Credit: IWF Facebook page The Independent Women's Forum, a nonpartisan research an education institution takes a unique approach to gender politics that citizens today would expect, placing alternative views to the media's dominant ideological slants of women in politics. IWF states on its website: The Independent Women's Forum is on a mission to expand the conservative coalition, both by increasing the number of women who understand and value the benefits of limited government, personal liber...

Two weeks after key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, the American Civil Liberties Union announced it would pursue a lawsuit against Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Virginia, challenging their bans on same-sex marriage. "The ACLU has been a leader on this front since bringing our first marriage lawsuit in 1970 and we've been deeply involved in opening marriage up to same-sex couples in each of the 13 states plus the District of Columbia that now ...

Credit: acswa.org Last week, George Zimmerman began his trial in Seminole County, Florida. The hearing will determine if the 28-year-old is guilty of the second degree murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The case has been on the national radar for months, with speculation coming from both sides. Florida's Stand Your Ground (STG) law is central to the case. It states that a person is allowed to use deadly force in self-defense if they feel their life is threatened. According to US News & Wor...

Credit: ThinkProgress The U.S. Supreme Court declared on Monday it would send the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for review. In a 7-1 ruling, the court upheld the University of Texas' decision to use race in the admissions process. However, SCOTUS compelled the lower court to further elaborate the need for affirmative action and discover if using race is the only way to achieve UT-Austin's mission of a diverse student body. The case ori...