Liz Weiss

Unmarried Women of Color’s Unrealized Potential Article

An African-American woman helps her son with his homework at a library in Richmond, VA. Unmarried women are less economically secure than their married counterparts in terms of jobs, wealth, and wages, and these problems are worse for single women of color. (AP/Steve Helber)

Unmarried Women of Color’s Unrealized Potential

Liz Weiss details the economic challenges unmarried women of color face.

Aug 9, 2010

Liz Weiss

The Other Half Report

Improving the economic situation of unmarried women will help our national economy overall. Policymakers should focus on policies that will increase unmarried women’s wages and spending potential, reduce their debt and increase their wealth, and improve the lives and futures of the children they are raising. (iStockphoto)

The Other Half

Report from Liz Weiss and Page Gardner discusses how improving the economic situation of unmarried women will help our national economy out of the Great Recession.

Jul 30, 2010

Liz Weiss, Page Gardner

Opening Doors to Women in the Workforce Article

Two women learn to write a resume during a class at JobTrain, an educational and training institution that also offers career counseling and job placement services in Menlo Park, California. (AP/Paul Sakuma)

Opening Doors to Women in the Workforce

Liz Wess explains why the Workforce Investment Act doesn’t always work for women and how Congress can improve it in this year’s reauthorization.

Jul 6, 2010

Liz Weiss

Opening Doors Report

A rack of job-seeking materials is seen at a career center. Women are particularly short-changed by the WIA system, which helps U.S. workers find jobs and get training. A number of reforms to the system could help it better serve women. (AP/Paul Sakuma)

Opening Doors

Report from Liz Weiss lays out reforms for ensuring the Workforce Investment Act better serves women.

Jul 1, 2010

Liz Weiss

Unmarried Women Continue to See High Unemployment in April Article

A woman stands in line at the National Career Fair in Fort Lauderdale, FL, on May 3, 2010. Data released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show unmarried women continue to see high and long-lasting unemployment. (AP/J Pat Carter)

Unmarried Women Continue to See High Unemployment in April

Unmarried women’s high and extended unemployment last month makes the need for congressional action on jobs even more urgent, write Heather Boushey and Liz Weiss.

May 10, 2010

Heather Boushey, Liz Weiss

Making COBRA More Equal Article

Holly Brown was able to stay insured after losing her job thanks to COBRA. The Equal Access to COBRA Act would correct a longstanding inequality by allowing partners and other beneficiaries to access health care after a break in coverage. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Making COBRA More Equal

New bill would correct a longstanding inequality by allowing partners and other beneficiaries to access health care after a break in coverage, write Liz Weiss and Josh Rosenthal.

Apr 5, 2010

Liz Weiss, Josh Rosenthal

Unmarried Women Will Greatly Benefit from Health Reform Article

An unidentified woman waits for the presidential motorcade last year near the Target Center in Minneapolis, where President Barack Obama addressed a health care rally. Unmarried women will have better access to health care after the reform bill's passage this week. (AP/David Sherman)

Unmarried Women Will Greatly Benefit from Health Reform

Liz Weiss outlines why the new health reform legislation is good for unmarried women, a quarter of whom are currently uninsured.

Mar 26, 2010

Liz Weiss

Advancing the Economic Security of Unmarried Women Report

Despite the economic disparities unmarried women face, they make major contributions to the economy and their communities. Most unmarried women work outside the home, and they are more than a fifth of the nation’s workers. (Flickr/<a href=

Advancing the Economic Security of Unmarried Women

A report by Liz Weiss and Page Gardner outlines an economic security agenda for unmarried women with a focus on key areas of legislation in the 111th Congress.

Mar 17, 2010

Liz Weiss, Page Gardner

House Health Bill Will Help Unmarried Women Article

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is flanked by Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), left, and Rep. George Miller (D-CA), right, during a press conference on November 7, 2009 after House passage of a health care reform bill. (AP/Alex Brandon)

House Health Bill Will Help Unmarried Women

As the Senate debates health reform legislation, it should look to several provisions in the House bill that would help unmarried women, write Liz Weiss and Page Gardner.

Nov 13, 2009

Page Gardner, Liz Weiss

The Recession Brings Higher Unemployment to Unmarried Women Article

Taritha Hill-Cooper, of Providence, RI, uses the Internet in her search for a job at a state managed employment center. As women’s job losses mount, some women, especially unmarried women, are facing an increasingly grim job market. (AP/Steven Senne)

The Recession Brings Higher Unemployment to Unmarried Women

Unmarried women are seeing higher unemployment rates, write Liz Weiss and Heather Boushey. Extensions of Recovery Act provisions in Congress can help.

Nov 6, 2009

Liz Weiss, Heather Boushey

Protecting Unmarried Women from Unscrupulous Lenders Article

Towana S. Gooch, a single mother, was on the verge of losing her townhouse in Upper Marlboro, MD, after her mortgage lender kicked her out of a government loan modification program because of a seven-cent error. The most important proposal for unmarried women is the creation of a federal Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which would aim to prevent predatory lending and the targeting of vulnerable borrowers. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Protecting Unmarried Women from Unscrupulous Lenders

Oversight of consumer financial products is crucial for the economic security of unmarried women, many of whom are targeted by unscrupulous lenders, writes Liz Weiss.

Oct 28, 2009

Liz Weiss

Unmarried and Uninsured Report