by admin » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:49 am
INDEX
abortion, 244, 249-50, 255-56, 280
ACLU, 15, 222
ACORN, 87, 89
Act Up, 52-53, 102
Acton, Jay, 214
Adair, Bill, 198
Adams, John, 314
Andrews, Wyatt, 83
Advocate, 177
Affigne, Tony, 113
AFL-CIO, 32, 144, 194-97, 242, 260
African Americans, 87, 273, 283, 288-
89, 298
AFSCME Local 1108, 194·
agriculture, 165, 166, 168-9, 188,
192, 201, 207, 311, 329
agribusiness, 44, 168, 201, 252,
338
black farmers, 94
airlines, 113, 152-53, 300
Alaska, 129-31, 339
Allen, Mike, 7-8
Allred, Gloria, 12-13
Amato, Theresa, xiv, 64, 99, 187,
240, 291, 293-94, 341
America Needs a Raise, 194-95
American Bar Association, 123
American Enterprise Corporation, 29-
30
American Medical Association
(AMA), 45, 315
American Prospect, The, 237, 301
American Public Health Association,
67
Anderson, John, 158, 170-71, 211-12,
248-49, 287, 320
Anderson, Ray, 336
Anheuser-Busch, 58, 159
Antiquities Act of 1906, 352
AOL-Time Warner, 91, 157, 180
Appalachia, 110, 258, 339
Appleseed Foundation, 160, 324
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 246,
261
Arendt, Hannah, 253
Associated Press (AP), 112, 128, 134,
165, 168, 179, 198
Association of Trial Lawyers of
America, 262-65
AT&T, 58, 157
Atlanta Constitution, 90
Atlanta, Georgia, 90-91
Atlantic Monthly, 229
Austin, Texas, 240-41
automobiles,
fuel efficiency, 14, 96, 330
industry, 18, 192, 236, 328
insurance, 46, 135
pollution, 14
safety, 14, 19, 25, 45, 116
Aviation Consumer Action Project,
72, 153, 300, 324
Babbitt, Bruce, 259
Baker, Russ, 181-82
ballot access, 47, 74-76, 93, 126,
128, 183
Baltimore, Maryland, 282-89
Barber, Benjamin, 267-68
Barber, James David, 158, 162-63
Barker, Kim, 205
Barlett, Donald L., 179
Baron, Fred, 262, 265
Beatty, Warren, 54-55, 72-73
Beaty, Anita, 91
Becker, George, 193, 261-62
Begala, Paul, 278-79, 292
Begley, Ed, Jr., 67
Benjamin, Medea, 97, 309
Benning, Annette, 54, 73
Berke, Richard L., 144, 233
Berkowitz, Harry, 68, 120
Biafra, Jello, 148, 212, 320
Bingaman, Jeff, 259
Birch, Elizabeth, 257
Blackwelder, Brent, 58, 62, 144--45,
257
Blankenship, Kim, 83
Bloomberg Radio, 221
Blumenthal, Sidney, 108
Blyer, Jennifer, 198
Bollier, David, 312
Bond, Julian, 285
Bonior, David, 112
Bonk, Keiko, 135
Booth, William
Boston Globe, 83, 179
Boston, Massachusetts, 208-10
Boxer, Barbara, 232
Bradley, Bill, 59, 61, 69, 142, 145,
257
Bradley, Ed, 174, 293
Brandeis, Louis, xii, 124-25, 203-4,
312, 328, 337
Bridges, Tyler, 93
Broder, David, 165, 172, 180, 294
Broder, John, 8
Brokaw, Tom, 181
Brookings Institution, 274
Brower, David, 45, 97-98, 291-92,
320, 336
Brown, Janet, 238
Brown, Jerry, 42, 68-69, 78
Brown, Sherrod, 108
Browne, Jackson, 142
Brownstein, Ron, 49
Buchanan, Pat, 74, 164, 168, 177,
182, 226, 228, 275
budget
deficits, 24, 68
surplus, 234, 238
Burns, Arthur, 21
Burrell, Tom, 94
Burton, Phil, 22, 111, 243
Bush, George (Sr.), 41, 43, 159
Bush, George W., 1-2, 59, 61, 80,
100, 189
agricultural policy, 201
campaign spending, 242
debates, 220, 229, 232-37
education in Texas, 115
environmental issues, 141-42
first months of term, 306
language at sixth-grade level, 86
media coverage, 163-64, 169-70,
175, 177-81, 272
polls, 290
similarities to Gore, 244-48, 278
superficial issues, 272-75, 278-89
Supreme Court, 249-50
talk shows, 175-76
Texas Rangers, 80
trade issues, 144
Bush, Prescott, 209
Bush-Cheney ticket, 89, 96
business
small, 84, 125
socially responsible, 16, 89, 151
Business Roundtable, 21-22
Business Week, 113, 129, 177, 204,
239
Caddell, Pat, 45, 136
Cahn, Edgar and Jean, 68, 320, 336
California, 117, 153-54, 164, 170,
183, 241
California League of Conservation
Voters, 291
California Nurses Association, 48,
143, 193, 241, 268, 348
Camden, New Jersey, 4
Camejo, Peter, 292, 320
campaign finance reform, 38, 45, 54,
66, 126, 182, 201, 242, 249,
256, 302, 318
campaign, Nader 2000
fund-raising, 46, 65-66, 68-70, 7374,
78, 86, 89, 103, 106, 111,
116, 119-20, 126, 129, 135
grassroots, 38
speeches, 39, 77, 86, 113, 127, 148-
52, 186~90, 201-3, 215
staff, xiv
supporters, 111, 125, 142
volunteers, 38, 86, 114, 138-40,
320-23, 341-43
See also New Hampshire Primaries,
rallies
Cantwell, Maria, 207-8, 304
Capitol Hill News Service, 68, 324
Carper, Jean, 71
Carter, Jimmy, 21-22, 29, 55, 72,
158, 171, 211, 248, 296-97,
302, 352
Carville, James, 292
Cayetano, Ben, 135
Center for Auto Safety, 299, 324
Center for Health, Environment and
Justice, 145
Centers for Disease Control (CDC),
25
Chavez, Cesar, 92, 207
Chen, David, 215, 217-18
Cheney, Dick, 3, 85-86
Chicago Sun-Times, 256
Chicago Tribune, 210-11, 213
Chicago, Illinois, 210-13
children, xiii, 5, 91, 101, 118-19,
122, 153-54, 157, 319, 329
Children's Defense Fund, 100
China, trade relations, 106, 112, 352
Chomsky, Noam, 148, 172, 321
Christian Science Monitor, 230-31
Chrysler Corporation, 83-85, 236
Church, Frank, 29
Cicero, 150, 335
Citigroup, 251, 301
citizen groups, xiii, 20-21, 30, 36, 37,
56, 83, 93, 141, 187, 238, 288,
324-26
Citizens Against Stadium Subsidies, 82
citizenship, 41, 43, 135, 317
civic celebrities, 97, 286
civil justice system, 119, 141, 191,
262-66, 319
civil liberties, 11, 28, 30, 44, 312
Civil Rights Commission, 297
civil rights, 20, 28, 30, 102, 286, 296-
97, 312
Civil War, xiii-xiv
Clarke, Jim, 13
Claybrook, Joan, 27, 57, 121
Clinton administration, 4-5, 51, 10
closing flurry of regulations, 305
corporate agenda, 245
environmental record, 45, 58, 80,
144-45, 172-73, 245, 306-7
industrial hemp, 132-33
pesticides, 96
record assessment, 338-40
scandals, 245
telecommunications legislation, 161
tort deform, 245, 263
trade, 112, 199
Clinton, Hillary, 44-45, 215, 285,
293
Clinton, William Jefferson, 3, 30, 33,
44-53, 100, 117, 137, 159
campaigning, 39, 41, 299
Gennifer Flowers, 41
1992 victory, 44
welfare reform, 70
Clinton-Gore ticket, 46, 96
Coal Mine Safety Act, 192
Cobb-Hunter, Gilda, 107
Cobble, Steve, xiv, 57, 257-59, 321,
341, 351-54
Cockburn, Alexander, 178
Coelho, Tony, 23, 142-43
Cohen, Ben, 16, 142, 321
Cohen, Stephen, 121
Cold War, 252
Cole, Johnetta, 336
Collins, Gail, 198
commercialism, xi, xiii, 152, 156,
190, 202, 254, 298, 315
Commission on Presidential Debates
(CPD), 58-59, 63, 158-61, 220-39, 295
Committee for the Study of the
American Electorate, 304
Commoner, Barry, 142, 171, 212,
321, 336
Communications Act of 1934, 157
Community Development Financial
Institutions, 88 .
Concord Principles, 38, 42
Congress, 4, 30, 36, 42, 251-52
Black Caucus, 62
corporate buyout, 7
dissatisfaction with, 42
pay raise, 34
Republican controlled, 49
Congressional committees
House Budget Committee, 51
House Ethics Committee, 9
House Progressive Caucus, 32, 302
Senate Commerce Committee, 20
Senate Judiciary Committee, 266
Coniff, Ruth, 126
Conn, Steve 99, 131, 341
Connally, John, 21
Connecticut, 117-20
conservatives, 28, 131
Constitution, xiii, 151
Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 14
Consumer protection law, 21-22, 302
consumers, 20, 22, 27, 50, 122, 207,
302, 319
Conyers, John, 102, 285-86
Cooper, Marc, 178
corporate
accountability, 100
CEO compensation, 92
crime, xi, 87, 216, 235, 302, 319,
327
government, xii, 304, 327
influence, 12, 20, 24, 53, 116
lobbying, xi, 21, 44, 88, 106, 253,
264, 305
mergers, 50, 106, 109, 156-57,
161, 168, 173, 191
power, xii-xiv, 20-22, 28-29, 33,
36-37, 50, 63, 80, 86, 105, 109,
118, 123, 141, 161, 168, 179,
189, 194, 204, 221, 239, 244-45, 251, 268, 302, 308, 315
prisons, 11, 30, 319
welfare, xi-xii, 6, 10, 13, 44, 46,
50-51, 78, 80-85, 90, 96, 110,
113, 123-25, 141, 185, 319,
327, 330
corporations, 4, 19, 21, 29-30, 32,
44, 50, 53, 58, 70, 83-85, 91,
97, 123-24, 156-57, 159, 168,
176-77, 180, 184, 190, 200-1,
216, 236, 251-52, 276-77, 282,
286, 300-1, 308
charters, xiii, 123-25
least popular, 16
corporatization, xiii, 29, 227
Cox, Robert, 257
Coyle, Julie, 83
credit cards, 177
credit unions, 88, 109
criminal justice, 1, 117, 319
Cronkite, Walter, 181
C-Span, 64, 180-81, 203
Culture of Contentment, The, 197
Cuomo, Andrew, 87
Curry, Bill, 49
Cutler, Mimi, 72
Daley, William, 142-43
Dallas Morning News, 8-9
Dangermond, Jack and Laura, 71
dark-horse candidates, 42
Dao, James, 198, 257
Davis, Bob, 16
Dean, Howard, 126
death penalty, 13, 15, 30
debates, 58, 61, 80, 100, 117, 120,
141, 158-60, 175, 177-79, 182-
83, 190, 199, 211, 213, 215, 220-39, 242, 248, 259, 294
audience, 233, 236
criteria for inclusion, 228
editorials on, 230
format, 224
ignored issues, 208, 235
past examples, 232, 234
superficiality, 234-6
See also Commission on Presidential
Debates
Debt, The: What America Owes to
Blacks, 287
DeFazio, Peter, 33
defense, 120, 319
DeFranco, Ani, 142, 214, 217, 299,
310
DeLay. Tom, 9
democracy, 40, 141, 203
strengthening of, xi-xii, xiv, 79,
107, 125, 203, 313, 317
"gap," xiii, 56, 64, 326, 328, 333
See also citizen groups
Democratic Leadership Council
(DLC), 13, 246, 260, 303
Democratic National Committee, 7,
33-34, 159, 242
Democratic Party, xi, 21, 23-35, 105,
136, 207
campaign funding, 34
campaign finance reform, 8
convention, 1, 6-10, 12-16
corporate influence, 20, 53, 200
death of the New Deal, 23
decay of, 23-24, 27-28, 42, 207,
245-46, 270, 287, 292, 301-4
issues ignored by, 14
judicial nominations, 266
labor, 143
liberalism, in, 28
"New Democrats," 44
platform, 12, 14
Progressive Caucus, 12
See also major political parties
demonstrations, 3, 10-11, 15, 89, 94,
130
DeMoro, Rose Ann, 48, 143, 321
Department of Agriculture, 36, 94,
133, 169, 201, 305
Department of Defense, 53, 108
Department of Health and Human
Services, 2S2
Department of Justice, 50
Department of Labor, 36
Department of the Interior, 36, 275-76
Department of the Treasury, 36, 66,
224, 305
Department of Transportation, 45
deregulation, xii, 32, 45, 97, 113,
119, 277, 308
DeRosa, Mike, 119
Dershowitz, Alan, .250
Detroit Free Press. 191
Detroit News, 191
Deutsch, Peter, 111
Difference, The, 26-27
Disney, 157
Dodd, Chris, 119, 122
Dogs Are Smarter than Republicans,
33-34
Dole, Bob, 47-48, 70, 161, 227
Donahue, Phil, 64, 121-23, 142-43,
175-76, 197-203, 205, 209, 213-15,
244, 250, 255, 286, 299,
320
Donaldson, Sam, 277
Dorgan, Byron, 169
Dorsey, Michael, 62, 71, 96, 257-59
double-talk, 8, 16, 189
Douglas, William O., xii, 328
Douglass, Frederick, 18, 207
Drucker, Peter, 312
drugs, 1, 5
war on, 30, 316
Dugger, Ronnie, 148
Dukakis, Michael, 28, 229, 273,
293
Duran, Richard, 336
Duster, Troy, 214, 321, 336
Earth Day, 96-99
Earth in the Balance, 235-36, 276
Earth Island Institute, 292
Easton, Nina, 254
economic boom, 14, 19, 37, 49, 92
stagnation in spite of, 5, 37, 189
economic justice, 16, 49. See also
wealth disparities
economic yardsticks, 19, 151, 329-31
Economist, The, 113
Edelman, Peter, 252, 268
Edison, Southern California, 32, 97
education, 1, 68, 118, 202
standardized tests, 115, 255, 273
Edwards, John, 263
Ehrenreich, Barbara, 92, 142, 321
Eisenhower, Dwight, 305
election results, 129, 241, 261, 290,
294
write-in ballots, 38, 43
electoral college, 46-47
electoral reform, 296-97
Ellner, Peter, 120
empowerment, 33, 38, 40, 209
energy, 21, 27, 96, 131
conservation, 96, 190, 259, 306
crisis, 21
deregulation, 32, 119, 308
environment, 1, 14, 20, 28, 45, 58,
80, 96-97, 107, 130, 132, 141-42,
144-45, 172-73, 188, 235-37,
245, 257-59, 273, 306-7. See
also logging; pollution; toxics
environmental groups, 58, 62, 95-96,
144-45, 257-59, 261, 291-92,
306, 308
environmental justice, 62
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), 14
ERISA law, 192
Eskew, Carter, 263-64
Everglades, 275-76
Fahrenkopf, Frank, 59, 224, 226
Fallows, Jim, 229
Falwell, Jerry, 122
Fannie Mae, 286
Farm Aid, 168-69
Federal Aviation Administration, 36,
153, 300
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), 156, 161-62, 239
Federal Election Commission (FEC),
47, 65-66, 69, 147, 227, 229-30
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC), 308
Federal Reserve, 21, 36, 49-50, 88,
231, 305
Federal Trade Commission, 22
Feingold, Russ, 69, 181, 232, 302
Feinstein, Diane, 97
Feinstein, Mike, 48, 77, 135
Fellmeth, Robert, 154, 321
Fenway Park, 80, 82
Ferrell, Will, 175
Financial Control Board, 168, 283
Finkbeiner, Carlton, 83-85
Firestone, 282
First Amendment, 15, 122
Florida, 275-76, 282
elections, 296-97
Foley, Tom, 22, 34
Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
22, 36
Forbes, 29-30
Ford Motor Co., 58, 123, 159, 236,
282
Ford, Gerald, 21, 297
foreign policy, 108
Forth Worth Star-Telegram, 174
Fortune magazine, 92
Frank, Barney, 102
Frankel, Dave, 132
Freedom to Farm Act, 169, 301
Freeman, David, 259
Friedan, Betty, 255
Friends of the Earth, 58, 62, 144-45,
257, 291
Frumkin, Leo and Sherry, 135
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 72, 197-98,
301
Gallagher, Dorothy, 92
Garcia Hernandez, Cesar, 138-39
Gardner, Beth, 112
Gardner, Christine, 39
Gardner, John, 336
Garrett, Lila, 13, 135
Gaskin, Steve, 90, 148
Gates, Jeff, 269, 312, 321, 328, 336,
341
GATT, 52-53, 170, 278, 319. See
also trade issues; WTO
gay and lesbian rights, 102, 122,
205
General Electric, 21, 157, 184, 308
General Motors, 19, 190, 200, 236,
300
General Services Administration, 36
genetic engineering, 11, 37, 58
Geoghegan, Tom, 70
Gephardt, Dick, 111-12, 307
Germond, Jack W., 39
Gerrit, Greg, 113
get-out-the-vote (GOTV), 198, 240
GI Bill of Rights, 29
Gibbs, Lois, 87, 145, 293, 321, 336
Gingrich, Newt, 34-35, 49
Glaser, Rob, 69, 164
Glickman, Dan, 169
Global Exchange, 15, 97
global warming, 37, 57, 69, 306
globalization, 10, 15, 69, 95, 124,
253
Glover, Danny, 286-87, 321
Goeke, Annie, 146, 286
Going Negative, 275
Goldfarb, Lou, 85
Goodman, Amy, 3-4
Goodwin, Richard N., 116-17, 142
Gore, AI, 2, 8, 30, 59, 61-62, 80, 95,
143, 189, 205, 211
acceptance speech, 16
African American vote, 285-89
agricultural policy, 201
AIDS, 52
campaign spending, 242
conservative voting record, 253
debates, 220, 229, 232-37
environmental issues, 14, 141-42,
172-73, 235-37, 257-59
on gay rights, 102
Green Party impact on, 104, 171,
183, 243-44, 257-62, 267-70,
279
insincerity, 52
labor, 260
language at eighth-grade level, 86
losing the election himself, 136
media coverage, 163-64, 169-170,
175, 177-81, 185, 272
meeting with Nader, 51-52
polls, 290
response to Nader 2000, 103
scare tactics, 145, 242-43, 256,
260, 262, 268, 280, 285
similarities to Bush, 244-48, 278
superficial issues, 272-75, 278-89
Supreme Court, 247, 249-50
talk shows, 175-76
tort deform, 265
trade issues, 144
as vice president, 51-53
Gore, Al, Sr., 67
Gore-Lieberman ticket, 89, 102-3,
106
Gorton, Slade, 304
Gossett, William, 123
Graham, Don, 169
Granny D (Doris Haddock), 201,
321
Greater Seattle American Postal
Workers, 194, 206
Green Party, xiii-xiv, 202-3
Association of State Green Parties,
147, 286
Campus Greens, 296, 309
convention, 48, 65, 146-53
federal matching funds, 204
growth of, 293-94
1996 election, 45-46
nonvoter recruitment, 294-95
state and local races, 294
starting small, xiv
Ten Key Values, 147, 294, 344-47
Greene, Wade, 69-70
Greenberg, Stan, 261, 299
Greenspan, Alan, 49-50, 88
Greider, William, 24, 176, 307
Grossman, Richard, 123-25, 336
Grossman, Steve, 33
Gruenstein, Peter, 68, 131, 244
Guinier, Lani, 267-68
Gurnstein, Josh, 128
Hager, Rob, 79
Hagler, Graylan, 286
Halberstam, David, 72
Hamm, Lawrence, 285
Hammond, Darrell, 61-62, 175, 237
Hancock, John, 314
Harper, Ben, 214
Harper's, 107, 301
Harr, Dan, 174
Harrelson, Woody and Laura Louie,
132-33, 135
Harriman doctrine, 299
Harrington, Michael, 6, 92
Hart, Gary, 72
Hartford Courant, 174
Hatch, Orrin, 253, 266, 268
Hawaii, 129, 131-33, 135
Hawken, Paul, 336
Hayden, Tom, 12-13
Hayes, Denis, 95
health care, 12, 20, 44, 147, 230
HMOs, 12, 45, 48, 180, 189, 191,
193, 338
patients' rights, 2
prescription drug benefit, 2
universal, 14, 44-45, 48, 61, 68,
91, 182, 190, 196, 212, 216, 318
health, 1, 118
Hechler, Ken, 109
hemp, industrial, 132-35, 190
Henderson, Hazel, 336
Hentoff, Nat, 247
Heraclitus, 317
Heritage Foundation, 29-30
Hewitt, Don, 173
Hightower, Jim, 67, 79, 103, 142,
147, 176, 206, 241, 269-70, 287-
88, 320
Hill, Julia Butterfly, 97
Hillsman, Bill, 108-9, 177, 276, 293
Hispanic; Americans, 273, 283
Hock, Dee, 336
Hoffa, Jimmy, Jr. 143-44, 193, 196,
352
Hollywood, 7
Holmes Norton, Eleanor, 137
homelessness, 5, 12, 87, 90, 91
Honeywell, 70
Hoover, Herbert, 156
Hotchkiss, Ralf, 269
Hudson, Paul, 300
Huffington, Ariana, 9
Hughes, Langston, 287
Humphrey, Hubert, 201
Hunger, Frank, 264
Hunt, Al, 222
identity politics, 103
IMF (International Monetary Fund),
89, 339
Imus, Don, 145-46, 177-78
In These Times, 180, 198
infectious diseases, 25, 108, 235256,
285, 319
INS, 30
Interdenominational Ministerial
Alliance, 117
Interface Corporation, 98
Internet, 128, 277
Ireland, Patricia, 260-61
Isabel, Lonnie, 181
It's the Media, Stupid, 157
Ivins, Molly, 180, 273
Jackson, Jesse, 45, 102, 144, 250-53
Jackson, Jesse, Jr., 228, 251
Jackson, Michael, 178
Jackson, Mississippi, 93
James, William, 317
Jefferson, Thomas, xii, 18, 37, 132,
206, 314, 328
Jeffords, Jim, 208, 266
Jenkins, Holmes, 298
Jennings, Peter, 181
Jerry Jasinowski, 44
Johnson, Gary, 316
Johnson, Lyndon, 6, 19, 22, 112
Johnson, Nicholas, 269-70, 321,
336
Johnston, William R., 184
Jordan, Vernon, 137
Judis, John B., 105, 267
justice
historical struggles for, xii, 18, 28,
86, 150, 188, 210, 217, 253
systemic, 48
versus charity, 5, 91-92, 210
Kafoury, Greg, 186-87, 213, 342
Kairys, David, 160, 233, 322
Kakutani, Michiko, 299
Kanjorski, Paul, 111
Kaplan, Rebecca, 78
Karmazin, Mel, 156
Kasem, Casey, 142, 322
Kasich, John, 232
Kearns Goodwin, Doris, xi
Kelber, Harry, 200
Kemp, Jack, 70
Kennard, William, 161
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr., 171, 247
Kerrey, Bob, 236
Kerry, John, 259, 278-79
King, Jonathan, 116
King, Larry, 54, 73, 278
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 92, 207, 253
Kirk, Paul, 59, 222, 224, 226
Kirkland, Lane, 194
Kluckhohn, Clyde, 313
Knight, Peter, 264
Knight, Phil, 129
Knowles, Tony, 130
Koppel, Ted, 279-80
Kovel, Joel, 59
Kovic, Ron, 281-82, 322
Kozol, Jonathan, 16
Kraft, Robert, 81
Kreindler, Lee, 300
Krugman, Paul, 171
Kucinich, Dennis J., 12-13
Kuttner, Robert, 112-13, 237
Kyung Kim, Eun, 198
L.A. Press Club, 77
La Follette, "Fighting Bob," 107
labor
endorsements, 144, 192-94, 205-6
laws, xi, 23, 28, 31-32, 139, 143,
151, 192, 278, 302, 318
leaders, 58, 105-6, 127, 191-96,
260-62
lobbying, 23
unions, 13, 23, 32, 37, 65, 68, 70,
78, 105-6, 127, 131, 139, 143-44,
147, 160, 184, 191-97, 200,
206, 210, 242, 260-62, 269-70
weakening of, 31-32, 193-97
Labor Educator, The, 200
Labor Party, 147, 196, 270
LaDuke, Winona, xiv, 48, 56, 95, 187-
88, 201, 204, 255, 293, 309
Lakota Nation Journal, 134
Lamb, Brian, 180-81
Lane, Ambrose R., Sr., 167
Lapham, Lewis, 178
Lauer, Matt, 183
Lauerman, Kerry, 198
Lazio, Rick, 215
League of Conservation Voters, 145,
261
League of Women Voters, 1, 158, 223-
24
Leahy, Patrick, 266
Leaven House, 4
Legal Services for the Poor, 68
Lehrer, Jim, 63, 233-36
Lena, Jay, 175
Lerner, Michael, 108, 322
Letterman, David, 175
Levin, Gerald, 157-58, 180
Lewis, Anthony, 171, 246
Lewis, Jake, 172, 240
Lewis, Peter, 70
Lewis, Sinclair, 81
liberals, 13, 28, 105, 244, 266, 288,
299-300
Libertarian Party, 74
Lieberman, Joseph, 16, 55, 119, 191,
246, 259, 263-64
Lincoln, Abraham, xii-xiv, 163, 314,
328
Lintilhac, Crea, 126
living wage, 5, 13, 91, 119, 135, 194,
318
Lodge, Terry, 84
Loeb, Nackey, 43
logging, 97, 128, 130, 141-42, 188
Los Angeles Times, 77, 129, 153,
179, 218, 251
Lott, Trent, 44, 49, 253
Louisiana, 93-94
Love, Jamie, 52-53
Lovins, Amory and Hunter, 259, 336
Lowe, Rob, 175
Lydon, Christopher, 177-78
MacArthur, Douglas, 305
MacArthur, Greg, 293
MacAteer, Davitt, 132
MacDonald, Craig, 80
MacGregor Burns, James, 336
Machinists Union, 160
Madison Square Garden, 213-18,
299
Madison, James, 314
Madison, Wisconsin, 106-7
Magnuson, Warren, 20, 29
Maher, Bill, 175, 299
Maine, 127-28
major political parties (Democrats and
Republicans)
convergence of, xii, 15, 27-28, 37,
40-41, 44, 56, 80, 83, 105,
126, 142, 167, 189, 212, 215,
231, 243, 251, 267, 298, 303-4,
335 .
differences between, 170, 246-47,
266, 301
Mander, Jerry, 67, 322
Marcus, Ruth, 7
Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, 132. See
also hemp, industrial
Marshall, Thurgood, 253
Massachusetts, 115-17, 124
MasterCard "priceless" ad, 176-77,
276-77
Mauney, Fred "the Phoenix, " 139
Mayer, Carl, 38, 41, 290, 343
Mazzochi, Tony, 147, 196-97, 270,
336
Mbeki, Thabo, 52
McCaffrey, Barry, 132-33
McCain, John, 59-61, 73, 179, 183,
282, 293, 302
McCarthy, Dan, 144, 191-92, 322
McCarthy, Eugene, 42
McCollum, Bill, 228
McDougal, Mark, 186-87, 213
McEntee, Gerald, 196
McGinty, Katie, 244
McGovern, George, 29, 37-38
McIntyre, Robert, 336
McKeown, Kevin, 135
McVay, Kay, 143, 322
media, 19, 25, 27, 32, 54, 59, 79, 86,
104, 111, 116, 122, 127, 145-46,
155-185, 213-14
editorials, 169-72, 178, 248, 250
editorial boards, 90, 93, 104, 111,
129, 146, 164-65, 170
"gap, " 64
interviews, 112, 119, 131, 140,
176, 253
investigative reports, xi, 9, 56, 179,
216
lack of coverage, 10, 63-64, 77,
131, 135, 163-65, 169, 180, 300
lack of substance, 55, 62, 104, 178,
185
newsworthiness standards, 31, 162,
164, 172, 226
nightly news, 161
progressive, 177-78
photo opportunities, 1, 100, 155,
174-75, 183
regular coverage, 19, 59, 127, 174,
241
reporters, 3, 9
self-censorship, 165, 180
sound bites, 3, 39, 148, 178, 183,
218, 240, 279
See also radio, television ads,
television networks, television
news
Medicaid, 20, 26, 28
Medicare, 20, 26, 28, 203, 302, 318
Mendenhall, Frances, 138
Menino, Tom, 82
Merck, 53
Meyerson, Harold, 267
Mfume, Kweisi, 285
Miami Herald, 93
Michaels, Lorne, 175
Michelman, Kate, 261
Michigan, 106, 199-200
Microsoft case, 50
middle class, 70, 89, 249
Milbank, Dana, 165-66, 225-26, 303
Miller, Carol, 79, 95
minimum wage, 49, 90, 93, 106, 216,
260, 329
Ministers Against Global Injustice, 15
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 203
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 201-5
Mintz, Morton, 181, 239
Mirkarimi, Ross, 78-79, 292
Mirror for Man, 313
missile defense, 13
Moberg, David, 198
Moffet, Toby, 242, 244
Mondale, Walter, 25-27, 201
Monks, Robert, 336
Mooney, Lauren, 139
Moore, Michael, 142, 197-202, 212,
215, 287-88, 299, 322
Morris, Dick, 44, 47, 258
Morrison, Alan, 191
Moses, Danny, 292
Moses, Yolanda, 336
Mother Jones, 180
Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety
Acts, 19
Moynihan, Daniel P., 172, 298
Ms. magazine, 254, 256
muckrakers, 18
Mugar, Carolyn, 168
Muir, John, 18
Murdoch, Rupert, 157
Murkowski, Frank, 131
Murray, Bill, 214
Murrow, Edward R., 156
Musselman, Jim, 299
Myerson, Dean, 146
NAACP, 285
Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, 153
Nader, Rose, 152, 209
"Nader's Neighbors, " 84
NAFTA, 41, 70, 80, 124, 143-45,
170, 319. See also trade issues
NARAL, 261
NASA, 36
Nation, The, 113, 121, 162, 177,
180, 271, 301
National Association of Broadcasters,
161
National Association of
Manufacturers, 44, 306
National Chicano Moratorium
Committee, 15
National Clearinghouse on Hazardous
Waste, 87,
National Environmental Protection
Act (NEPA), 13
National Highway Transportation
Safety Administration, 45
National Institutes of Health (NIH),
53
National Labor Relations Board, 23
National Organization for Women,
260
National Press Club, 177, 226, 277-
78, 301
National Rainbow Coalition, 251
national security, xi
Native American rights, 99, 132, 134,
188, 256
Natural Resources Defense Council,
32
Navasky, Victor, 121
Nelson, Gaylord, 29
Nelson, Willie, 111, 142, 168, 322
New England Patriots, 81
New Hampshire, 123-25
1992 primaries, 38-43, 46-47
1996 primaries, 60--62, 197
New Mexico, 127
New Republic, The, 105, 247, 303
New York City, 213-18
New York Daily News, 145, 242
New York Observer, 238
New York Stock Exchange, 184-85
New York Times, 8, 10, 30-32, 47,
59, 63, 78, 92, 112, 128, 144,
146, 162, 164-65, 169-72, 17879,
181, 185, 198, 215, 226,
233, 246-47, 248-50, 257, 260,
288-89, 298-99
New York, 117
Newman, Nancy, 224
Newman, Paul and Nell, 120-21, 124
Newsday, 181
Newsforchange.com, 198
Newsweek, 177
Nichols, John, 271
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 253
Nieves, Evelyn, 78
Nixon, Richard M., 13-14, 21
No More Throwaway People, 68
Noble, Lawrence, 229-30
"none-of-the-above" (NOTA), 38-40
North Carolina, 107
nuclear power, 216, 259
O'Neill, Tip, 24, 40
Obey, David, 169
Occidental Petroleum, 11
Occupational Safety and Health
Agency (OSHA), 13, 36, 71, 13031,
192, 196, 243, 260, 262, 305
oil industry, 68, 130, 131, 173
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
Union, 196
Oregon, 129
Oreskes, Michael, 63, 128
Organization for Competitive
Markets, 169, 201, 325
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), 97
PACs (political action committees),
32, 178
Paine, Thomas, 18, 206
Panetta, Leon, 232
Paper Plantation, The, 128
Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and
Engineering Workers, 270
Parker, Major General, 108
Parks, Rosa, 286
Passacantando, John, 57
Paul, Ron, 228
Peace Action, 15
peace waging, xi, 16, 190, 201, 280,
317-19
Pennsylvania, 4
Pentagon. See Department of Defense
Pentel, Ken, 201
People's Debate Commission, 160,
213
People's History of the United States,
A, 209
Permanent Normal Trade Relations,
144
Perot, Ross, 48, 159, 178, 226-28,
230-31, 278, 282
Peterson, Esther, 22
Pfizer, 53
pharmaceutical industry, 45, 93
prices, 52, 62, 67
research budgets, 53
Philadelphia Inquirer, 145
philanthropy, 1, 17
Philip Morris, 58, 159
Pierce, Jan, 144, 342
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 134
Planned Parenthood, 261
plutocracy, 40, 328
police brutality, 148, 284
political reform, xii, 57, 79, 127, 136,
188, 219, 239, 309
politics
candidates, 56
consultants, 2, 5, 44
corruption by money, xiii, 1, 3-4, 68,
10-11, 23-24, 36, 60, 65,
106, 110, 119, 146, 173, 178,
190, 199, 207, 225, 242, 259,
268-69, 273-75 287, 293, 301,
306, 327
egos, 55, 72, 249
local, 40, 86, 99, 210
"one-party rule, " 9, 34, 130
promises, 40
record vs. rhetoric, 102, 117-18,
180, 194, 216, 245, 252, 260,
267, 306, 317
slogans, 9, 100
strategy, 44, 67, 95, 103, 117, 137,
144, 155, 181, 183, 186, 242,
257, 261, 272, 274, 305
Pollina, Anthony, 126-27, 322
polls, 16, 43, 46, 59, 63, 85-86, 103-
4, 119, 122, 159, 162, 164, 182,
186, 218, 226-27, 237, 272,
279, 290
pollution, 80, 98, 131-32, 160, 273-
74. See also toxics
Portland, Oregon, 186-90
Pope, Carl, 95-96, 259
Pouillon, Nora, 243, 322
poverty, xi, 1, 5-6, 10, 16, 20, 68,
80, 87, 89, 92, 118, 153-54,
166, 190, 216, 252, 274, 314,
317-18
predatory lending, S, 88, 110
Powell, Lewis, 20-21
powerlessness, 12, 39, 40, 199, 204
Price, Sol, 266-67
prisons, 80, 216
privatization, xii, 227
progressive politics, 44, 54, 131, 242,
244, 246, 251, 262, 267, 269,
292, 300, 302-3, 307
Progressive Review, 167
Progressive, The, 126, 162, 177, 180,
198, 301
public assets, xi, xiii, 49, 71, 131, 150,
156, 239, 241, 277, 312, 315
Public Citizen, 57, 143, 147, 299
Global Trade Watch, 192, 325
Litigation Group, 191, 325
Public Interest Research Groups
(PIRGs), 126, 187, 325
public needs, 81-82, 185
Quinn, Jack, 264
racism, 20, 61, 94, 101-2, 198, 251,
284
environmental, 62
redlining, 89, 101
radio, 3, 47, 108, 161, 177-78, 195,
283
Raines, Howell, 172
Raitt, Bonnie, 142, 323
rallies, 12, 46, 78, 89, 114, 116, 160,
167, 186-91, 197-219, 240, 269,
271, 280-88, 309. See also
campaigning
RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 263
RAND research group, 273-74
Rapoport, Bernard, 266-67
Raskin, Jamin, 277, 286
Raskin, Marcus, 101, 323
Raspberry, William, 298
Rather, Dan, 181, 232
Rayburn, Sam, 112
Reagan Democrats, 26
Reagan, Ronald, 23-27, 55, 125, 158,
171, 211, 248, 255-56
Reaganites, 30
Recio, Maria, 174
Red Sox, 80, 82
Redford, Robert, 257
Redstone, Sumner, 156
Reed, Ralph, 165
Reform Parry, 48, 159, 275
regulation
by business, 25
by government, 20
See also deregulation
Reich, Robert, 50, 219, 245, 302
Reid, Harry, 103, 144, 206, 208
religious leaders, 15, 117
reprisals, 265, 269, 292, 299-300
Republican National Committee, 159,
224, 242
Republican Party, xi, 105
campaign finance reform, 8
convention, 2-4, 6-10
corporate interests, 20
Eisenhower Republicans, 50
primaries, 59-61
See also major political parties
"Republicrats," 32
Resenbrink, John, 127-28, 291, 323
Revolutionary War, 28, 199
Rhode Island, 113-14
Ribicoff, Abraham, 19
Richard, john, xiv, 33
Riddle, Sam, 137
Ridge, Tom, 74-75
Riley, George, 71
Ritch, Massie, 77
Robbins, Mike, 184
Robbins, Tim, 142, 214, 299, 323,
355-60
Roberts, Cokie, 277
Roberts, Jim, 112, 164
Robertson, Rueben, 153
Robinson, Randall, 15, 285, 287-88,
320
Rockefeller, Alida, 69-70
Roe v. Wade, 249, 255-56, 261-62,
267
Rolling Stone, 214
Roosevelt, Franklin, 28, 93, 267, 279-80,
301, 328, 349-50
Roosevelt, Theodore, xii, 28, 245,
328, 352
Rosen, Frank, 193
Rosendahl, Bill, 241
Rosenfeld, Arthur, 259
Rosenfield, Harvey, 46, 308
Rosenthal, Abe, 172
Ross, Mike, 82
Rothschild, Matthew, 38, 107, 178,
198
Rowe, Jonathan, 312
Rowland, john, 81
Rubin, Robert, 50
Ruckus Society, 11
Russell, Mark, 303
Russert, Tim, 61, 111, 174-75, 255-56, 282
Ryan, Dick, 123
Sacramento, California, and SMUD,
96
Sadlowski, Ed, 196
Salon.com, 198, 214
San Jose Mercury News, 231
Sanders, Bernie, 33, 125-27
Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific
Railroad, 124
Sarandon, Susan, 111, 142, 176, 214-15,
256, 299, 320, 355-56
Saturday Night Live, 61-62, 175,
237, 273
savings and loan collapse, 31, 252
Sheff, Elizabeth Horton, 118
Schieffer, Bob, 177, 293
Schmidt, Steve, 147
Schram, Martin, 182-83
Schroeder, Pat, 22
Schwartz, Victor, 264
Sealander, Robert, 177
Seattle Times, 205, 231
Seattle, Washington, 205-8
Seeger, Pete, 142, 323
Seldes, George, 172
Seligman, Joel, 222
Sellers, Gary, 71, 243-44
Senn, Deborah, 207
Service Employees International
Union, 260, 269
shadow conventions, 9-12, 16
Shallal, Andy, 89
Sharpton, Al, 283
Sheinbaum, Betty and Stanley, 135
Shepard, Steve, 204
Shields, Mark, 63, 218, 232
Shriver, Maria, 2
Shrub, 180, 273-74
Sierra Club, 62, 95-96, 145, 257-59,
291-92, 351-54
Sifry, Miczh, 178
Simon, Roger, 9, 299
Simpson, Alan, 121
Slack, Warner, 121
slavery, 28, 287, 289
Smashmouth, 225-26
Smith, Patti, 142, 209, 214, 216-17,
288, 310
Smith, Roger, 200
Smith, Wesley, 152, 343
Social Security, 2, 165, 302
solutions, xiv, 136, 150, 181, 213,
301, 313, 316, 318
Sony, 157
Soren, Tabitha, 48
Soros, George, 91
South Africa, 52, 171
South Carolina, 107
Spence, Gerry, 121-22, 323
sports teams, 78, 80, 82
Squitieri, Tom, 174, 198
St. Louis Dispatch, 146
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 231
St. Petersburg Times, 198
Standard Oil Company, 124
State Department, 52
Steele, James B., 179
Steinem, Gloria, 102, 253-57, 260
Stephanopolous, George, 227
Stern, Andrew L., 260, 269-70
Stevens, Ted, 130-31
Stilp, Gene, 42
street crime, 5
students, 129, 139-40, 167, 183, 194,
217, 280, 295, 309, 311
Supreme Court, 20-21, 121, 247, 249-50, 255-
56, 278, 280
sweatshops, 11, 15, 95, 129, 194
Sweeney, John J., 194-96, 260
Taft, Robert, 29
Taft-Hartley Act, 31-32, 139, 151,
192, 278, 318
taxing undesirables, 190
taxpayer funding, 4, 6, 137,
256
Teamsters Union, 131, 143-44,
160, 193-94, 174, 196, 206,
352, 354
telecommunications, 44, 50, 252, 301
television ads, 32, 34, 40, 48, 108-9,
157, 161, 176-77, 183, 218,
241, 267, 275-77, 293
television networks, 10, 292
ABC, 63, 128, 226, 261, 290
CBS , 63, 83, 156, 177, 226, 293
CNN, 59, 103, 177, 226, 252
Fox, 103, 177, 220, 226
MSNBC, 3, 128, 177
NBC, 2, 61, 63, 221, 226
television news and talk shows, 175-
76
Charlie Rose Show, 176
Connection, 177
Eye on America, 83
Hardball, 145, 174, 280-81
Meet the Press, 111, 175, 255-56,
282
NewsHour, 63, 218
Nightline, 279-80
One on One, 252
Oprah, 175-76, 238, 272
Politically Incorrect, 175
Queen Latifah Show, 176
60 Minutes, 173-74, 179
This Week, 261, 275, 277
Today Show, 183, 221
20/20, 173
Terkel, Studs, 211, 323
third parties, xii, 47, 58-59, 63, 65,
105, 126, 137, 155, 162, 219,
245, 249, 256, 262, 279, 295,
300, 304
Thomas" Marlo, 250
Thomas, Norman, 267, 279-80
Thompson, Tommy, 295
Tigar, Michael, 67
Time Dollars, 68, 336
Time magazine, 48, 177, 179
Tobias, Paul, 67-68
Todd Whitman, Christine, 4-5, 308
Tomorrow, Tom, 286, 323
tort law, 51, 130, 262-66, 328, 330
town meetings, 38-39, 123, 125
toxics, 25, 62, 102, 131, 134, 153,
184, 273. See also pollution
trade, 13, 44, 47-48, 52-53, 80, 89,
96, 106, 112, 124, 143-45, 169-
70, 191-92, 193, 196, 199, 235,
260, 278, 310-11, 319, 332, 352
Traficant, James, Jr., 228
trial lawyers, 130, 262-66
Trister, Michael, 64-65, 343
Truman, Harry, 303
Trumka, Richard, 32, 194-95
Truskoff, Lou, 206
Truth, Sojourner, 207
Tsongas, Paul, 43
Turner, Ted, 91, 93
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 306
U.S. News & World Report, 108, 177
United Auto Workers, 105-6, 127,
144, 160, 191-93, 352
United Electric Radio and Machine
Workers, 193
United Electrical Workers, 270
United Mine Workers, 195
United Steel Workers, 160, 192-93,
261-62
Universal (Seagram), 157
Unsafe at Any Speed, 19
urban decay, 4-6, 154, 166-67, 284
USA Today, 39, 145, 174, 198, 226
vanden Heuvel, Katrina, 121
Vedder, Eddie, 142-43, 206, 210-15,
323
Ventura, Jesse, 109, 182, 202, 279-80
Vermont, 125
Viacom, 156-57
Vidal, Gore, 37
Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 308
Vietnam War, 20, 148, 281-82
Village Voice, 113, 145, 177
Vines, Lanny, 93
violence, 1, 102
Vladeck, Judith, 121
von Hoffman, Nicholas, 178, 238
vote swapping, 277
voter rationales, xiii, 86, 87, 137,
204, 291
"lesser of two evils," 27, 58, 62,
71, 106, 145, 193-94, 203, 209,
211, 252, 270
low expectations, 57, 244, 314
voters
elderly, 2
non-, 197-98, 216, 287, 294
turnout, 2, , 182, 197, 210
registration, 182, 206, 217, 250
Wagner Act labor rights laws, 28
Wake Us Up When It's Over, 39
Wall Street Journal, 16, 29-30, 46,
50, 63, 113, 146, 179, 222, 226,
259, 298
Wallace, Henry, 242, 349-50
Wallace, Mike, 173-74, 293
Wallis, Jim, 16
Walter Reed Institute of Health, 108
Walton, Richard, 113
Wardlaw, B., 91
Warren, James, 213
Washington Post, 9-11, 30-32, 47,
59, 63, 113, 145, 160, 162, 165-66,
172, 169, 178-80, 185, 226,
245, 290, 294, 298, 300, 303
Washington, D.C., xiii, 89-90, 166-68
vote, 288-89
Washington, George, 132, 314
Waters, Maxine, 15
Waxman, Henry, 30, 111-12, 244
wealth disparities, 11, 13, 31, 92,
244, 251-52, 289, 302, 312,
330
Webster, Daniel, 317
Weill, Sandy, 251
Weissman, Steve, 169
welfare reform, 44, 62, 70, 207, 252
Wellford, Harrison, 244
Wellstone, Paul, 45, 69, 109, 244,
257
West Virginia, 109
West, Cornel, 101, 142, 287-88, 309,
323
West, Dave, 132-33
Which Side Are You On?, 70
White Plume, Alex, 134
Whitehead, Alfred North, 315
Whittelsey, Frances Cerra, 254
Whittle, Richard, 8-9
Wilde, Oscar, 312
Wilentz, Sean, 267
Wiley, George, 92
Will, George, 275
Williams, Tony, 166
Winsted, Connecticut, 17
Witcover, Jules, 39
Wolfe, Sidney, 147
women's issues, 28, 102, 122, 253-
55, 267
Woodrow, Wilson, xii, 150, 245, 301
Woolsey, James, 133
workers, 28, 122, 329
health and safety, 25-26, 28, 58,
130-31, 143, 192, 196, 318
working poor, 92
World Bank, 11, 89
Worley, David, 34
Wright, Jim, 22-23, 34
WTO (World Trade Organization),
13, 89, 112, 124, 205. See also
trade issues; GATT
Yard, Molly, 260-61
Yauch, Adam, 286
Yokich, Steve, 105-6, 127, 191-93, 196
Young, Don, 131
Young, Quentin, 67
youth, 1-2, 115, 129, 152, 216, 236,
271, 294, 314, 318
Zero, Jerry, 70
Zimbalist, Andrew, 81
Zion, Howard, 209, 323
Zogby surveys, 103, 164