She Thinks

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.

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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.

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On this Working for Women Podcast, Julie Gunlock speaks to Yvette D'Entrement (better known as the SciBabe). Yvette recently toured Monsanto--an agriculture company that is often vilified by activists. What did Yvette learn? What does Monsanto do to help farmers and make food more accessible to people worldwide? Tune in to find out.

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On this episode, Julie Gunlock and Amanda Zaluckyj, founder of the blog The Farmers Daughter talk about an upcoming event in St Louis on which they will both appear.Americans continue to get mixed messages about food and nutrition. Consumers are increasingly having trouble finding reliable information. The all-star panel will address food fears and how to sift through the alarmism to find science-based information to complex nutrition and agriculture issues. Panelists will tackle the following questions: What are the origins of food fears? How have food fears altered consumer behaviors? Why are women targeted for fear-based marketing strategies? What can the science, medical, agricultural, and academic communities to do help provide consumers better information? RSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-and-fear-how-to-find-facts-in-todays-culture-of-alarmism-tickets-31064105576

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IWF's Ashley Carter interviews IWF's legal fellow Erin Hawley on Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court. The two discuss why Neil Gorsuch is fit to replace Justice Scalia and an originalist and a textualist who will look to the words that the Founders and Congress have written, rather than imposing his own policy preferences.

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IWF's Julie Gunlock and Jillian Melchior sit down to discuss January's war on salad. Julie and Jillian have recently written on how feminist blogs are attacking salads and foodie blogs for being tools of patriarchy and how they objectify women. What do you think?

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IW's Heather Madden and Charlotte Hays discuss the upcoming Women's March On Washington in this episode of Working For Women. Is the Women's March truly inclusive? What does the march claim to stand for? Is it wise for this group to turn away women who may not agree with them on everything? Charlotte and Heather will answer these questions and more on the podcast.

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IWF's Carrie Lukas and Charlotte Hays discuss IWF's paid leave event in DC coming up Wednesday January 11th. The D.C. City Council has given preliminary approval to require businesses to provide sixteen weeks of paid family leave. District employers would be saddled with an additional $250 million in taxes annually. So where do we go from here?

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IWF's director of health policy Hadley Manning is joined by Avik Roy, a healthcare expert, president of The Foundation For Research On Equal Opportunity, and the opinion editor at Forbes to discuss what's next for health reform.

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IWF's Julie Gunlock and Sabrina Schaeffer discuss the importance of IWF's mission and how women benefit from market-based policies. Independent Women's Forum's entire purpose is to create a better, stronger, more prosperous society that will enable more Americans to live out their dreams. If you are interested in supporting IWF's mission, please visit: https://secure.piryx.com/donate/2gm8VIPP/Independent-Women-s-Forum/women_work

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