Category: Taking Care of Business
Sistas Under Siege
by Fierce Contributor | Feb 26, 2024 | Fierce Voices, Money & Careers, News, Podcasts, Taking Care of Business, The Fierce interview, Top Feature | 0
Over the past few months, it seems every news cycle has carried story after story of attacks on the expertise, professionalism and character of Black women who occupy positions of power. Naturally, Fierce and Black Women Unmuted decided we must talk about it. Who better to discuss what’s happening to us, than us?
Read More‘We Made It. All of Us,’ Jackson Says in Celebratory Speech
by Fierce Contributor | Apr 9, 2022 | Joy!, News, Taking Care of Business, Top Feature | 0
By Nyah Marshall It was truly a day of celebration as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson made her first...
Read MoreJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson Breaks Through ‘Concrete Ceiling’
by Fierce Contributor | Apr 7, 2022 | Joy!, News, Taking Care of Business | 0
By Nyah Marshall Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court...
Read MoreBlack Women Lead Rally for Ketanji Brown Jackson as Confirmation Hearings Begin
by Fierce Contributor | Mar 22, 2022 | News, Taking Care of Business | 0
People gathered outside U.S. Supreme Court to push Congress to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s quest to become the first Black woman on the high court.
Read MoreJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson Called ‘Outstanding Nominee’ for Supreme Court
by Fierce Contributor | Feb 25, 2022 | News, Joy!, Taking Care of Business | 0
By Nyah Marshall Americans around the country, especially legal scholars and Black women, are...
Read MoreBarbados Leader Calls Out COP26 Copouts on Climate Change
by Fierce Contributor | Nov 13, 2021 | Fierce Voices, Environmental Health, Health & Wellness, Health News, News, Taking Care of Business, Top Feature | 0
THE TAKEAWAY: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley summed up almost everything you need to...
Read MoreBeing Regina King
by Fierce Contributor | Sep 30, 2021 | Joy!, Taking Care of Business, Top Feature | 0
Regina King portrayed the around-the-way girl we grew up with on “227,” Poetic Justice and A Thin...
Read MoreBlack Women Come Up Short on Funds and Food in COVID-19 Pandemic
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Health & Wellness, Taking Care of Business, Top Feature | 0
How Village Minds Addresses a National Crisis, One Bag of Groceries at a Time By Marissa Evans...
Read MoreSowing Her Dream: Deep Roots Organic Farm
by Sheree Crute | Apr 26, 2021 | Careers, Joy!, Money & Careers, Taking Care of Business, The Fierce Interview, Top Feature | 0
An organic, Black woman-owned farm is thriving and bringing change to life just outside of...
Read MoreStacey Abrams’ Playbook Is a Model for the U.S.
by Fierce Contributor | Jan 3, 2021 | News, Taking Care of Business, Top Feature | 0
Stacey Abrams not only helped to flip her home state to Democrats for the first time in a...
Read More15 Fiercest Sisters
by Fierce Contributor | Dec 30, 2020 | Top Feature, COVID-19, Taking Care of Business | 0
We stroll to the polls and flexed our power at every level from City Council to the White House....
Read MoreKamala Harris: ‘A Win to See a Black Woman on a National Stage’
by Yanick Rice Lamb | Nov 7, 2020 | News, Taking Care of Business, Top Feature | 0
Today is a day of firsts as Kamala Devi Harris becomes the highest-ranking female U.S. official in...
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