The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives (55 page)

Harris, Kamala,
270
,
279

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
58

Harvard University School of Public Health,
75

Hawaii,
138–143
,
149
,
208
,
321–322

Hayek, Friedrich,
86–87

Health insurance,
69–70
,
71–72

Healthcare/healthcare reform,
12
,
24–25
,
47
,
56–57
,
72–73
,
74
,
86

Hecht, Ken,
133
,
228–229

Heritage Foundation,
137–138
,
205

Hewlett-Packard,
83

Hicks, Charity,
320–321

Hispanics/Latinos,
9
,
26
,
172–173

Holzer, Harry,
217

Homelessness,
100–101
,
170–171
,
269–270
,
283–284

     
and children,
60–61
,
146–147
,
267

     
See also
Housing
;
Shelters

Housing,
12
,
101–102
,
172–173
,
199
,
266–269
,
270
,
283–284

     
and children,
238
,
267–269

     
See also
Homelessness
;
Mortgage foreclosures
;
Shelters

Housing market collapse,
2
,
20
,
58–59
,
164–169
,
174
.
See also
Mortgage foreclosures

Howell, Shea,
127–128
,
129

Hoynes, Hilary,
232

Human Rights Watch,
182

Humphrey, Hubert,
77

Hunger in America
(Harvard University School of Public Health),
75

Hurricane Katrina,
153–156
,
156–157
,
159
.
See also
Natural disasters

Hurricane Sandy,
159
,
160
.

     
See also
Natural disasters

Idaho,
177
,
178

Illinois,
267

Immigration, illegal,
90–91
,
91–96
,
199
.
See also
Migrant workers, undocumented

Imperial County, California,
10

Income,
175–176
,
177
.
See also
Guaranteed income
;
Minimum wage

Income distribution,
34
,
38

Income inequality,
26–28
,
45
,
53–54
,
55
,
81–82

Income volatility,
30–31

India,
251

Indiana,
10
,
106

Individual freedom,
vs
. economic justice,
3
,
64

Industries, green,
264–266

Infant mortality,
24
,
25
,
33–34

Infrastructure, public and private,
263–264

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement,
36

Japan,
245

Job training/retraining programs,
305–306
,
306–310

     
and community building,
308–309
,
309–312

Jobs, green,
264–266

Johnson, Arley,
196

Johnson, Kevin,
276

Johnson, Lyndon,
73
,
74
,
75–78
,
216

Johnston, David Cay,
53–54

Joint Economic Committee of Congress,
3

Jones, Jessica,
107

Jones, Van,
264
,
265

Jones, Will,
308–309
,
320

Joseph, Clara,
67–68

Joseph, Matthew,
59
,
322–323

Joseph, Michael,
168–169

Juneau, Denise,
278

Kalbach, Barb,
36–37

Kansas City, Missouri,
117–118

Katz, Michael,
84
,
136

Kennedy, John,
73
,
74
,
76

Kennedy, Robert,
78–79
,
80
,
96
,
200
,
230

Kennedy, Teddy,
291

Kentucky,
106

Keynes, John Maynard,
84–85

King, Martin Luther,
79–80
,
126

Kitzhaber, John,
227

Koch brothers,
52

Kostelnick, Lauren,
31

Kristof, Nicholas,
219

Kuzman, James,
146–148
,
280

Ladd, Helen,
281–282

Lampman, Robert,
3

Land banks,
265
.
See also
State banks

Lange, Dorothea,
96

Las Vegas,
60–61
,
146–147
,
170–171
,
280

Latinos,
9
,
26
,
172–173

Lee, Mike,
39

LePage, Paul,
103
,
180

Life and Labour of the People of London
(Booth),
65

Life expectancy,
24–25

Limbaugh, Rush,
47
,
117–118
,
224

Liu, Carol,
40–41

Living wage,
177
,
295–296
,
297
,
298–299
,
305
.
See also
Wages, low

Loera, Laurentino,
30
,
190–191

Longview, Washington,
313

Lopez, Oliver,
22

Los Angeles,
127
,
144–145

Lost Dollars, Empty Plates
(Hecht),
133

Louisiana,
103
,
106
,
151

Lower-Basch, Elizabeth,
219
,
229

Luckett, Bill,
150
,
151
,
282–283

Lukes, Steven,
211–212

Lynch, Sister Donald Mary,
152

Maine,
103
,
256–257

Marentes, Carlos,
95–98
,
96
,
189

Marks, Sophia,
173

Maryland,
107

Massachusetts,
149
,
267

McBride, Jamie,
226

McCain, John,
165–166

McCarthyism,
84

McDonnell, Bob,
120

McGovern, George,
291

McKinney, Darren,
154

McPherson, Billye,
55

The Measure of a Nation
(H. Friedman),
24
,
183
,
261

Medicaid,
47
,
49–51
,
73
,
120
,
145
,
151

     
and anti-poverty strategies,
224–227

Medicare,
73
,
75
,
76
,
120
,
200
,
311
,
314–315
,
316
.
See also
Social insurance

Mental health services,
146
,
199

Mercado, Cruzanta,
140–143
,
321–322

Mettler, Suzanne,
136

Mexicans,
187–191

Michigan,
109–110

Michigan League for Human Services,
109

Michigan Works Agency,
265

Micro-credit lending,
201–202
,
253–256
.
See also
Banks/bankers

Migrant workers, undocumented,
92
,
187–191
.
See also
Immigration, illegal

Miller, Jim,
166–167
,
318

Milwaukee,
280

Milwaukee Jobs Corps,
254–255

Minimum wage,
82
,
177–178
,
206–207
,
297
,
299–300
,
305
.
See also
Income
;
Wages, low

Mississippi,
103
,
106
,
107
,
149–153
,
181
,
206
,
282–283

Mississippi Delta,
54
,
78
,
131
,
150
,
151
,
306–307

Missouri,
105
,
106

Montano, Marta,
56–57

Mortgage foreclosures,
36
,
58–61
,
168–173
,
270–274
.
See also
Housing market collapse

Mott Foundation,
109–110
,
265–266

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick,
81

Munnell, Alicia,
311–312

Namibia,
251

National Academy of Sciences,
204–205

National debt,
198
,
259–262
.

     
See also
Debt

National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA),
37
,
297

National People’s Action,
36
,
247

Native American reservations,
131

Native Americans,
186

Natural disasters,
153–161
.
See also
Hurricane Katrina

Nebraska,
106–107
,
282

New Deal,
52
,
54
,
68
,
71
,
76
,
82
,
98
,
121
,
164
,
200
,
202
,
245
,
302

New Hampshire,
148–149

New Jersey,
250

New Orleans,
10
,
88–90
,
127
,
153–156
,
156–157
,
160
,
279

New York City,
103
,
127
,
129–130
,
144–145
,
237–239
,
282

     
Human Resources Administration,
222

New York State,
108–109
,
146

Newark,
127

Newman, Katherine,
94
,
220
,
301–302

Nicci, Frank and Julie,
113–114

Nixon, Richard,
4
,
73
,
74
,
80
,
248
,
290

Norquist, Grover,
40
,
52
,
284
,
303
,
325

North Carolina,
106
,
107

North Dakota,
107
,
178
,
263–264

North Las Vegas,
280

North Las Vegas Rancho High School,
60–61
,
146–147

North Philadelphia,
124–125
,
135

Northeast,
159–160
,
291
,
292

Obama, Barack,
4
,
20
,
174
,
213
,
216

     
and anti-poverty strategies,
199–200

     
and food stamp program,
46

     
and healthcare reform,
73
,
74

     
and new war on poverty,
196

     
organizing methods and outreach in campaigns of,
12–13

     
and poverty, failure to address,
8–9