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

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Her manager, she said, would make sexualized jokes, resulting in what Watson felt was a hostile work environment. “It It wasn’t until her white counterparts reported similar incidents that her department finally took action. She was put on medication and had to take a few weeks off from work. It was a job that she liked. “I

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How Companies Can Support Moms in–and Returning to—the Workplace

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As the founder and president of a Florida-based public relations and branding agency, she had spent her pre-kid days making the most of the fun parts of her job, even attending events well into the evening. In fact, “11 states have passed paid family and medical leave laws,” according to The Center for American Progress.

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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A 2022 Glossy article notes a reported annual revenue of $100 million and that the company is in a “prime spot” for potential acquisition or a public offering. Unlike some other companies’ processes, its operations don’t damage the ocean ecosystem, and it creates 20% less emissions than salmon production, The Nature Conservancy reports.

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Keely Cat-Wells Is on a Mission to Make Hollywood More Inclusive

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Last year her talent agency, C Talent, was acquired by Whalar in a deal that’s making history as “one of the largest investments ever made in Disabled talent within the creator industry,” according to her profile on RollingStone culture council. Yet only 2.8% And of that, Cat-Wells says 95% of those roles go to able-bodied actors.

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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It’s hard to imagine Jewel—full name Jewel Kilcher—wrote it when she was just 17, two years after leaving an unstable home environment, moving into her own cabin and then leaving Alaska to study operatic voice at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. How do I have agency? After school, she moved to San Diego.

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The Expanding High Skill Gig Economy

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Key quote: "Three-quarters of law firms with more than 250 lawyers use contract attorneys, says a 2016 report from legal consultancy Altman Weil." Doctor on Demand , for example, provides video medical consultation service.  We'll have more on this in the coming weeks after we release the study report.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

There was one particular group of orphan children that was brought to our attention by a Canadian news reporter. Agencies such as World Vision are on the ground now helping where they can. These children, who are under five years old, were fending for themselves on the street because the orphanage collapsed.