financial crisis of 2008–2009, 8, 40, 46, 48, 67, 78, 236, 417
financial industry, 23, 46, 97, 225–26, 228, 229, 231, 235, 276
Finch, Charles, 253
Finney, Karen, 69
Fiorina, Carly, 137
First Calvary Baptist Church, 440
Fischer, YJ, 467
FiveThirtyEight.com, 407
Fliegelman, Oren, 467
Flint water crisis, 209–15, 223
Flores, Oscar, 85, 89, 467
Florida, 383, 384, 407, 412
Flournoy, Tina, 467
Flynn, Michael, 300–301, 336, 354, 357–58, 411
focus groups, 65
Foer, Franklin, 346, 355
food stamps, 206, 207, 238
foreign policy, 218
NBC’s “Commander in Chief Forum” and, 217–22
Trump and, 233, 334–35
see also national security
Forman, James, Jr., 205
fossil fuels, 239, 269, 270
Four Freedoms Park, 79
Fox News, 9, 265, 278, 297, 316, 317, 349, 359, 360, 366–67, 369, 373
France, 332, 365, 408, 409
Francis, Pope, 335, 360, 443
Frank, Thomas, 274
Franklin, Benjamin, 432
Franklin & Marshall Poll, 402–3
Frarey, Tiffany, 468
Frazier, Joe, 18
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 296, 304, 306
Freeman, Jelani, 251
Friedman, Danielle, 467
Friedman, Tom, 348
friendships, 168–69
of Hillary Clinton, 133, 167–71
Frost, Robert, 376
Fudge, Marcia, 340
Fulton, Sybrina, 174, 179
Funny or Die, 102
Gaddafi, Muammar, 328
Galifianakis, Zach, 101, 102
Gallup, 48, 399
García Márquez, Gabriel, 153
Garner, Eric, 175, 185
Gates, Bill, 241
Gates, Melinda, 43
Gates Foundation, 43
Gayle, Tyrone, 72, 355
Gazprom, 336
Gelber, Ethan, 467
General Social Survey, 413
Gensler, Gary, 226
Georgetown University, 35
George Washington Bridge, 249
George Washington University, 373, 412
Georgia, 49
Gerasimov, Valery, 331
Germany, 332, 335, 365
Gerrity, Megan, 468
Gessen, Masha, 369
Gibran, Kahlil, 152
Giffords, Gabby, 189, 191
Gillibrand, Kirsten, 139
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 11, 86, 170
Giuliani, Rudy, 316–17
globalization, 39, 78
Goetz, Isabelle, 87
Goff, Teddy, 70, 467
Goldstein, Cary, 468
Gonzalez, Alberto, 315
Goodlander, Maggie, 94
Google, 70, 360, 372, 407
Gordon, Phil, 305
Gore, Al, 9, 397, 452
in presidential election of 2000, 5, 180
Gore, Tipper, 397
Gorkov, Sergey, 357
government, size and role of, 237
Gowdy, Trey, 298–99
Graduate, The, 431
Graham, Franklin, 332
Graham, Jorie, 382, 467
Grassley, Chuck, 295–96
grassroots organizing, 13, 14, 64, 453–55, 468
gratitude, 34
Great Britain, 50, 235, 335, 365, 368
Great Depression, 56, 67, 78
Great Expectations (Dickens), 32
Great Recession, 271
Great Society, 451
Green, Joshua, 405
Greenberg, Stan, 416–17, 418
Ground Zero first responders, 176, 251, 415
Grunwald, Mandy, 65, 103, 226, 255
Guardian, 321
Guccifer, 338, 339, 357
GuideStar, 44
guns, 50, 173–91, 204, 274
accountability for makers and sellers of, 183, 186–87, 190
background checks and, 180, 183, 187
Brady Bill and, 180, 183, 186
Clinton administration and, 180, 181
Columbine High School massacre, 181
Democrats and, 180, 188–89
Giffords and, 189, 191
hunting and, 181–82
law-abiding owners of, 181–82
loopholes in laws on, 183
Michael Brown shooting, 180
Mother Emanuel Church massacre, 183, 440–41
Mothers of the Movement and, 173–76, 178–80, 183–85, 189, 191, 415
no-fly list and, 183, 187
NRA and, 142, 174, 180–83, 185–87, 188, 191
Obama and, 186, 187
police officers and, 173–80, 184–85, 203, 415
Pulse nightclub shooting, 187
race and, 174–75, 178
Republicans and, 187
safety laws for, 178, 180, 182, 183, 187, 191
Sanders and, 185–87, 230
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 183, 189–91, 352
Second Amendment and, 182, 187–88
Trayvon Martin shooting, 174–75, 179
Trump and, 187–88, 191
Umpqua Community College shooting, 187
Hable, Shane, 467
Hagan, Kay, 49
Hagenbuch, Tyler, 467
Haiti, 43, 450
Hale, Greg, 245, 380
“Hallelujah” (Cohen), 31
Hamilton, 129
Hamilton, Alexander, 387
Hamilton, Dontre, 178
Hamilton, Maria, 178
Handmaid’s Tale, The (Atwood), 126
Hannah, 21
Hannon, Stephanie, 70
Hard Choices (Clinton), 44, 47, 466
Harkin, Tom, 60
Harris, Kamala, 137
Harris, Maya, 174, 206, 213, 467
Harvard Law School, 117
Harvard University, 35
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 220, 222–23, 318
Havel, Václav, 457, 458
Hawking, Stephen, 241
HBO, 55
Head Start, 196
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