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Abraham, Isaac, 199

Abrams, Robert, 152, 159, 164

Abrams, Floyd, 333

Abzug, Bella, 6, 33, 71, 135–40

Adams, Abigail, 31

Affordable Care Act, 276, 299–300, 304, 306, 310, 314, 316, 318–19, 346

Ailes, Roger, 278, 280

Air America Radio, 2, 280–90

Alarcon, Ricardo, 84, 244

Alexander, Lee, 133–4

Alexander, Michelle, 335

Alito, Samuel, 330

Allen, George, 252

Allende, Salvador, 46, 60–1

Alperovitz, Gar, 67

Alter, Jonathan, 51, 176–7 181, 250, 258, 291

Alterman, Eric, 239, 281

Anderson, Jack, 63

Anderson, Kurt, 14

antitrust, 50, 54, 55, 61–5

Arab Oil Embargo (1973), 12

Arab States’ boycott of Israel, 67, 147

Areen, Judy, 64

Arendt, Hannah, 302

Armey, Dick, 14

Arzt, George, 154

Auletta, Ken 194

Baby Boomers, ix-x, 5, 12–14, 303, 305–6. See also Sixties

Bagley, Elizabeth Frawley, 244

Bagley, Smith, 244

Bai, Matt, 228–9

Baldwin, Alec, 164, 241

Baldwin, James, 92, 268

Bay of Pigs, 29

Barnes, Melody, 243

Barrett, Wayne, 197, 200

Baruch, Bernard, 96

Beatty, Warren, 150, 225

Beckel, Bob, 225

Beinart, Peter, 301

Belafonte, Harry, 145, 159, 203

Bender, Bruce, 192

Bender, David, 141, 260, 280–1, 283

Berger, Sandy, 21, 24, 175, 232–3

Berkowitz, Mark, 119

Bernstein, Carl, 71, 229

Bernstein, Leonard, 3–4, 340

Berry, John, 98

Biden, Joe, 82, 201, 243

bin Laden, Osama, 174–5, 240–1, 248, 255, 297–8, 300

Birmingham church bombing, 18

Black, Lewis, 166

#BlackLivesMatter, x, 319, 335–6, 338

Bloomberg, Michael, ix, 6, 105, 130, 164, 210–16, 263

2001 mayoral election, 167, 179, 181, 183–4, 188–94, 196–201

guest on Green’s 7 Days in America, 286

Blow, Charles, 335

Blumenthal, Richard, 21–3

Boehner, John, 279

Boies, David, 67, 116, 166

Bok, Derek, 25

Bok, Sissela, 262

Bollier, David, 73, 98

Bork, Robert, 87, 270

Braden, Tom, 273–4

Bradford, Peter, 53

Brandeis, Louis, 24, 45, 51, 70, 76, 92, 111, 264

Bratton, Bill, 110–11, 115, 120, 172–4

Brenner, Robert, 50

Breyer, Stephen, 23, 67

Brokaw, Tom, 4, 229–30

broken windows policing policy, 120

Brooks, Albert C., 316

Brooks, David, 215

Brooks, Jack, 251

Brown, Jerry, 6, 234–5

Brown, Scott, 287

Brown, Sherrod, 306

Brown v. Board of Education, 27, 302, 334

Brownell, Herbert, 142

Brownstein, Ron, 8

Buchanan, Pat, 2, 96, 99, 272–4, 294, 303, 316, 343

Buckhorn, Robert F., 52, 91

Buckley, James, 135

Buckley, William F., Jr., 6, 96, 141, 250, 254, 310, 340

background and education, 267–8

Buckley-Vidal debates, 271–2

on Conservatives, 3–4, 314

Firing Line, 99, 145, 267, 269–73

founding of National Review, 312

Green’s debates with, 2, 99, 267–71, 316, 343

on institutional racism, 336

on rhetoric, 265

Buckley v. Valeo, 167

Bush, George H. W., 97–9, 226, 228, 230, 233, 260, 296

Bush, George W., 7, 128, 176, 202, 237, 255, 263, 345

2000 presidential campaign, 61, 81–3, 195, 236, 279, 305

2004 presidential campaign, 83–4, 238–41, 252, 293, 306

and Iraq War, 31, 232

legacy of, 296–9, 301, 317, 319

on Obama, 275

and Supreme Court appointments, 330

torture policy, 23

Bush, Jeb, 82, 279, 340, 344

Caddell, Pat, 224–5

Califano, Joe, 25

Camping, Harold, 276

Cannan, Edwin, 317

Capen, Dick, 230

Caplovitz, David, 109

Carmichael, Stokely, 20

Caro, Robert, 256

Carson, Ben, 311, 344

Carson, Rachel, 14, 33–5, 45, 90, 251

Carter, Dominick, 187–8, 208–9, 276

Carter, Jimmy, 60, 77–8, 80, 310

1980 presidential campaign, 141

administration and staff, 30, 52, 70

consumer regulation, 67, 74, 76

Carville, James, 82, 274

Castro, Fidel

and Green, 5–6, 46, 219, 244–6

and Nader, 46, 79, 84–5

Chamberlain, Neville, 275

Chapin, Harry, 76, 96, 141

Charleston church massacre, 7, 341

Cheney, Dick, 83, 237, 283, 298

Christie, Chris, 260

Churchill, Winston, 213, 222, 260

Citizens United v. FEC, 86, 130, 261, 287, 330, 333

Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), 57, 67

civil rights movement, 27–9, 40, 264, 294, 319

Civil Rights Act (1964), 28

Greensboro sit-ins, x, 14

and Kerner Commission report, 29

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 28

Voting Rights Act (1965), 28–9

See also King, Martin Luther, Jr.; racial justice

Clark, Ramsey, 6, 96, 132–40, 149, 205, 264

class war, 4, 324

Clinton, Bill, 97–9, 101, 116, 129, 152, 203, 263, 286, 296–8, 303, 306

1992 presidential campaign, 6, 6, 233–5

administration and staff, 24, 147, 175, 225, 243, 264

economic policy, 312, 314

on Green, 95

and Green’s 2001 NYC mayoral campaign, 192–4, 196

and Kick Butts event, 161

leadership skills and style, 232–6, 247, 251, 253, 256, 260, 261

and Nader, 81

and New Progressive Era, 301, 321–2

and racial justice, 335

and reproductive rights, 108

on the Sixties, 11

transition project, 235, 243

Clinton, Hillary, 6, 18, 152–3, 167, 170, 176–7, 186, 236, 238, 287

2000 Senate campaign, 117, 159, 241–3, 257

2008 presidential campaign, 252–3

and economic justice, 327

general election advice, 88

and Kick Butts Day event, 104

leadership skills and style, 252–3, 257, 258–9, 261

listening tour, 159, 241–3, 257

Nader on, 87

on the Sixties, 11

Claybrook, Joan, 52, 72, 73, 80, 90, 98

Cloward, Richard, 129

Coates, Ta-Nehisi, 335, 336

Cohen, Evan, 283, 285, 287–8

Colbert, Stephen, 261, 281

Cole, David, 320

Colmes, Alan, 287–8

Colton, Bill, 199

Commoner, Barry, 66

Confederate flag controversy, 341–2

Connorton, John, 222, 224, 230

conservatism, 4–9

history of, 6–7

Constitution, U.S., 3, 26

and Connecticut Compromise, 331

Constitutional Convention, 6, 65

First Amendment, 277–8, 329

Fourteenth Amendment, 27, 39

Nineteenth Amendment, 31

Second Amendment, 319, 346

Seventh Amendment, 93

Tenth Amendment, 313

Twenty-First Amendment, 38

Twenty-Second Amendment, 211

Consumer Inflation in the Necessities (COIN), 67

Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), 74–7

corpocracy, 98, 328

Corporate Accountability Research Group (CARG), 61, 71–2

Covington & Burling, 69–70

Cox, Archibald, 70–1

Cox, Ed, 53, 55

Cramer, Richard Ben, 228–9, 247

Creative Coalition, 97

Cruz, Ted, 8, 304, 315, 343, 345

Cuba. See Bay of Pigs; Castro, Fidel

culture war, 4

Cunningham, Bill, 214–15

Cunningham, Jennifer, 204

Cuomo, Andrew, ix, 6, 56, 145, 164, 167, 181, 200

2002 gubernatorial campaign, 259

2006 NY attorney general campaign, 202–7, 214, 280

2014 gubernatorial campaign, 208

on Green, 216

leadership skills and style, 248, 259, 261,

Cuomo, Mario, 133, 143–5, 155, 167, 202, 206, 208, 235, 276

1982 gubernatorial campaign, 206

1994 gubernatorial campaign, 6

1998 presidential campaign, 223, 229

and Green’s 2001 mayoral campaign, 171, 181–2, 184, 196

Cutler, Lloyd, 69

Daley, Richard, 30, 346

D’Amato, Alfonse, 6, 113, 158, 195–6, 258, 275–6

1986 Senate campaign, 143, 145–6, 148–53, 214, 252

1992 Senate campaign, 164

1998 Senate campaign, 162

and Sharpton, 170

Darman, Richard, 98

David, Greg, 196

Davis, Kim, 305, 317

de Blasio, Bill, ix, 6, 121, 188, 201, 210–14, 217, 248, 263

Dean, Howard, 96, 182, 237–8

Delaware corporate law, 64–6

Democracy Project, 95–8, 128, 143–5, 151, 203, 228, 233, 243, 269, 280, 333

Department of Consumer Affairs, 74, 99

Department of Justice (DoJ), 63–4, 132

Diallo, Amadou, 123–4

Dicker, Fred, 199

Dinkins, David, 116, 118–20, 126, 155–7, 173, 186–7, 191–2, 196, 236

1989 mayoral campaign, 9, 99, 113, 153–5, 171, 178

1993 mayoral campaign, 113, 155

on Green, 216

and Green as Consumer Affairs Commissioner, 99–103, 108, 110

Dixon, Paul Rand, 53

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, 300

Dole, Bob, 160, 253

Dorismond, Patrick, 124

Douthit, Randy, 272, 274

Drapkin, Donald, 230

Drobny, Sheldon and Anita, 282

Dukakis, Mike, 96, 99, 251

Dukakis, Olympia, 97

Dukes, Hazel, 182–3

Dyson, John, 144–8, 151, 164, 207, 262, 333

economic justice, 323–8

Edwards, John, 96, 238

Ehrenhalt, Alan, 247

Ehrlichman, John, 38

Eichenthal, David, 122, 178

Einstein, Albert, 3

Eisenhower, Dwight David, 142, 231, 262, 310

and civil rights movement, 12

“hidden-hand” presidency, 12

leadership skills and style, 255, 260

and New Deal Era, 294

“domino theory,” 29–30

Eisner, Laurel, 106, 114

Eizenstat, Stuart, 77

Ellis, John, 279

Emery, Richard, 121, 208–9

Enlightenment, 3, 322

environmental movement, 95, 204, 294

Air Quality Act (1967), 34

Clean Air Act (1970), 34

Earth Day, 14, 34, 66, 103

and New Progressive Era, 338–40

and the Sixties, 4–5, 33–5

Environmental Protection Agency, 54

environmental racism, 334

eras. See political eras

Erickson, Erick W., 291, 317–18, 343, 346

Ertegun, Ahmet, 5

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), 274

Fallows, James, 30, 51, 70, 72

Falwell, Jerry, 312

Farhi, Paul, 288

Farrell, Denny, 185–6, 192, 194, 196, 216

Fawcett, Edmund, 6

Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 53, 61–2, 64, 103

Federalist Papers, 74, 333

Fellmeth, Robert, 53, 72, 216

Ferraro, Geraldine, 143, 158–9, 161–2, 173, 227, 274, 287

Ferrer, Fernando, 167–9, 171–4, 178–93, 196–201, 213, 259–60

Fischer, Louis, 264

Fisher, Carrie, 165

Foley, Tom, 76, 87

Ford, Gerald, 73, 134

Fosbury, Dick, 92

Fox Cable News, 225, 276–81, 312, 335–6, 345

Foxx, Anthony, 88

Frank, Barney, 293, 309, 321

Franken, Al, 68, 86, 165, 166, 196, 233, 239, 273, 282–4, 286–8, 290, 301, 319

Franklin, Benjamin, 84, 92

Freedom of Information law, 54, 67

Freund, Paul, 23–4, 88

Fried, Charles, 23

Friedan, Betty, 31–3, 46, 92, 105

Friedlander, Ezra, 156

Friedman, Milton, 57, 268

Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, 308

Frucher, Sandy, 136–7, 139

Frum, David, 280, 291, 298, 306, 311, 315, 318

Fulani, Lenora, 200

fund-raising, 148–53, 160–7, 329–30

Galbraith, John Kenneth, 13, 61, 66, 70, 96, 270, 294

Gans, Louise Gruner, 124–5

Garth, David, 184, 189, 198

Gaspard, Patrick, 211, 255

Gelb, Les, 23

Gelber, Marilyn, 118

General Motors (GM), 40, 47–9, 51, 54–5, 65, 88, 93–94, 321

Geneva Accords, 29

George, David Lloyd, 256

Getz, Monica, 105–6

Gillibrand, Kirsten, 248

Gingrich, Newt, 87, 99, 272–3, 289, 312, 335, 344, 346

Gitlin, Todd, 13, 82

Giuliani, Rudy, 6 105, 107, 110, 149, 158, 184–5, 258

1989 mayoral campaign, 113, 153–5, 171, 178

1993 mayoral campaign, 113, 155

2000 Senate campaign, 170, 242

background and education, 112–13

endorsement of Bloomberg, 189–91

endorsement of Mario Cuomo, 6

“Giuliani-Green” bill, 127

and Green as NYC Public Advocate, 102, 113–24, 127–30, 168–71

Green v. Giuliani, 124–5

Green’s debate with 113–14

and mob tax, 127–30

and September 11, 175–7, 179–81, 201

swearing in (1993), 114–15

Glenn, John, 96–7, 222

Goldberg, Bernard, 336

Goldberg, Danny, 260, 285, 288, 347

Goldwater, Barry, 15, 18, 35–6, 53, 135, 295, 312

Gore, Al, 61, 81–3, 96–7, 99, 195, 202, 214, 235–7, 266, 277, 289, 297

Gorey, Hays, 68, 73, 91

Gorsuch, Anne, 78

Gotbaum, Betsy, 210–11

Gothelf, Allen, 19

Goulden, Joseph C., 69

Graham, Lindsey, 341

Grant, Ulysses S., 300

Greatest Generation, 12

Green, Bill, 140–3, 148, 164

Green, Mark

1980 congressional campaign, 778, 95, 140–3

1986 Senate campaign, 143–51, 165–95

1993 Public Advocate campaign, 101, 114, 155–8

1997 Public Advocate campaign, 101, 158

2001 mayoral campaign, 163–4, 167

and Castro, 5–6, 46, 219, 244–6

childhood, 11, 16–18

and Clark, 132–40

at Cornell, 18–20

and Crossfire, 99, 272–5

Democracy Project, 95–9

and Dinkins’ 1989 mayoral campaign, 153–5

family history, 15–17, 131

and Firing Line, 99, 267–72

first meeting with Nader, 54–5

first published writings, 24–5

and Giuliani, 102, 113–24, 127–30, 168–71

and Hart, 219–22, 224–32

at Harvard Law School, 23–6

internship for Javits, 20–3

invited to join Nader’s team, 25–6

and Kerry, 236–41

on Nader’s skills and personality, 55–6

as NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioner, 99–112

Green, Mark: publications

Book on Bush, The (with Alterman), 201

Challenge of Hidden Profits, The (with Berry), 98

Change for America (ed. with Jolin), 243

Changing America: Blueprints for the New Administration (ed.), 99, 235

Closed Enterprise System, The (with Moore and Wasserstein), 63, 69, 109

Consumer Bible, The (with Youman), 254

Losing our Democracy, 87

Monopoly Makers, The (ed.), 67

Other Government, The, 69–70

Reagan’s Reign of Error (with MacColl), 98

Selling Out, 201

Taming the Giant Corporation (with Nader and Seligman), 65

Verdicts on Lawyers (ed. with Nader), 70

Who Runs Congress? (with Waldman), 1, 30, 72–3, 131, 142, 215, 221, 265–6

Winning Back America, 98, 237

With Justice for Some (ed. with Wasserstein), 25

Green, Stephen, 16, 116, 166, 212–13, 280, 285–7

Green v. Giuliani, 124–5

Green v. Klutznick, 67

Green v. Safir, 121, 124

Green Party, 81, 85

Greenberg, Ace, 164

Greenspan, Alan, 325

Gregorian, Vartan, 196

Greider, William, 50

Griffin, Phil, 280, 284

Griffith, Michael, 208

Griswold, Erwin, 23

Grodenchik, Barry, 146, 150–1

Guggenheimer, Elinor, 125, 167

Haberman, Clyde, 196

Hacker, Andrew, 57

Hagan, Kay, 304

Haidt, Jonathan, ix, 313–14, 335

Haig, Alexander, 99

Halberstam, Ari, 115–16

Halberstam, David, 44, 62, 258

Haldeman, H. R., 38

Haley, Nikki, 341

Hamilton, Alexander, 84, 100, 231, 299

Hannity, Sean, 277–8, 287, 315, 343

Harriman, Averell, 47

Harrington, Michael, 66, 101

Hart, Gary, 96, 99, 143, 150, 182, 219–22, 224–32, 234, 237, 245

Hart, Philip, 63–4, 133

Hartmann, Thom, 288

Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review, 25, 54

Hauer, Jerry, 174

Hawkins, Yusef, 154

Hay, Harry, 39

Hayek, Frederick, 58

Hayes, Stephen, 311

Hayden, Tom, 14–15, 26

Herbert, Bob, 171, 183

Hertzberg, Hendrik, 231–2, 340–1

Hevesi, Alan, 155, 165, 168–9, 172, 174, 179, 187, 192, 249

Hicks, Jonathan, 211

Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen Tat Thanh), 29, 31

Hofstadter, Richard, 62

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 68, 138, 249

Holzman, Red, 262

Hoover, Herbert, 214, 294, 325

Hope, Judith, 198, 241, 252–3

Huckabee, Mike, 305, 317

Huffington, Arianna, 6, 136, 250, 279, 289–91

Humbert, Mark, 202

Humphrey, Hubert, 30–1, 59, 74

Hynes, Joe, 208–10, 253

Ibsen, Henrik: “An Enemy of the People,” 79

Ickes, Harold, 210, 233–4

Ignatius, David, 51

Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), 57

Iraq War, 31, 83, 88, 232, 237, 277, 298–9, 314

Ivins, Molly, 81, 272

Jackson, Jesse, 55, 96, 128, 151, 154–5, 227, 234

Jacobs, Andy, 141

James, Kevin, 275

Javits, Jacob, 20–3, 133–4, 139–40, 143, 149

Jefferson, Thomas, 4, 65, 247, 266, 293, 295, 341, 343

Jim Crow era, 7, 12, 294, 295, 313, 316, 322, 336

Jindal, Bobby, 309

Johnson, Lyndon B., 231, 301

administration and staff, 25, 63

and anti-war movement, 21

and civil rights movement, 3, 28–9, 132, 294, 322

and health care movement, 35–6

leadership skills and style, 237, 248–9, 254, 246–7, 256, 261

and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 50

Johnson, Nicholas, 257

Jolin, Michele, 243

Jones, Cleon, 120

Jones, Tom, 21

Judge, Mychal, 177

Kafoury, Gregory, 84

Kagan, Elena, 104, 243

Kaminsky, Art, 21

Katzenbach, Nicholas, 63

Kaye, Judith, 105–6

Kefauver, Estes, 61–2, 74

Kennedy, Anthony, 333

Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 59, 67, 141, 203, 237, 287

Kennedy, Ethel, 136, 204

Kennedy, John F., 7, 13–15, 47, 75, 132, 231, 312

1960 presidential campaign, x, 48, 220, 346

assassination of, 19–20

and Bay of Pigs, 29

and civil rights movement, 3, 27–8, 294–5, 341

and environmental movement, 34

and health care movement, 35–6

and King, 27–8

leadership skills and style, 249, 253–5, 262

and Vietnam, 29–30

Kennedy, John F., Jr., 159, 203

Kennedy, Robert F., 20, 22, 158, 173, 203–4, 220, 295

assassination of, 24

and Nader, 49

on New York politics, 131

Kennedy, Robert, Jr., 203–4

Kent State killings, 21, 30

Kerner, Otto, 39

Kerry, John, 2, 83, 96, 252, 286

2004 presidential campaign, 2, 83, 236–41, 281, 297, 306

Kest, Jon, 191–2

Keynes, John Maynard, 256

King, Charlie, 204, 206

King, Coretta Scott, 28, 141

King, Larry, 265–6

King, Martin Luther, Jr., x, 3, 14, 90–2, 253, 312

assassination of, 24, 29, 295

“Give Us the Ballot” speech, 128

and Kennedy, 27–8

“Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” 18, 27

March on Washington, 28

Kinsley, Michael, 51, 91, 270–1, 273–4

Kinsley Rule, 142, 180

Kissinger, Henry, 52

Klein, Jonathan, 275

Klutznick, Philip, 67

Koch, Ed, 6, 116, 140–2, 145, 151, 155, 214, 216, 258–9, 269, 275

1982 gubernatorial campaign, 206

1989 mayoral campaign, 9, 99, 153–4, 171

endorsement of D’Amato, 148

endorsement of Gore, 97, 99

and Green’s 2001 mayoral campaign, 195, 200

Koch brothers, 91, 333, 339

Koppel, Ted, 271

Korshak, Sidney, 138

Kovner, Victor, 102–3

Krim, Arthur, 226

Kristol, Bill, 270

Kristol, Irving, 67

Kruger, Carl, 192, 253

Lake, Celinda, 238

Lakoff, George, 253–4

Leff, Arthur, 63

Lehner, Edward, 121, 123

Leichter, Franz, 111

Lerer, Katherine, 243, 290

Lerer, Ken, 136–7, 166, 243, 290

Levi, Edward, 64

Levin, Mark, 278, 281

Levitt, Arthur, Jr., 194

Lewis, John, 27, 128, 264

Lhota, Joe, 114, 117

“liberal,” use of the term, 4

Limbaugh, Rush, 278, 281, 283–6, 310, 312, 340, 343

Lincoln, Abraham, 4–5, 28, 179, 134, 247, 251, 254, 256, 257, 295, 298, 300, 311, 313, 322, 344

Lindsay, John, 26, 78, 116, 184

Livingstone, Ken, 214

LoCicero, John, 116, 154, 200

Locke, John, 6–7, 313

Lopez, Vito, 205, 253

Louima, Abner, 121

Lowenstein, Allard, 20, 133, 137, 140–1, 203, 270

Lowry, Rich, 215, 270, 272, 291, 336

Lynch, Bill, 185, 210

Lynch, Loretta, 121

MacArthur, Douglas, 258

Maddow, Rachel, 279, 282, 284, 288

Madison, James, 74, 265, 33

Magnuson, Warren, 63, 207

Maher, Bill, 309

Mailer, Norman, 217, 268

Malkin, Craig, 257

Mann, Thomas, 309

Maron, Marc, 282, 284, 288

Marshall, Thurgood, 27, 132

Martin, Justin, 72, 91

Martin, Trayvon, 259

mass psychogenic illness (mass hysteria), 308

Mastro, Randy, 115, 117, 127

Matalin, Mary, 274, 291

Matthews, Chris, 85, 275, 279

McAuliffe, Terry, 143, 186, 305

McCain, John, 252, 310–11

McCall, Carl, 173, 181, 186, 190, 200, 203, 258

McCarry, Charles, 56, 75, 91

McCarthy, Joseph, 12, 307–8, 312

McCarthy, Kevin, 317, 322

McChesney, Robert, 288

McClure, Samuel, 51

McConnell, Mitch, 339, 349

McCormick, John, 35

McCormick, Katherine, 31

McEnroe, John, 165, 215

McGovern, George, 24, 38, 59, 199, 220, 223, 261, 271, 295

McNamara, Robert, 23

McWilliams, Carey, 24–5

media

Air America Radio, 2, 280–90

CNN, 113–14, 231, 272–5, 280

Crossfire, 99, 272–5

Firing Line, 99, 145, 267, 269–73

Fox Cable News, 225, 276–81, 312, 335–6, 345

Larry King Live, 266, 287

MSNBC, 85, 201, 274–5, 279–81, 284

Saturday Night Live, 58–9, 114, 141, 165, 177, 249, 272–3, 283

talk radio, 280–9

See also individual host and reporters

Medicaid, 36, 57

Medicare, 36, 57, 306, 321

Meeks, Greg, 186

Mellman, Mark, 184, 191, 241

Mellon, Andrew, 6–7, 87

Mencken, H. L., 57, 214, 273

Metzenbaum, Howard, 63, 65, 151, 237

Michaels, Lorne, 58, 249

Michel, Bob, 22

mid-term elections, 4, 8, 305, 315

Miller, George, 264

Miller, Stephanie, 288

Millennials, 5, 7, 303–5, 315, 323

Mills, Wilbur, 36

Milonas, Leo, 106

Mintz, Morton, 48

mob tax, 125–7

Mondale, Walter, 91, 96, 199, 219–28, 234, 298

Monte, Vince, 206

Moore, Beverly C., Jr., 62–3

Moore, Michael, 51, 283

Morgenthau, Robert, 126–7

Morrison, Alan, 70, 71, 90

Moyers, Bill, 5, 96, 289, 328

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 6, 141, 151, 158–60, 169–70, 173

1976 Senate campaign, 135–9

and highway safety, 47

and Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign, 117, 170, 241–2

leadership skills and style, 255

Moynihan, Liz, 159

muckrakers, 44, 50, 51, 53

Muir, John, 338

Murdoch, Rupert, 125, 278, 281, 285, 312

Murray, Bill, 58, 131, 166

Myrdal, Gunnar, 27

9/11. See September 11, 2001

Nader, Ralph

2000 presidential campaign, 61, 81–3, 91

2004 presidential campaign, 83–4

on ambition and drive, 87–8

and American Museum of Tort Law, 79, 92–4

and business regulation, 61–7

and Castro, 46, 79, 84–5, 92, 245

Center for Study of Responsive Law, 1, 51

on Citizens United v. FEC, 86

as classic advocate, 264

and Congress project, 71–4

and Consumer Protection Agency, 74–7

contracts Bell’s palsy, 78

death of brother, 78

on Democratic Party, 86

early career, 46–7

education, 44–5

family and childhood, 43–5

at Harvard Law School, 45–6

on Hillary Clinton, 87

and lawyer reform, 67–71

legacy of, 89–92

on Obama, 86, 91

Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us, 85

on progressive literature, 86–7

and Prop 103 (California), 79–81

on Republican Party, 87

“Safe Car You Can’t Buy, The,” 47

Saturday Night Live host, 58–9, 141, 165, 249

Seventeen Traditions, The, 85

super-rallies, 82

Unsafe at Any Speed, 5, 14, 37, 47–8, 88, 93, 321

Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State, 85

Verdicts on Lawyers, 70

See also Nader’s Raiders

Nader Report on the Federal Trade Commission, 53

Nader v. Bork, 71

Nader’s Raiders, 59, 61, 71, 81, 83, 89, 100

Congress project, 71–2

creation of, 50–1

members, 53, 79, 216

on Nader, 55–6, 90, 261

and Nixon, 55

publications, 53, 63, 65, 67, 69–70, 109

Nadler, Jerry, 181, 183, 224

Nagourney, Adam, 172, 174

Namath, Joe, 216

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 50, 52, 80

Navasky, Victor, 132–3, 146, 165

Nelson, Gaylord, 34–5

Newfield, Jack, 119, 227

Newman, Paul, 165

Nichols, John, 288

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 309

Nixon, Richard, 13, 15, 18, 52, 54, 230, 231, 270, 314

administration and staff, 25, 63, 126, 295

and Attorney General Clark, 132–3

and Backlash Era, 297, 312

campaign spending, 214, 261

Checkers Speech, 251

and creation of Environmental Protection Agency, 35

and fear mongering, 322

and Federal Trade Commission, 53

Kennedy-Nixon debates, 14

and labor, 307

legacy, 295–6

and Nader, 1, 53, 80

“Pumpkin Papers,” 22

and race, 7, 38, 295, 335

resignation, x, 134

and Southern Strategy, 7

and “Treaty of Fifth Avenue,” 227

and Vietnam protests, 30–1

and “War on Drugs,” 38

Watergate, 38, 70–1, 126, 133, 134, 220, 273

Norman, Clarence, Jr., 185–6, 192

Novak, Robert, 99, 273, 316

Nussbaum, Bernard, 160, 261

Obama, Barack, 7, 97, 232, 263, 286, 296, 303

2008 presidential campaign, 252–3, 255, 298

2012 presidential campaign, 303, 304, 331

achievements, 300–301, 317

administration and staff, 211, 243, 244

and demographic trends, 303–4

and economic equality, 327

and environmental policy, 339

Giuliani on, 201

and GOP, 309–12, 315–17, 343–6

Hart compared to, 220

and Hillary Clinton, 252–3

inauguration (2009), 243

leadership skills and style, 217, 247, 250, 251, 255, 257–60, 298–9

and media politics, 275–7, 279

Nader on, 86, 91

and New Progressive Era, 301, 303–4, 321–3, 327, 335, 342

and racial justice, 335

remarks at the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches, 3

and Sharpton, 201

and the Sixties, 26

and unemployment rate, 317

Obamacare. See Affordable Care Act

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 54

O’Connor, John, 166, 202

O’Connor, Sandra Day, 330

O’Donnell, Lawrence, 82, 279

O’Dwyer, Paul, 135–6, 140

O’Neill, John, 174–5

O’Neill, Tip, 74–5

O’Reilly, Bill, 276–8, 280, 283, 335–6, 343, 346

Ornstein, Norman, 309

Oswald, Lee Harvey, 19

outside/in, 3, 5, 14, 28, 31, 41, 88, 95, 133, 145, 199, 217, 264

Panetta, Leon, 25, 76

Parker, Sarah Jessica, 165

Pataki, George, 6, 160, 175, 177, 198

Paterson, David, 38, 107, 147, 157, 186

Patinkin, Mandy, 97, 150

patriotism, 2–4, 43, 340–2. See also Progressive Patriotism

pay gap, 323–8

Pearson, Drew, 22

Perfetto, Ralph, 191–2

Perlman, Itzhak, 165

Peter, Paul and Mary, 96, 141, 145, 149–50, 236

Peterson, Esther, 75, 77

Phillips, Kevin, 96, 235, 294

Pierce, Jan, 148

Piketty, Thomas, 325

Piven, Francis Fox, 129

Podell, Bertram, 113

policing, 110, 119–26, 134, 171, 173, 201, 299, 335–8

political cycles, 4

political eras, 293–301

Backlash Era (1969–1992), 4, 294–7

New Progressive Era, 4, 297–301, 323

New Deal Era (1933–1968), 4, 294

Populist Era (1900–1920), 4, 65, 294

political trends

Democratic Party, 318–23

demographics, 302–3

labor, 307–8

Millennials, 303–4

religion, 305

Republican Party, 308–318

seniors, 305–7

unmarried women, 304–5

Ponnuru, Ramesh, 315

Port Huron Statement, 14–15

Posner, Richard, 63, 334

Postman, Neil, 280

poverty, 109–12, 290, 336

Powell, Enoch, 311

Powell, Lewis, 54, 91

Powell Memo, 75, 78

Powers, Peter, 114–15, 130

“progressive,” use of the term, 4

Progressive Patriotism, 4

Climate for All, 338–40

Democracy for All, 328–34

Economy for All, 323–8

Racial Justice, 334–8

Public Citizen Litigation Group, 70–1

Public Citizen’s Congress Watch, 73–6, 78, 90

Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), 51–2, 79

racial justice, 334–8. See also civil rights movement

Ramirez, Roberto, 157, 183, 185–6, 190, 198, 200

Rand, Ayn, 311

Atlas Shrugged, 15, 226

Rangel, Charles, 124, 186, 200

Rankin, Jeannette, 1–2, 264

Reagan, Ronald, 1, 6–7, 15, 36, 76–8, 102, 113, 217, 222, 267, 270, 272, 322, 345

1980 presidential campaign, 15, 38, 77, 221, 293, 312

1984 presidential campaign, 221–3, 226–8, 298

administration, 23

and Backlash Era, 294–7

and Democracy Project, 96–9

on government, 320

and highway safety, 80

and Iran-Contra, 151

leadership skills and style, 250, 253, 255

and political trends, 302, 304, 305, 307

and Reaganolatry, 295–6

Reeve, Christopher, 165

Reich, Robert, 22, 196, 233, 264, 286

reproductive rights, 8, 20, 31–3, 108

Ribicoff, Abe, 30, 48, 69, 91

Rice, Condoleezza, 176, 232, 298

Rice, Donna, 220, 228–31

Rice, Tamir, 335

Rich, Frank, 280, 309

Ridgeway, James, 47–8

Riley, Mark, 180, 183, 282

Ripon Society, 15

Rivera, Dennis, 131, 173, 198

Rivera, Paul, 240

Roberts, John, 91, 333, 336, 344–5

Roberts, Sam, 156

Robertson, Pat, 273, 312

Roche, James, 48, 50

Rockefeller, Nelson, 38, 134, 227

Roe v. Wade, 33, 108

Romney, Mitt, 147, 252, 259, 278, 279, 303, 315, 331

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 32, 133, 261

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 2, 7, 247

1936 Democratic Convention acceptance speech, 6

on government, 321

and health care movement, 35

and labor, 319

leadership skills and style, 250, 253, 254, 257, 258, 260–1, 298

Lend Lease, 253

and New Deal Era, 294

and Reagan Democrats, 295, 304

Roosevelt, Theodore, 50, 61, 65, 86, 294, 310

and health care movement, 35

leadership skills and style, 250, 255, 260, 295

Rosenbaum, Alvin, 163

Rosenfield, Harvey, 79

Rosenthal, Benjamin, 74

Ross, Don, 79

Rove, Karl, 278, 293, 345

Royko, Mike, 59

Rubio, Marco, 311, 345

Ruckelshaus, William, 126

Rudman, Warren, 152

Rusher, Bill, 293

Russert, Tim, 230

Ryan, Paul, 306, 328, 345

Safir, Howard, 121, 123–4

Sagan, Carl, 165–6, 224

Salam, Reihan, 315

Samuels, Howard and Lulette, 222–3

Sanders, Bernie, 83, 318

Sanger, Margaret, 31, 105

Scalia, Antonin, 67

Scarborough, Joe, 281

Scardino, Albert, 100–101

Schack, Dilia, 205

Schanzer, Ken, 21

Schillaci, James, 119

Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 4, 27–8, 30, 256–7

Schlesinger, Arthur, Sr., 4

Schneider, Bill, 80

Schneiderman, Eric, 181

Schrader, Rich, 125, 185, 193, 195

Schroder, Patricia, 76

Schumer, Chuck, 6, 104, 146, 153, 158–62, 164, 171, 186, 211, 214, 248, 250, 259, 261

Schurz, Carl, 342

Schwartz, Tony, 142–3

Schwarz, Fritz, 156

Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 290, 302

Scott, Tim, 341

Seddio, Frank, 199

Seeger, Pete, 96, 150

Segarra, Arnie, 187–8

Seligman, Joel, 62, 65

Senko, Jen, 278

September 11, 2001, 83, 97

and 2004 presidential campaign, 238, 240, 297

events of, 9, 174–6

political responses to, 178, 180–2, 190, 198, 201

Serpico, Frank, 134

Serrano, José, 110

Sexton, John, 201

Shapiro, Irving, 65–6

Sharpton, Al, 6, 156, 169–72, 183, 185–6, 188–91, 193, 195–9, 201, 214, 259

Shaw, George Bernard, 3, 67, 264

Shearer, Derek, 143

Sheen, Martin, 165

Sheinbaum, Stanley, 96, 228, 237

Sherman Antitrust Act, 61–2

Shnayerson, Michael, 203, 206

Siegal, John, 156, 158

Silver, Ron, 97

Silver, Sheldon, 180, 186, 207

Simmons, Russell, 172, 196

Simon, Paul, 165

Simpson, Alan, 242

Sinclair, Upton, 51, 264

Sixties

anti-war movement, 15, 29–31

arts and culture, 13, 92

civil rights movement, 27–9

consumer movement, 40–1

drug reform movement, 37–8

environmental movement, 33–5

foundations of, 12–15

gay rights movement, 39–40

health care movement, 35–7

political divisions, 14–15

and political eras, 293–5

principles and values, 102–12, 323–40

social movements, 14, 26–41

summer of 1967, 20–3

women’s movement, 31–3

skills necessary for political success, 247–8, 262–4

calmness, 254–5

discipline, 251–3

ego balanced with empathy, 257–9

emotional intelligence, 255–6

friendliness and humor, 260

fundraising, 261–2

knowing when to insist on principle, 259–60

listening and learning, 256–7

memorable language, 253–4

mentorship, 261

optimism, 250–1

relentlessness, 248–9

Smith, Adam, 6

Smith, Al, 101, 127

Smith, Ben, 200, 209

Smith, Chris, 198

Smith, Forrest, 125–7, 177

Smith, Patti, 93, 140

Social Security, 5, 35–6, 294, 306, 326, 331

Sorensen, Ted, 48, 227–8, 230, 286

Spitzer, Eliot, 6, 157, 186, 187, 192, 203, 205, 258–9

Standard Oil, 61, 329

Steffens, Lincoln, 51

Steibel, Warren, 267, 271

Stein, Andrew, 156–7, 204

Steinem, Gloria, 6, 14, 31–3, 90, 105–6, 110, 145, 173, 319

Stephanopoulos, George, 234

Stern, Henry, 140

Stevenson, Adlai, 20, 43, 255

Stevenson, Bryan, 335

Stewart, Jon, 192, 261, 274, 319

Stonewall Rebellion, 39–40

Stringer, Scott, 211, 248, 253

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 15

suffrage movements, 2, 31, 53

Sulzberger, Arthur, Jr., 210

Sulzberger, Arthur “Punch” Sr., 138

Sutton, Percy, 155

Sykes, John, 243

Taft, William Howard, 65, 294

Taft, William Howard, IV, 53

Taft-Hartley Act, 307

Tanden, Neera, 242

Tanenhaus, Sam, 267, 271

Tarbell, Ida, 51

Taylor, Paul, 231

Tea Party, 307, 312, 317, 321

Teachout, Zephyr, 208

Teller, Edward, 99, 268, 269

Tenet, George, 298

Terry, Luther, 36–7

Thomas, Cal, 231

Thomas, Norman, 45, 46, 84, 264

Thompson, Dorothy, 257

Thurmond, Strom, 301

Till, Irene, 62, 65

Tiller, George, 336

Tirole, Jean, 320

tobacco industry, 36–7, 93, 100–5, 161, 196

Tomasky, Michael, 158, 196

Tort law, 93. See also Nader, Ralph: and American Museum of Tort Law

Traub, James, 181

Troupe, Quincy, 39

Truman, Harry, 35–6, 216, 221, 251, 294, 307

Trump, Donald, 181, 216, 230, 254, 289, 303, 310–11, 314, 323, 344

Tsongas, Paul, 82, 235

Tunney, John, 64

twistifications, 317, 343–6

Tyler, Harold, 113–14

Udall, Morris, 60, 260

Vallone, Peter, 116, 118, 128, 156, 165, 168, 169, 172, 174, 179, 192

vanden Heuvel, Katrina, 165

Vecchione, Michael, 208–9

Vidal, Gore, 59, 271–2

Vietnam War, 21, 29–31, 38, 238, 294, 299, 320

Villaraigosa, Antonio, 182

Wagner, Robert, 307

Waldman, Michael, 147, 333

Wallace, George, 28, 314, 346

Warren, Elizabeth, 18, 264, 306, 318–19

Washington, George, 31, 259, 278, 313

Wasserstein, Bruce, 25, 62–3, 159, 166, 230

Wasserstein, Wendy, 97

Watt, James, 78

Watts riots (1965), 14, 29, 120, 312

Weidenbaum, Murray, 66–7

Weinberger, Caspar, 53

Weiner, Anthony, 160, 200–201, 211, 213

Weinstein, Harvey, 192–3

Weinstein, Mark, 141

Wellford, Harrison, 52, 89

Westen, Drew, 253–4

Wilentz, Sean, 4

Wilkerson, Isabel, 335

Will, George, 215, 339

Wilpon, Fred, 120

Wilson, Pete, 302, 317

Wilson, Woodrow

and antitrust, 65

and Federal Trade Commission, 53

leadership skills and style, 250, 255, 298

and Populist Era, 294

and World War I, 2, 29

Winpisinger, Bill, 66

Winship, Michael, 5

Wolfe, Michael, 193

women’s movement, 31–3, 105–9

Workman, Peter, 254

World War I, 2, 29, 238, 294

World War II, 12, 153, 299

Wright, Jeremiah, 276–7, 312

Wright, Jim, 80, 87

Wright, Lloyd, 92

Wyden, Ron, 264

Young, Andrew, 27, 264

Zimmerman, Robert, 264

Zucker, Jeff, 275

Zuckerman, Mort, 210