There Is Nothing for You Here, page 51
and produces reports: Tesia Mamassian, in discussion with the author, November 23, 2020.
twenty-six thousand jobs: Patricia Cohen, “What the Rebirth of This Old Steel Center Means for Trump,” New York Times, January 9, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/business/economy/trump-pennsylvania-economy.html.
90 percent of UK local taxes: “Tax and devolution,” Institute for Government, accessed April 29, 2021, https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/tax-and-devolution.
volunteers in Kynren: Andrew Corry, “Kynren Blog—My Experience,” https://corryandrew.wordpress.com/about/.
bind Ebac to the area: Ebac Ltd., “Secret Millionaire gives away his fortune—company now owned by a foundation to promote manufacturing investment,” news release, April 20, 2012, https://www.recognitionpr.co.uk/clients/ebac-ltd/secret-millionaire-gives-away-his-fortune-company-now-owned-by-a-foundation-to-promote-manufacturing-investment/.
“As an employer”: Chris Lloyd, “Ebac millionaire John Elliott puts business in trust to benefit community,” Northern Echo, April 20, 2012, https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9660327.ebac-millionaire-john-elliott-puts-business-trust-benefit-community/.
turn workers into stakeholders: Yuki Noguchi, “Why Chobani Gave Employees a Financial Stake in Company’s Future,” NPR, April 28, 2016, https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/28/476021520/why-chobani-gave-employees-a-financial-stake-in-companys-future.
Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Abe, Shinzō, 210
Affordable Care Act, 181, 268
Alinikoff, Emily, 112–13
Allison, Graham
Hill and, 116, 117–18, 128–29, 136, 142, 193
notetaker during/book on Cuban Missile Crisis, 129–30
Russian-Japanese academics project, 128–29
Alston, Philip, 158–60
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 138
“American carnage,” 291
Amherst College initiatives for disadvantaged students, 314–15
Anderson, Fiona, 67
Anne, Princess, 40
“Anonymous,” 253
Antifa leftists, 242
Appalachian region mayors’ article, 338, 339
Apprentice, The, 187, 189, 198
Archbishop of Canterbury and Queen Elizabeth II, 54
Aspen Ideas Festival (2014), 101–2, 107
al-Assad, Bashar, 200, 227
Atlantic, 220
B
baby boomer generation, 155, 197
bakery workers’ strike (1970s UK), 39
Balls, Ed, 100, 101, 102, 103
BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic), 308, 309
banks/bank accounts and Hills, 114
Bannon, Steve, 258
Barnes, Christopher, 87
Barra, Mary, 222
Barr, William, 279
Bartle, Angela, 73
BBC News presenters and accent, 100
Beamish, Living Museum of the North, 346–47
Beatles, 85
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 125
Bergen, Charlie, 200
Berlin Wall fall, 97, 115
Bertolaet, Bonnie
background/Hills and, 313, 315
Science Club for Girls of Greater Boston, 313–14, 325
Biden, Hunter, 239, 261–62
Biden, Joe
inauguration, 279
Trump wanting “dirt” on, 3, 239, 261–62, 272
unity/opportunity and, 285–86, 290
2020 election/Trump’s Big Lie and, 3, 270
Billingham/ICI chemical plant, 191–92
Bird, Mike, 87, 88
Birnbaum, George, 248
“birtherism,” 249
Birx, Deborah, 269
Bishop Auckland
alcohol/drugs and, 43
as “Bish Vegas,” 32–33, 348
Brexit and, 175–76, 179, 185
bulldozing past/“reclamation,” 33–35
cars and, 32
cyber connectivity, 297
decay/deterioration, 7, 30–35, 96–97
Doggarts department store, 34, 41
economy of nineteenth century, 22
economy of twentieth century/beyond, 22
entertainment for children, 34–35
history, 31–33
income levels, 317
job opportunities, 31
King James I School/Boys’ Grammar School, 31, 33, 63
leaving/staying reasons, 329–30
Newgate Street, 31–32, 349
Rotary Club/financial aid, 77, 78, 324
Ruffer buying/Auckland Project, 348–50
trains and, 33–34
voting/breaking Red Wall, 176
white supremacist groups, 309
See also coal mining
Bishop Auckland General Hospital (BAGH), 31, 36, 37
See also specific individuals
Bishop Barrington Comprehensive School/Hill, Fiona
bullies/incidents and, 52
free meals and, 50–51
information on colleges and, 62–63
libraries/information, 49–50
research paper, 52–53
school location, 49, 51
system/exams and, 50, 51–53
teacher issues, 50, 52
Bishop of Durham, 31
“Bish Vegas”/ “Viva Bish Vegas,” 32–33, 348
Black and British: A Forgotten History (Olusoga), 308
Black Lives Matter movement/protests, 224, 242, 265–66, 273
“Blair’s girls,” 102
Blair, Tony
background, 101
George W. Bush and, 214
Hill/Aspen Ideas Festival (2014), 101–2, 107
Labour Party and, 103
as prime minister/administration, 59, 101, 103
Bloom County (comic strip), 5
Bolton, John, 206, 209, 220, 252
Bragg, Billy (singer), 85
Breathed, Berkeley, 5
Brexit
Brexiteers’ approach/strategies, 171, 172–73
consequences, 170, 171
David Cameron and, 169, 170
Hill’s English family/Bishop Auckland and, 175–76, 179, 185
immigrants and, 173
labels and, 173–74
lumping Brexit-Trump, 171, 172–73, 181, 185, 280
referendum expectations/outcomes (2016), 169, 170–71
Russian meddling and, 171
supports/critics views (summary), 169
Trump in UK during referendum, 171, 213, 280
UK’s forgotten places and, 170
See also populism/populists
British Railways, 31
British Steel Corporation, 30
Brokaw, Tom, 86
Brookings Institution/Hill
beginnings/work, 123
conference/“tea lady,” 130–31
gender discrimination, 130–31
gender wage gap, 138, 139, 142–44
pandemic and, 265
Putin and, 133
website curriculum vitae, 246–47
Browder, Bill, 229–30
Brown, Louise, 73
Busette, Camille, 316–17, 332
Bush, George H. W., 178, 227
Bush, George W., 3, 8, 102, 178, 184, 193, 214, 240
Butler, Stuart, 336
BuzzFeed News, 247–48, 249
C
Callaghan, James, 39
Cameron, David, 169, 170
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), 61
Carbon County, Pennsylvania, 346
Carnegie Moscow program, 222
Carroll, Lewis, 31, 241
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Wilkerson), 307
Castor, Steve, 262
Castro, Fidel, 277
Ceausescu, Nicolai, 278
Charles, Prince, 216
Charlotte, North Carolina and upward mobility promotion, 316–17, 332
Charon, Steve, 200
Chayes, Abram (“Abe”), 126–27
Chayes, Antonia Handler, 126–27
Cheltenham Ladies’ College, 74
Chobani/Food Incubator, 350
Citizens Advice Bureau, Bishop Auckland, 324, 326
Civil Rights Act (U.S./1964), 105, 157
Clash of Civilizations, The (Huntington),127
class. See discrimination/class (UK)
“clever lasses,” 54, 56, 319, 363
climate change/consequences, 177, 199, 216, 264–65, 293
Clinton, Bill, 178, 214
Clinton, Hillary
emails/Trump and, 183, 184, 233, 234
myth on Ukraine election interference and, 260
presidential campaign/election and expectations, 176, 179, 183–84
QAnon conspiracy/myth and, 249
Russia/Putin and, 183, 185
as secretary of state, 183
Close House/private aid, 341–42
coal mining
anthracite coal, 112–13
conditions/social life (Roddymoor), 26
Co-op system (UK), 25, 337
County Durham history, 23–27
Durham Miners’ Association (DMA), 26, 77–78, 102–3, 111, 122, 324, 327
dying villages, 23–27
health issues, 26–27
international recruitment notices to DMA, 111
loss of industry/consequences, 20, 22, 23–27, 32–35, 36, 73, 96–97
miners’ strike (1984–1985), 72–73, 177
strikes, 23, 25, 39, 69, 72–73, 77, 89, 177, 179
in U.S./Pennsylvania, 111, 112–14, 171
See also extractive industry; specific individuals/locations
Coats, Dan, 232
Cohen, Roberta, 130
Cold War/“war scares” (UK), 60–61, 69, 236, 237–38
college professors/administrators creating opportunities, 359–60
college students creating opportunity, 360, 360–61
Communist Manifesto, The (Marx and Engels), 277
Connected: How Your Friends’ Friends’ Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do, 316
Consett, 30–31
Consett Steel Works closing, 73, 179
conspiracy theories/myths
authoritarians/populists and, 249
“birtherism,” 249
patterns with, 244
Protocols of the Elders of Zion, The, 248, 249
QAnon, 249–50
Soros conspiracy, 247–48
Ukraine interference in U.S. election, 232, 239, 260, 287
See also coup/Trump’s attempt
Cornstein, David, 220, 249
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), 192
County Durham
average annual salary, 317–18
coal mining history, 23–27
education assistance/opportunities, 17, 52, 78, 323–24
See also specific individuals/locations
coups
communication sources and, 275
description of historical coups, 270–71
examples/individuals, 271–72
Russia and, 277
“self coup,” 271, 272, 273, 276, 278, 285
coup/Trump’s attempt
description, 270–73
election certification and, 273, 276, 278–79
impeachments and, 270
intimidating election officials/Pence and, 272–73, 274
January 6, 2021, rallies/insurrection, 10, 224, 270, 273
lies/Big Lie and Trump supporters, 10, 250, 270, 272, 274, 275–76, 288
resistance to, 273–74, 276
testing for limits and, 271–72, 273
COVID-19 pandemic
child care and, 301
descriptions, 264
divisions over, 265, 287, 293, 295–97
education effects (U.S.), 300
education effects/socioeconomic bias (UK), 297–99, 311, 320
environmental degradation and, 264
“essential workers” and, 296, 335–36
internet connectivity and, 297, 299, 299–300
masks/physical distance and, 265, 268
other natural disasters and, 264, 265
pandemic warnings and, 264
poor/low-skilled workers and, 295–97
populist countries’ failure with, 265, 266
Russia, UK, U.S. failures with, 265
unemployment, 296–97, 301–2
U.S. health system deterioration and, 267–68
wealthy people and, 301
women/single mothers and, 295–96, 300–301
COVID-19 pandemic/Trump and administration
failures of, 267, 268–70, 335
GAO report, 267
inequalities and, 267–68
Lancet Commission report, 267–68, 335
press conferences/misinformation, 268–69
“winging it” vs. experts, 268–70
Crabtree, Charles (Charlie)
information on scholarships/financial aid, 61–62, 77
life/activities, 61
question on USSR/Russia, 61–62, 237
creating opportunities
exchanges and, 358, 361
hosting students, 358
mentoring, 357, 358, 359, 360
networks and, 359
overcoming biases, 357–61
overview, 357–61
programs’ information/access, 360
solutions (U.S.), 302–5
volunteering, 358, 359, 360
See also equality of opportunity (overview)
critical thinking, 310
Cruz, Ted, 276, 278
Cuban missile crisis, 129–30, 198. See also Graham Allison
Curry, Edwina, 57
D
Dalpino, Catharin, 130
Davidson, Mr., 63
Davison, Aidan, 341–42
Day After, The (film), 60
Defcon 3, 192–93
democracy
authoritarianism and, 266
Biden and, 286
crisis in U.S., 9–10
not leaving people behind and, 356
equality of opportunity (overview) and, 305–6
Trump’s attempted coup and, 285–86
Trump/supporters and, 259
See also creating opportunities
Democratic National Committee (DNC) server/emails, 183, 184, 232–33
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) creation, 302
Dershowitz, Alan, 279
Detroit Regional Partnership (DRP), 342–43
discrimination and race/racism (UK)
accents/dialects and, 104
BAME students/working together, 308
bias/prejudice and, 307
Black working-class students and, 307–8
County Durham and, 71–72
immigration/Enoch Powell’s speech, 71
Malika’s experience, 104–5
race as amplifier, 308
race riots, 70, 72
slavery/slave trade and, 70–71
See also gender discrimination
discrimination and race/racism (U.S.)
as caste system/race significance, 18, 104, 105, 107–9, 306
civil rights movement/legislation, 105
Danica’s experience, 108
divides around Boston area, 103–4
divisive policies/consequences, 307
generational wealth differences, 157
institutionalized restrictions, 307
opportunity gaps and, 308–9
pitting Blacks against working-class whites, 307
race as negative amplifier, 306
school desegregation and, 106–7
segregation, 307
slavery/slave trade and, 306
Tom’s experience, 106–7
See also gender discrimination
discrimination/class (UK)
