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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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The experience took a toll on her mental health. Watson, a licensed social worker who works for a federal agency, was diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A trauma-like effect on Black women’s health For more than 15 years, Sierra Carter, Ph.D., I was good at what I did.”

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Why Human Connections Are A Business Advantage In A Remote World

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Paul joined Charter Communications in 2015, and is responsible for all human resources strategies, policies, and practices for more than 101,000 employees.

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Poor air quality affects chess players, and it might be affecting you too

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The World Health Organization estimate that 99 percent of the world’s population breathe in polluted air each day. Some of the threats air pollution poses to human health are already known. Humans are exposed to poor air quality and pollution almost everywhere. in the air. Throughout the tournaments, concentrations of PM2.5

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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And as that fame grew, so did his fortune—which he immediately started giving away, first in a hefty donation to Chicago Public Schools in 2017, then to the county’s mental health services. In 2016, he co-created the Warmest Winter project, which created coats that doubled as sleeping bags for the homeless. They make you a better person.

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Bad Credit 101: The Small Mistakes That Are Killing Your Score

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Your credit utilization ratio is another major factor that determines your FICO score and, therefore, your overall credit health. File a dispute with whoever is holding the debt (bank, credit card company, collection agency, etc.). This article was published in May 2015 and has been updated. Photo by Kite_rin/Shutterstock.

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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

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Health & Wellness. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill and she was the first female Federal Aviation Agency inspector. The mathematician’s calculations at NASA pioneered the way the space agency operated.

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The four day week and a case of less is more

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Between 2015-2019, Iceland ran two large-scale trials of a reduced working week of 35-36 hours with no reduction in pay. An increase in productivity levels of one-quarter (25 percent) as well improvements in employees’ health, led to a permanent arrangement. Global trials. Instead, look at the results.”.

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