Nicole Kurokawa Neily

Senior Fellow

Nicki Neily is a senior fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, where she has previously served both as executive director and as a senior policy analyst. Prior to returning to IWF, Nicole worked as director of research analysis for the Winston Group, a public opinion and message design firm, and was both manager of external relations and media manager at the Cato Institute. In addition, she has authored several papers for the Illinois Policy Institute and Americans for Prosperity- Illinois.

Nicole’s work has been published widely in print and online outlets. She appears frequently on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, CNBC, PBS, and CBN, and is a regular guest on radio programs across the country. Nicole holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Illinois, and a master's of public policy from Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy.

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Recent Articles:

Breaking: Another Politicized Government Agency!

May 1 2012


Giving Credit During Earth Month

April 5 2012


The Farm Bill’s “Growing” Problem

February 23 2012


The GOP’s Lost the Plot

February 22 2012


Pain at the Pump

February 21 2012


Payroll Tax Déjà Vu

February 16 2012


Tax? Not a Tax?

February 15 2012


$26B Foreclosure Pact to Create Problems

February 14 2012


Missing from the Budget: Quality Education Options

February 13 2012


Forget Profits?

February 9 2012


Read My Lips… Just Kidding!

February 8 2012


Chicago, Chicago… That Coddlin’ Town

February 6 2012


Groundhog Day… on the Debt

February 2 2012


We Don’t Need No Stinking Housing Refinance Scheme!

February 1 2012


Yeah, Unemployment Still Stinks

January 12 2012


Another Sorry Anniversary

January 11 2012


Debt > GDP

January 10 2012


Romney’s Pink Slip Problem?

January 9 2012


Another Take on the White House Party

January 9 2012


Dissecting the New Unemployment Numbers

January 6 2012


Cancer Death Rates Fall in U.S.

January 5 2012


Protecting Consumers? Not This Way

January 4 2012


Women’s Employment Choices

December 14 2011


About that Consumer Protection Thing…

December 13 2011


Judicial Review in the Context of National Security

December 8 2011


To the Victor Go the Spoils?

December 7 2011


Payroll Tax Pandering

December 5 2011


San Fran Bureaucrats have been McFoiled

December 5 2011


Death of the EU?

November 29 2011


Knockoff Monday

November 28 2011


Internet Access on Cyber Monday

November 28 2011


The First Cut is the Deepest

October 6 2011


Let the Private Sector Act

October 4 2011


Printing Money

October 3 2011


No, There's Not a Consensus

October 1 2011


A Lesson in How NOT to Govern

September 30 2011


About That Rewards Program...

September 30 2011


Enough with the Meddling in the Energy Markets!

September 28 2011


Gender-mandering

September 23 2011


Seriously, We're Going to Cut Waste This Time

September 12 2011


The Stimulus and "Job Creation"

September 5 2011


IHS Video on the Wage Gap

September 2 2011


RTV: Will the U.S. Climb Out of Debt?

August 15 2011


Unions Out of Touch with Reality

August 10 2011


CBN News: New Rules Make Insurers Cover Plan B, Birth Control

August 3 2011


RTV: Government Spending Disadvantages Women

August 2 2011


Raise the Debt Ceiling!

July 26 2011


Financial Protection? Not for Taxpayers

July 21 2011


Stop It, Bernanke!

July 14 2011


How Are Gas Prices Affecting You?

July 7 2011


Senior Fellow Nicole Kurokawa Neily on "Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano"

February 10 2012


Senior Fellow Nicole Neily on "Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano"

February 3 2012


Nicole Kurokawa Neily on Stossel

January 6 2012


Nicole Kurokawa Neily on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano

December 22 2011


Nicole Kurokawa Neily on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano

December 22 2011


Executive Director Nicole Kurokawa Neily on FreedomWatch

December 7 2011


RTV: Will the U.S. Climb Out of Debt?

August 15 2011


CBN News: New Rules Make Insurers Cover Plan B, Birth Control

August 3 2011


RTV: Government Spending Disadvantages Women

August 2 2011


Liberty Cap Talk: Obama Administration's Taxing, Spending, and Regulatory Policies

June 30 2011


RTV: Current Events

June 15 2011


Freedom Watch: Big Banks vs. Main Street

June 13 2011


The Judge: Auto Industry Bailout

June 1 2011


Freedom Watch: Big Government Bureaucracy

May 26 2011


RTV: Current Events

May 18 2011


Fox News: Debt Ceiling Debate

May 13 2011


The Joy Cardin Show: Obama vs. Rep. Ryan on the Budget

April 27 2011


Fox News: Wall Street Warns of Doomsday

April 25 2011


CNBC: Should There Be Quotas for Women in Business?

January 27 2011


The John Stossel Show: Same Old Speech, New Year?

January 25 2011


The Thom Hartmann Show: Social Security Benefits

January 24 2011


The Troy Derengowski Show: 30 Ideas for 30 Days

January 13 2011


CBN News: The State of the Union

January 5 2011


CNN's Our Political Party: Read Any Good Books Lately?

November 19 2010


To The Contrary: Citizenship Gender Bias

November 12 2010


To the Contrary: Will Women Lose Power in Congress After the Election?

October 12 2010


BloggingHeads: Quest for Narrative to Explain Midterms

August 30 2010


What's Up with Terry Lowry: Return to Sender

August 18 2010


The Andy Caldwell Show: Return to Sender

August 16 2010


To The Contrary: Gay Marriage

August 13 2010


What's Up with Terry Lowry: What is Legislative Intent?

July 21 2010


To The Contrary: The Vatican vs. Women Priests

July 16 2010


The Steve Largent Show: Race and Gender Quotas

July 14 2010


The Andy Caldwell Show: Race and Gender Quotas

July 13 2010


CBN Newswatch: Upcoming Midterm Elections

July 13 2010


What's Up with Terry Lowry: Cap and Tax

July 12 2010


IWF in the News: Let He Without Sin...

July 12 2010


CBN News: New Palin Ad Shows 'Mama Grizzlies' on the Rise

July 11 2010


IWF in the News: New Palin Ad Shows 'Mama Grizzlies' on the Rise

July 11 2010


To The Contrary: Social Media

July 9 2010


CBN News: Health Care Law More Burden to Medicaid?

July 8 2010


IWF in the News: NICE to meet you, Mr. Berwick

July 8 2010


IWF In the News: DAS President

June 30 2010


The Alana Burke Show: Recent Elections with Big Wins for Women

June 12 2010


Viewpoints with Lockwood Phillips: Too Many Women in Politics?

June 10 2010


To The Contrary: Burqa Ticket

May 24 2010


The Andy Caldwell Show: Iran and the United Nations

May 4 2010


To The Contrary: Immigration Reform on Deck

April 28 2010


To the Contrary: Surprise! Your're A Dad

March 6 2010


CNN News Room: Can Independents Help Ease Partisanship?

March 1 2010


The Asians 'Set Me Up’

April 28 2012


Our Growing Seed Patent Problem

April 10 2012


Unemployment Extension – Version 2

February 28 2012


Consequences of Counterfeiting: It's in the Bag

October 5 2011


The UN's Upside-Down Food Priorities

September 28 2011


RTV: Will the U.S. Climb Out of Debt?

August 15 2011


Liberty Cap Talk: Obama Administration's Taxing, Spending, and Regulatory Policies

June 30 2011


Wal-Mart Decision: A Victory for Women

June 21 2011


Protecting Consumers from Themselves

June 8 2011


Fox News: Debt Ceiling Debate

May 13 2011


The Joy Cardin Show: Obama vs. Rep. Ryan on the Budget

April 27 2011


Fox News: Wall Street Warns of Doomsday

April 25 2011


The Speech That Could've Been

January 27 2011


Gender quotas at Davos

January 14 2011


CBN News: The State of the Union

January 5 2011


Microfinance: Empowering Women or Micro-Effective?

November 1 2010


Stiletto Nation: Government's Not Helping Female Entrepreneurs

October 27 2010


What Kind of "Green" do we Need in Education?

September 24 2010


GOP's Pledge Ignores Social Security

September 24 2010


At Least the New Boss Isn't as Bad as the Old Boss

September 14 2010


Shiny Object August

August 23 2010


Amending the Constitution, A Quick Review

August 23 2010


Return to sender, the slow death of the Postal Service

August 12 2010


DC Public Schools Moving in the Right Direction? Maybe

July 23 2010


Burqa Ban Backfire?

July 21 2010


On Humble Policymaking

July 20 2010


More Bank For Your Buck

April 22 2010


Tax Me Once, Shame on You, Tax Me Twice...

April 21 2010


Busted Budgeting

February 9 2010


Policy Brief #28: The Worst Aspects of the Current Health Reform Proposals: More Taxes, Higher Costs, More Government Control, and Less Individual Freedom

January 13 2010


Don't Fear the Reaper - Fear Uncle Sam

January 12 2010


Economic Relay Race

December 15 2009


Oil, Oil Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Pump

December 2 2009


Families Will Suffer Under Cap-and-Trade

November 18 2009


Letter to the Editor: What Women Want

November 16 2009


Remarks made by Nicole Kurokawa at the Patients First Ladies Tea Party

October 16 2009


Somewhere Over the Border

October 2 2009


What a Government-Run Plan Will Mean for Children

September 2 2009