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What We Missed by Ignoring Marital Status in the 2024 Presidential Election
In the avalanche of election takeaways, a group of ardent Republican supporters has skated by unnoticed, and a group of stalwart Democratic partisans has also been mostly ignored.
Women Who Have Never Been Married Are Some of the Strongest Supporters of Democrats
It is presidential election season in the US, and polling results are ubiquitous. Many polls from many different polling companies are released every day, and articles about polling results are often among the most popular stories on media websites.
Triggering an Outpouring of Support for Single People: A Wildly Effective and Unexpected Strategy
I value psychological studies and strategies that not only offer insights and understanding, but also tip the scales toward social justice. I’m particularly interested in justice for single people, who are systematically disadvantaged in laws, policies, the workplace, the marketplace, the health care system, and just about every other major domain of life.
Unmarried Equality Gets Some Love from an Unlikely Place
In the decades that I have been writing about single people, single life, and singlism, I’ve had one rule: I don’t talk about dating or other attempts by single people to unsingle themselves. I don’t want to perpetuate the stereotype that what single people want more than anything else is not to be single any […]
Challenging a Marriage Enthusiast on NPR
When I was invited to participate in an hour-long debate, “Married or Single?”, I jumped at the chance. The show is Open to Debate, moderated by John Donvan, who used to be ABC’s White House correspondent and has won 4 Emmys. The show will air on WNYC and many public radio stations around the country. […]
