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Independent Women Ambassador Payton McNabb scored a significant Title IX victory in a civil rights investigation after confronting a male in a women’s restroom at her college.

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Education

President Trump to Decentralize the U.S. Department of Education: “The Beginning of The End of An Error”

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Culture

Independent Women Joins Coalition Letter Regarding America’s Uninsurable and Unavailable Foster Care System

Carrie Sheffield | Letters
Culture

Independent Women Applauds President Trump for Pausing Millions in Funding to the University of Pennsylvania Over Title IX Violations

Press Team | Press Release
Economy

Egg Prices are Falling In Time for Easter

Patrice Onwuka | Blog
Education

A ‘Sputnik Moment’ for America’s Schools

Neeraja Deshpande | Op-Ed
Security

Independent Women Applauds President Trump’s Efforts To Deliver Security for Americans

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Law

Independent Women Hits GLAAD With Cease and Desist Order, Calling Out Damaging Public Statements

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Law

Independent Women Issues Cease and Desist Letter to GLAAD

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Takeaways

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley

National Defense

Truth.

Masculine Characteristics Are Essential to Battlefield Success and National Security
  • In the military, lethality—the capability and capacity to destroy—determines the likelihood of success.
  • The link between men, masculinity, and combat effectiveness, particularly in terms of aggression and lethality, is not just a historical observation but a psychological and physiological one.
  • Controlled aggression is an essential trait for battlefield success, with psychological studies of combat performance demonstrating that when aggression is properly channeled, it enhances a soldier’s ability to engage decisively with the enemy. This trait, often more pronounced in men, provides a strategic advantage crucial for mission success in hostile environments.

By: Meaghan Mobbs

Wage Gap

Truth.

Women and Men Take on Different Roles in Their Families.
  • There’s almost no pay gap for single childless women, but the wage gap begins to widen around age 25, likely due to choices about family roles.
  • Fewer mothers than fathers say they would rather work full time than part time.
  • Overwhelmingly, men work in the most dangerous jobs and those jobs generally pay higher wages.

By: Patrice Onwuka

Innovation

Truth.

Boundless Opportunities Require Innovative, Adaptive Public Policies

    • President Donald Trump released an executive order on January 23, 2025, calling for the creation of AI systems without ideological bias and engineered social agendas.
    • Traditional AI, utilized by Alexa and Google’s search algorithm, conducts specific tasks intelligently without creating anything new.
    • Within ten years, AI has the potential to boost the standard of living for many people and increase gross domestic product (GDP) globally by 7%.

By: Carrie Sheffield

Culture

Truth.

Education freedom is necessary

    • Though the U.S. public education system spends nearly $19,000 on each student, 77% of students graduate without proficiency, as averaged across academic subjects. 
    • On a global scale, 15-year-old students in the U.S. placed 9th in reading, 16th in science, and 34th in math.
    • Teachers unions leverage their political power to maintain the public school monopoly, working to prevent the advancement of school choice. In exchange for campaign funding, teachers unions are rewarded political power. 

By: Dr. Keri D. Ingraham

Economy

Truth.

The TCJA boosted the economy

    • Thanks to the TCJA, real wages rose 4.9% after its implementation in 2018.
    • First introduced in 2017, the TCJA lowered America’s corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, a reduction that largely benefited workers.
    • Since TCJA became law, GDP has increased by 0.9%—a large amount considering the economy is worth over $27 trillion.
    • Small businesses have benefited from the TCJA. Less than a year after the TCJA’s enactment, the National Federation of Independent Business’ small-business optimism index hit the highest level ever recorded.

By: Carrie Sheffield

America’s Broken Immigration System

Collateral Damage

The effects of bad border policies ripple through every community. Americans shouldn’t have to bear the burden of this crisis. It’s time for secure borders, legal immigration, and a nation that puts its citizens first. This isn’t about politics—it’s about people.

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Policy Focus

Policy Focus: The Role of Masculinity in Military Effectiveness and Lethality

Meaghan Mobbs | March 12, 2025

Policy Focus: Artificial Intelligence

Carrie Sheffield | February 5, 2025

Policy Focus: School Choice in the States

Dr. Keri D. Ingraham | January 6, 2025

Policy Focus: Restoring and Expanding Tax Reforms to Empower Women and Families

Carrie Sheffield | December 4, 2024

Policy Focus: An American Caregiver Program

Carrie Lukas & Heather Madden | October 15, 2024

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Real Stories About Escaping Gender Ideology

Identity Crisis

With the dramatic rise in youth identifying as transgender, the number of those seeking medical “treatments” has surged. As a one-sided echo chamber pushes an “affirmation-only” model — promoting “preferred” names and pronouns, experimental drugs, and medically invasive surgeries — American children are being left with irreversible damage to their otherwise healthy bodies.

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