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You Can't Pick Produce on Zoom
...but you can organize. Activist and former farm worker Flor Martinez on how she's working for marginalized communities, the forgotten essential workers, during COVID-19.
By Magdalena Puniewska Published
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The Gray-Area Economy
With more employees working from home, the line between freelance and full-time is fuzzier than ever.
By Jenna Birch Published
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How to Maximize Your Productivity as a Freelancer
Features Face down the mental barriers of this major career switch.
By Maria Ricapito Published
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Your Guide to Getting Benefits as a Freelancer
Features Three steps to getting your you-know-what together.
By Maria Ricapito Published
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How to Afford the Freelance Life
Features Expert tips for having enough money when a paycheck is not guaranteed.
By Brittney Oliver Published
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Transitioning in the Age of Zoom
Revealing changes in your gender presentation can be complicated when you haven’t seen family or coworkers in person in months.
By Lauren Rowello Published
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There Wasn’t a Community for Black Women in Venture Capital. So Black Women in Venture Capital Made Their Own.
In the mid 2010s, Sarah Kunst, Mercedes Bent, Sydney Sykes, and Sydney Thomas were scanning the industry for women who looked like them. Once they found each other, they made it their mission to disrupt the VC game from the inside.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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How to Be a Boss and Your Own Employee Right Now
Features Essential tips to avoid the burnout breaking point.
By The Editors Published
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How Our EIC Has Perfected Her Work-From-Home Routine
Hint: walks and fresh air are key!
By Maya McDowell Published
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The Big Business of Activism
What happens when a social-justice movement grows so much, it must pivot to become an office-space-occupying, salary-paying, benefits-offering operation?
By Britt Peterson Published
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How Cathy Engelbert and the WNBA Pulled Off a Slam-Dunk Season
Engelbert brought business savvy, and compassion, when the WNBA needed it most.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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Everything That Happened at Marie Claire's First Power On Event
Gabrielle Union, Taraji P. Henson, and more of MC's guests shared powerful takeaways.
By Sally Holmes Published
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The Privacy Whisperers
You've read about their companies in the news. Now, hear from the women behind data privacy at the tech industry's heaviest hitters—Facebook, Apple, Google, and more.
By Colleen Leahey McKeegan Published
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Is My Workplace Watching Me?
As we adjust to the work-from-home life, some worry employers might take, um, more liberties when it comes to our private data.
By Kate Dwyer Published
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This Chef Is Feeding Maryland’s Hungry—in More Ways Than One
Monique Jordan leads a job training program run by the Maryland Food Bank, fighting the state's hunger crisis by helping students learn how to help themselves.
By Kristen Mascia Published
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How To Send A Truly Thoughtful Thank You
How To It's more than a simple note.
By Leah Melby Clinton Published
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Warning Working Moms: Your Partner Is Your Glass Ceiling
Bestselling author and essayist Caitlin Moran warns in her new book More Than a Woman that a mother’s career is only as good as the man or woman she marries.
By Jo Piazza Published
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The Women Reinventing the Way We Work
COVID-19 forced about two thirds of Americans to hastily pack up their offices and head to homemade workstations. Many will never go back. These six women are making WFH the new reality.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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Fashwire Connects Designers to Consumers In Real-Time
The future of fashion is now.
By Sara Holzman Published
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Today, Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, Illustrates Just How Much Black Women Are Undervalued and Underpaid
In addition to the wage gap, new research from LeanIn.org shows that there are numerous "invisible" injustices as well.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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The Reigning Queen of TikTok
She’s not lip-synching, break dancing, or completing the #UmbrellaChallenge. She’s not Loren Gray, Addison Easterling, or Charli D’Amelio. But Vanessa Pappas is TikTok’s secret weapon, and, as the social media company’s U.S. general manager, she’s leading the unequivocally popular—and controversial—app into a future unknown.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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Say Yes to That Dress
Julie Bornstein, founder of fashion app The Yes, shares how artificial intelligence is changing the way we shop online.
By Sara Holzman Published
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Lyda Hill Philanthropies Launches the IF/THEN Collection to Educate About Women In STEM
More than 125 women will serve as ambassadors for the program.
By Bianca Rodriguez Published
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How to Ace a Phone Interview and Make It Through to the Next Level
Features Most job interviews start with a phone call these days, so nailing them is crucial.
By Liz Bentley Published
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It's Time for the Sex Toy Industry to Reckon With Its Racism
Meet the Black female entrepreneurs trying to make pleasure equitable.
By Hallie Lieberman Published
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Centuries of Racism Have Created a Mental Health Crisis Among Black Americans
Marah Lidey, cofounder and co-CEO of wellness app Shine, shares how years of racism has significantly impacted the collective mental health of Black Americans—and how her own experiences inspired her to help others.
By Marah Lidey Published