29
Spitzer, Eliot, 309
sports, 73–74, 138
Sports Illustrated, 74
Springsteen, Bruce, 131, 169
Staberock, Gerald, 285
stagflation, 30–34, 107
Standard and Poor’s, 313
Stand Your Ground laws, 326
Starr, Kenneth, 226
“Star Wars” (Strategic Defense Initiative), 126–27
state legislatures, 310
State of the Union Address (1991), 187
State of the Union Address (1996), 219
State of the Union Address (2000), 232
State of the Union Address (2003), 263
steel industry, 31
Steinem, Gloria, 76
Stephanopoulos, George, 323
Stern, Howard, 223, 228, 332
Stevens, Christopher, 321
Stewart, Jon, 240, 274–75, 284
Stewart, Potter, 59
Sting, 143
Stockman, David, 109, 117–18
stock market; See also Wall Street
crash (1987), 134
and debt ceiling battle, 313
dot-com boom/bust, 237–38
and financial crisis (2008), 293–94
Stokes, Louis, 49
Stone, Oliver, 134
Stonewall riots, 81
STOP ERA, 70
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), 14
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 126–27, 166, 168
Streisand, Barbra, 76
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