While much has been made about what the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia portend for 2010, a post election survey of both voters and non-voters commissioned by Women's Voices Women Vote (WVWV) offers several important lessons for progressives and civic engagement groups.

Our survey takes...

This week (September 20-26) is Unmarried and Single Americans Week, which recognizes the vast growth in the population of 100 million Americans who are not married. Roughly 51 million of them are women. New data from the Census out this week show that more women than ever are...

"Women gain as men lose jobs." That was the gist of the first round of news stories about rising unemployment in USA Today, The New York Times, NBC and other major media outlets this week.

As with much of the news media coverage about the economy, this headline misreads...

Almost half a year has passed, but the 2008 election still looms as an epochal event: With a record voter turnout, the American people, including members of many groups who have been excluded from the political process, changed the face of the nation's leadership and the direction of our public...

My recent memo to the progressive community demonstrates that unless progressives put forth a sustained effort to engage our base, there is likely to be a significant drop off in electoral participation in 2010.

In his national televised address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama showed that he's...

As early as this week , the new Congress can jumpstart the economy by passing two laws that will put more money into working women's paychecks by making sure they're paid what they're worth.

Especially if concerned citizens call on Congress to take action now, the House and Senate are...

Most economists agree that an anti-recession program should achieve three goals: Pump money into the economy. Save existing jobs and create new jobs. And help those in greatest need.

All three of these signposts point to a large, fast-growing, but long-forgotten group of Americans who should be a major...

More than a week after a historic election, political analysts still are sifting through the results, trying to figure out how different segments of society voted, why they cast their ballots as they did, and what their political preferences and patterns of participation mean for the future.

But three...

With the nation's attention riveted on the worst financial crisis since 1929 and a nationally televised debate featuring the first female vice presidential nominee since 1984, American women are paying close attention to the candidates who are competing and the issues that are at stake.

In order to encourage informed...

This week, more than 276,000 North Carolina residents received a voter registration application from Women's Voices, Women Vote. North Carolina is one of 24 states where we mailed a total of more than 3 million voter registration applications.

In addition to the mailing, calls were made to mail recipients for...

In one year, we have one of the most significant elections of our lifetime. When you hear the candidates on TV or see them as they stump through your hometown, do you feel like they are talking to you? In 2000 it became very clear to me that one group...