Institute Index
November 12, 2010 -
Number of Americans who are currently unemployed: 14.8 million Average duration of their unemployment: 33.9 weeks October's overall unemployment rate, essentially unchanged since May: 9.6 percent
November 5, 2010 -
Number of seats the Republican Party gained in the U.S. Senate in the mid-term elections: 6 Number of those seats that are in the South: 1 Number of seats the Republican Party gained in the U.S. House: at least 60
October 29, 2010 -
Rank of voter registration problems among the top threats to the franchise this year, according to the Brennan Center for Justice: 1
October 21, 2010 -
"An Inconvenient Truth" director Davis Guggenheim's latest documentary, "Wait