She Thinks

Jillian Melchior interviews Naomi Schaefer Riley on how existing progressive policies have hurt Native Americans, and on which reforms and acts of deregulation could improve their lives.

Julie Gunlock sits down with Paul Blair of Americans for Tax Reform to discuss how proposed vaping regulations would harm Americans trying to quit the smoking habit.

IWF policy director Hadley Heath Manning interviews Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House Republican Conference on the plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare. Hadley and the Congresswoman discuss the legislation that the U.S. House passed recently, the American Health Care Act, and specifically, they discuss how the plan would affect people with pre-existing health conditions.

IWF's Ashley Carter sits down with Former Representative Nan Hayworth, MD (R-NY) to discuss the importance of women in elected office. This is a preview of a featured panel at IWF's Women Lead Summit taking place on Tuesday, May 16 in Washington, DC. For more information please visit https://www.womenleadsummit.com

IWF's Charlotte Hays interviews IWF Director of Health Policy Hadley Heath Manning on block granting Medicaid to the states. Is this good policy?

IWF's Charlotte Hays interviews columnist and IWF foreign policy fellow Claudia Rosett on her new book What To Do About The U.N.

IWF Managing Director Carrie Lukas sits down with IWF Legal Fellow Erin Hawley to discuss the change in senate rules and the nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch. How will this affect the future of appointing justices? Why did Democrats go to lengths to stop the nomination of Justice Gorsuch? Listen Here!

Charlotte Hays, IWF Director of Cultural Programs, talks with Carrie Lukas, IWF Managing Director, about the Fearless Girl of Wall Street. What's the intended message of the statue? Are women's interests at odds with Wall Street and capitalism?

Ashley Carter, Coalitions Director at the Independent Women's Forum, talks with Vicki Alger, IWF Senior Fellow, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California, and author of the book Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America’s Children, about the future of school choice. Ashley and Vicki discuss putting the real experts back in charge of education -- those experts being parents.

Carrie Lukas, Managing Director at the Independent Women's Forum, talks with Patrice Onwuka, IWF Senior Fellow, about the Copyright Office and proposals to modernize the law that has created this important government agency. Patrice and Carrie explain copyrighting, the process and why it's important.

Carrie Lukas, Managing Director at the Independent Women's Forum, talks with Patrice Onwuka, IWF Senior Fellow, about technology and the issue of increased automation. What are the upsides? What the downsides? Listen and find out.

Jillian Melchior, a senior fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, interviews Amy Oliver Cooke of the Independence Institute, who is also a member of the Trump EPA transition team. They discuss the case for optimism with America's energy and environment.

IWV's Heather Madden, Director of Advocacy Projects, is joined by IWF’s Hadley Heath Manning, Director of Health Policy, to discuss Hadley’s recent article in the Washington Examiner which explains how Obamacare's most popular provisions are the ones undermining it. Read Hadley's piece in the Washington Examiner http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obamacares-most-popular-provisions-are-the-ones-killing-it/article/2611953

IWF's Managing Director, Carrie Lukas, is joined by Senior Fellow Patrice Onwuka to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities for young African-Americans.  In honor of Black History Month, Carrie and Patrice consider the unique challenges that are facing Millennials and African-American families today -- from the lack of job opportunities, problems with our education system, and our justice system.  They consider how better public policies can help by encouraging more job creation, increasing access to better education resources, and creating a fairer, better society.

IWF's Julie Gunlock is joined by Hank Campbell, the president of American Council on Science and Health. Julie and Hank discuss Rachel Carson and her book Silent Spring, which argues that manmade chemicals affect the health and safety of humans. But despite the alarmism, today more people have access to food and the rate of cancer and other diseases are on the decline. Julie and Hank discuss how her book has been debunked many times and why we shouldn't be alarmed by her point of view.