Independent Institute Publications and Public Affairs Counsel Christopher Briggs talks about his family's ordeal, treating his young daughter's cancer under the Affordable Care Act. His family was twice denied coverage for her cancer under Obamacare. The answer, Briggs says, is to repeal the ACA and the restoration of actuarially sound insurance products curated to individual needs.

In this thirty-fourth episode of Independent Outlook, David Theroux, Williamson Evers, and Graham Walker examine Biden; sky-rocketing inflation that is crushing American consumers; democracy, sanctions, energy, censorship, and the dangers of and the staunch resistance to Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine; the folly of the World Economic Forum's New World Order ("Great Reset"); the Constitution and nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court; Woke Math; Critical Race and Gender Theory; the grassroots rebellion against woke-culture elites; and more.

Sr. Fellow Judy Shelton discusses the Russian economy and the history of its currency since the fall of the Soviet Union. Judy Shelton has studied Russia and its economy for decades and she gives her perspective on the current situation in Ukraine and Russia, especially in terms of international finance. She is the author of the March 24, 2022 Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal "Putin May Fear Default More than Defeat in Ukraine"

Sr. Fellow James Tooley, author of Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education is interviewed on the Michael Berry radio show. In poor urban and rural areas around the world, children in low-cost private schools outperform those in government (or public) schools. And the schools do so for a fraction of the per-pupil cost. These ideas are now emerging in schools in the US as parents see the indoctrination of politics into their childrens' schools.

The father of a little girl twice denied coverage for cancer under Obamacare mounted a riveting, moving opposition on Capitol Hill to House Democrats’ proposal to impose single-payer healthcare on the country.

“Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope” is the Independent Institute's award-winning, 38-minute documentary on the very serious and growing problem of homelessness cities in America. The film contrasts the current tragic conditions of San Francisco’s unhoused with a successful community-wide solution called Haven for Hope of Bexar County, located in San Antonio, TX. The film is also the companion to the in-depth Independent Institute book, “Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions,” that is co-edited by Adam B. Summers and Mary L.G. Theroux.

In this very timely and insightful Independent Conversation, bestselling author, feminist and human rights activist Dr. Naomi Wolf is interviewed by Dr. Graham H. Walker (Executive Director, Independent Institute) to discuss how truth, science, ethics and constitutional rights have all been trampled in the elite media stampede and government mandates of the COVID-19 pandemic.