FACT SHEET: Lilly Ledbetter

The President says the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is helpful to women.  What does the law actually do?  Find out with this new fact sheet from IWF.

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Title IX's Mid-Life Crisis

Forty years ago next month, Title IX was signed into law. The intention was to outlaw sex discrimination in academia, including in athletics, to ensure that women had equal opportunity to participate and excel.

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The “Equal Pay Day” Myth

Check out the April Policy Focus and find out about the “Equal Pay Day” myth.

 

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Tax Simplification

Check out the March Policy Focus and find out how a simplification of our tax code would save Americans time and money.

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ObamaCare and the Constitution

Check out the February Policy Focus and learn how the Affordable Care Act could affect individual rights and our system of governance if upheld. 

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Sour on Sugar-Cereal Restrictions

Check out the January Policy Focus and learn how government is increasingly micromanaging food producers in the name of promoting better health.

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Teacher Selection and Evaluation in Nebraska

IWF Senior Fellow Vicki Alger examines the importance of teacher quality in Nebraska, and compares the state to Florida, where certain reforms have improved student achievement.

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Welfare and Charity: Two Different Things

This Christmas season, we can give a helping hand to the millions of Americans who rely on federal assistance by reforming and shrinking the welfare state. The best gift we can give Americans of all social classes is greater opportunity to succeed.

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The Case For For-Profit Education

Check out the November Policy Focus and learn how innovative new education strategies can be applied to the U.S. school system.

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Health Care Regulations Don't Help - They Hurt!

Check out the October Policy Focus and learn how over-regulation of health care raises and shifts costs, lowers quality, and lessens freedom.

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Policy Focus: Unions Fail Women

Recipes for Rational Government from the Independent Women's Forum

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Policy Paper No. 34: Safety Opportunity Scholarships (SOS)

How States Can Fulfill the Promise of Safe Schools for All Students

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Policy Focus: The Need for Social Security Reform

Republicans and Democrats increasingly acknowledge that reforming Social Security needs to be a part of our long-term debt solution. As we start this discussion about the future of Social Security, seniors need to understand that Social Security reform is really about how the program will work for future generations. No one proposes cutting benefits for those depending on Social Security today.

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