Legal Fights Over Sex Definitions Heat Up

Payton McNabb Prevails in Title IX Case

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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Economy

Why DOGE Cuts to USAID Are Needed

Carrie Sheffield | Op-Ed
Economy

Cooling Inflation in February Should Warm Your Wallet

Patrice Onwuka | Blog
Culture

Independent Women Features Revamps “Champion Women” Series to Celebrate Women’s History Month 

Press Team | Press Release
Culture

On Capitol Hill for Detrans Awareness Day Detransitioner Prisha Mosley Exposes the Extreme Harms of Gender Ideology And How To Stop It

Press Team | Press Release
Security

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

Meaghan Mobbs | Policy Focus
Economy

Independent Women Responds to Inflation Report Showing Inflation Dropping in February

Press Team & Carrie Sheffield | Press Release
Education

The Downing of the U.S. Department of Education

Dr. Keri D. Ingraham | Blog
Energy

Utah’s Permitting Reform Efforts Can Be Modeled By Other States

Gabriella Hoffman | Blog
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Monica De La Cruz

When newly minted Rep. Monica De La Cruz came to Washington, in 2023, she was instantly famous for two firsts—De La Cruz was the first woman and first Republican ever elected to Congress from Texas’ solidly Democratic 15th congressional District.  De La Cruz’s oddly-shaped district—a narrow strip that includes Rio…

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Takeaways

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

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

Culture

Truth.

Congress should create a new american caregivers program

    • An American Caregivers Program would give citizens and residents similar work opportunities to those currently provided to young foreigners through the State Department’s au pair program.
    • It could create a new opportunity for Americans to engage live-in caregivers—outside the existing, often unworkably complex, regulatory framework.
    • And the caregiver program would increase the supply of caregivers, and make it easier for people to get the help they need.

By: Carrie Lukas & Heather Madden

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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