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Thursday, August 12, 2010 Census Bureau issues USA Week Fact Sheet The Census Bureau has issued a "Facts for Features" statement of information in recognition of Unmarried and Single Americans Week. National "USA" Week is commemorated this year during the week of September 19 through 25. To view the Census Bureau release, click here.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Judge declares California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional A federal district court judge today ruled that it was unconstitutional for the State of California to deny same-sex couples the right to legally marry. In the ruling, the judge invalidated Proposition 8, the initiative passed by voters to prohibit the state from issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. To read or download the ruling, click here.
Sunday, August 1, 2010 LA Times stories on solo travel The Los Angeles Times published three stories today about people who travel alone. Click on the links below to read each of these stories:
Monday, April 19, 2010 Marketers ignore singles at their own peril According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, singles spent $2.2 trillion in 2008. The spending power of singles is getting the attention of more businesses. Click here to read more.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Births to unmarried parents at all-time high in USA Statistics released yesterday from the federal government show that 40.6 percent of births in the United States in 2008 were to unmarried parents, up from 26.6 percent in 1990. This marks an all-time high for out-of-wedlock births in the USA. Click here for the 2008 data table on unmarried births. Click here to access the full report.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Unmarried women will greatly benefit from health reform Click here to read this commentary on the website of the Center for American Progress.
Never-married women face social stigma, researcher finds Although the number of single women has increased, the stigma associated with being single at that age has not diminished, according to the women in this study. Click here for press release from the University of Missouri.
A three judge panel of the Supreme Court of India has declared that unmarried couples have a constitutional right to live together. Click here for this news story.
A new report is available on Unmarried America. Click on the image below to be directed to the pdf file of this report from Women's Voices, Women Vote.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 One is the Loneliest Number: The Single Taxpayer in a Joint Return World This research paper, published by Seattle University School of Law in 2009, assesses ability of married couples to file a joint income tax return and the negative impact of this practice on single people. It challenges fundamental assumptions underlying the creation of the joint tax return in 1968 and concludes that "single people are unduly penalized under the joint return, and that it ought to be abolished."
The article is written by
Associate Professor Lily Kahng. To view the abstract of the research
paper,
click here. To open or download the entire research paper,
click here, and when you get to the targeted page, click on the
"download" link next to the title of the article. This will enable you
to download the entire article or to open it for immediate viewing.
Sloan Work and Family Research
Network: Focus on Single Workers This issue begins with a quote which answers the following question: Why are the needs of single workers an important workplace issue?
For more information from Sloan about single workers, click here. Sloan is "a network supporting research and teaching, promoting best practices at the workplace, and informing state policy."
Thursday, March 4, 2010 Singles Rights Lobby Newsletter Check out this political newsletter, published 10 years ago, and you will see that the federal issues affecting unmarried voters today are the same issues addressed in the newsletter back then. One area of progress was the decision of the United States Supreme Court, in 2003, invalidating criminal laws that infringe on the sexual privacy rights of consenting adults. But otherwise, federal law remains pretty much the same -- no protection against marital status discrimination. And unmarried Americans continue to be ignored by politicians and political parties. Click here to access this pdf file.
Thursday, January 7, 2010 Unmarried America mentioned in a new policy brief Hello, I wanted to let you know that your advocacy group was highlighted in a policy brief released by the Sloan Work and Family Research Network at Boston College. To view the brief, please follow this link: http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/pdfs/policy_makers21.pdf. In addition, I wrote a Huffington Post Blog on the issue of unmarried workers and employee incentives that may be of interest to you: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-curlew/health-care-coverage-for_b_392767.html. Mary Curlew, LICSW Policy Assistant Sloan Work and Family Research Network at Boston College 3 Lake Street Building 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/ The premier online destination for work and family information.
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Single
black and Hispanic women have one penny of wealth for every dollar of wealth
owned by their male counterparts and a tiny fraction of a penny for every
dollar of wealth owned by white women. 
