Third Way Products
The Culture Program
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Memo
In effort to repeal The Tiahrt Amendment we offer a new memo which contains background and communications guidance to effectively reach responsible gun owners and gun rights supporters on this issue.
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Memo
A short fact sheet that offers answers to frequently asked questions about the hate crimes bill.
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Memo
A short memo that offers message guidance on answering concerns about the hate crimes bill in the faith community.
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Memo
Statements supporting the Senate Hate Crimes Bill.
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Memo
A short fact sheet that offers answers to frequently asked questions about the hate crimes bill.
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External
A November 2008 poll focusing on attitudes towards same-sex relationship recognition and adoption by gay and lesbian couples.
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Memo
In this memo, which is based on three recent polls, we offer insights about religious Americans’ attitudes towards gay and lesbian people and recommend ways to move them forward on equality issues.
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External
A January 2009 poll focusing on attitudes towards same-sex relationship recognition and adoption by gay and lesbian couples.
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External
A November 2008 poll focusing on attitudes towards same-sex relationship recognition and adoption by gay and lesbian couples.
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Memo
In this memo, which is based on three recent polls, we offer a roadmap for moving forward on a range of equality issues, focusing particularly on the one that often proves most difficult—relationship recognition for same-sex couples.
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Talking Points
In anticipation of the President’s repeal of the Mexico City Policy, we have prepared a fact sheet with talking points that lays out the key facts demonstrating why the repeal is a life-affirming step.
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Memo
Letter to President Obama and Congressional Leaders on the Come Let Us Reason Together Governing Agenda
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Memo
Come Let Us Reason Together: A Governing Agenda to End the Culture Wars
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Message Memo
The selection of Governor Palin indicates that the dormant culture wars will be reignited in the coming weeks. This short memo advises progressives on how to handle the hot-button culture issues of abortion, gay and lesbian equality, guns, and the public role of religion.
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Talking Points
Recommended talking points regarding the DC gun ban case.
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Message Memo
In this memo, we argue that progressives must prepare for an upturn in crime
and devise strategies to deal with it.
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Message Memo
With the failure of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, it is clear that immigration will remain one of the critical topics for debate through 2008.
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External
Toplines and highlights of a December 2007 crime poll focusing on voter attitudes toward crime.
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Report
This study identifies four new sociological trends that together could bring a huge new wave in crime and offers more than 100 specific, federal, state and local policy options that can be tailored to create a 21st century crime-fighting agenda.
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Memo
An analysis of the size of the emerging evangelical center and their support for the policies in the Come Let Us Reason Together Governing Agenda.
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Memo
Opening remarks from the Come Let Us Reason Together Governing Agenda press teleconference.
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Memo
Statements regarding the Come Let Us Reason Together Governing Agenda.
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Memo
Statements supporting the policies of the Come Let Us Reason Together Governing Agenda.
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Message Memo
In this memo, we provide a brief analysis of the implications of this case and some
talking points about the Supreme Court’s review of the DC gun ban case.
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External
A PowerPoint presentation offering guidance for pro-reform progressives about how to reclaim the offensive and win the immigration debate.
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Memo
This memo offers updated guidance for pro-reform progressives about how to
reclaim the offensive and win the immigration debate.
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Memo
A short memo that offers messaging guidance on ENDA.
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Report
Come Let Us Reason Together: A Fresh Look at Shared Cultural Values between Evangelicals and Progressives
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Memo
This memo provides a brief overview of the main findings and recommendations in Third Way’s new paper Come Let Us Reason Together.
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External
A July 2007 poll focusing laws relating to the issue of abortion
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Memo
In this memo, which is pegged to our recent poll, we recommend the framework of reducing the need for abortion while preserving the right to have one.
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Issue Brief
Statements supporting the findings and recommendations in the new Third Way paper Come Let Us Reason Together
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Memo
On one side is nearly the entire law enforcement community and more than 200 mayors. On the other side is the NRA and an existing provision in law that makes investigating criminals nearly impossible. This memo offers guidance for those who believe criminals belong in jail even if it means taking on the gun lobby.
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Report
An empirical look at the Bush record on enforcement of immigration laws.
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Memo
A memo updating our basic message and strategy on immigration in the context of the pending Kennedy-Kyl immigration reform bill.
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External
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Report
An updated look at the problems with the nation's firearms purchase background check system.
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Talking Points
Talking points on the Supreme Court Partial-Birth Abortion decision.
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Memo
A short document that summarizes the major facts about the Supreme Court’s partial-birth abortion decision and answers common questions related to the decision.
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Memo
A brief analysis of the complexities of the stem cell debate.
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Memo
A document highlighting key insights for winning support for same-sex relationship recognition in America.
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Memo
A memo highlighting the three components of an effective message for supporting expanded federal Hate Crimes legislation.
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Memo
A memo summarizing the DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down the DC ban on gun ownership and providing message guidance for those asked to respond to it.
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Memo
A memo outlining the lessons to be learned about public attitudes toward same-sex relationships, based on a pair of 2006 ballot measures in Colorado.
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Talking Points
Talking Points on the bill before the House.
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Memo
A short memo providing some crucial information about the New Jersey Supreme Court's gay marriage/civil unions decision in Lewis v. Harris.
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Memo
A short document that summarizes each of the provisions within the Ryan/DeLauro bill, which will help significantly reduce the number of abortions and unintended pregnancies in America while leaving personal liberties intact.
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Message Memo
A new message and strategy for progressives on abortion. This memo, which is tied in part to the introduction of new abortion-related legislation, shows how abortion reduction appeals to the vast majority of the electorate who would like to see fewer abortions in America and seek common ground in this divisive debate.
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Memo
Fact sheet clarifying that Emergency Contraception is contraception and not an abortifacient (causing an abortion).
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Memo
A brief primer on how "abuse of power" can be a winning theme for progressives to use against conservatives and highlights 10 egregious examples of conservative abuses.
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Memo
A memo providing the basic message and strategy on immigration for progressive leaders.
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Report
Talking points for progressive leaders on the proposed Child Custody Protection Act, which the Senate will debate imminently.
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Talking Points
Talking points for progressive leaders on the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage being debated this week in the Senate.
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Report
A report analyzing the government's own data and finding that the Bush Administration has failed to enforce the immigration laws currently on the books.
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Message Memo
The South Dakota ban provides a unique opportunity for progressives to redefine themselves and conservatives on abortion.
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Message Memo
Making ethics an ethics issue and holding corrupt conservative legislators accountable.
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Message Memo
A strategy to win the battle of reasonableness and help progressives appeal to moderates on the abortion issue
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Message Memo
Seven steps progressives must take to close the gun gap
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Message Memo
Protecting children from online pornography.
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Issue Brief
Divides the electorate into "Polars" and "Grays," on the issue of abortion and makes some surprising findings about where those votes are going.
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Issue Brief
An overview of abortion in America — how many are there, who has them, and why.
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Legislation
Legislation designed to protect children from Internet pornography by imposing strict age-verification requirements, funded by a "smut tax" requiring purveyors of online porn to pay the costs.
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Report
Provides new data on the breadth and depth of the online pornography industry and how Internet porn is all too available to children.
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Report
A small number of the nation’s 80,000 gun dealers are flooding America’s streets with crime guns – yet Washington rarely investigates, shuts down or prosecutes most of these high-crime dealers. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY 2004 AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE.
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Module
This module calls for the creation of a 40-Hour Work Week for prisoners—replacing idleness with productivity, education, personal responsibility, and self-improvement—so that they become productive members of their community upon release.
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Module
This module proposes an early intervention school violence prevention strategy aimed at “tweens” to effectively reach the teens and help reduce violence in schools.
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Module
This module calls for the federal government to commit to a federal reengagement in crime fighting to keep our communities and our families safe from crime.
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Module
This module recommends how to help families protect their children from the coarse influences of Internet pornography by replacing the ‘porn standard’ with one that keeps Internet porn away from kids.
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Report
Today in America, in nearly all federal jurisdictions,
for nearly all federal crimes, the phrase “enforce the
laws on the books” is little more than a political slogan. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT WAS RELEASED IN MAY 2003 AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE.
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Report
Broken Records uses data culled from the Department of Justice and various state sources and gives failing grades to 22 states for having grossly inadequate criminal, domestic violence, and mental disability records.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY 2002 AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE.
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Report
Playing With Firearms examines the portrayal of guns in video games and the potentially dangerous lessons being learned by the children who view them.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER 2001 AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE.
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Report
No Questions Asked explores the gaping "Gun Show Loophole" which allows thousands of guns to be purchased annually for criminal use.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT WAS RELEASED IN APRIL 2001 AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE.
