News Clips

Civil rights groups launch voter registration drives earlier

May 11th, 2012

By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY Voter registration among blacks is down from 2008, prompting the NAACP and other civil rights organizations to launch registration drives two months earlier than in past presidential election years. Leaders of the NAACP and other groups blame the decline on new state laws requiring people to produce identification to register or placing [...]

Stay-at-Home Moms in U.S. Lean Independent, Lower-Income

April 23rd, 2012

by Lydia Saad Fourteen percent of American women currently have a child under age 18 in their household and aren’t formally employed. While few in this group would be able to identify with Mitt and Ann Romney’s wealth, it is the segment of the population that could potentially be offended by recent commentary that Ann [...]

How to Expand the Voter Rolls

April 10th, 2012

EDITORIAL Published: April 6, 2012 A country that should be encouraging more people to vote is still using an archaic voter registration system that creates barriers to getting a ballot. In 2008, 75 million eligible people did not vote in the presidential election, and 80 percent of them were not registered. The vast majority of [...]

Obama Plans Big Effort to Build Support Among Women

March 12th, 2012

By JACKIE CALMES Published: March 10, 2012 WASHINGTON — President Obama’s re-election campaign is beginning an intensified effort this week to build support among women, using the debate over the new health care law to amplify an appeal that already appears to be benefiting from partisan clashes over birth control and abortion. On Monday, mailings will go out to [...]

Chicago Hope

January 6th, 2012

The Obama Campaign focuses on the fast-growing constituency first identified by The Voter Participation Center  — the Rising American Electorate — unmarried women, latinos, voters under 30. Read Chicago Hope from Marc Ambinder at The National Journal.

Brennan Center releases a new study about the impacts of Voting Law Changes in 2012

October 2nd, 2011

A new study to be released Monday by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law has tried to tally just how many voters stand to be affected.

“So Sorry You’re Still Married”: New Anniversary Card Greeting?

September 22nd, 2011

The truth about singles in our society, by Bella DePaulo.

In a Married World, Singles Struggle for Attention

September 19th, 2011

Tara Parker-Pope on Health.