15 Fiercest Sisters of 2017
Black girls rock — from the polls to the silver screen. We’re triple threats. We’re...
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Category: Careers
Katherine Johnson Joins ‘Hidden Figures’ Cast for Oscar Surprise
Katherine C. Johnson brought audience members at the 2017 Oscars to their feet in a standing...
Read MoreChanging the Face of Medicine
“You can’t be what you can’t see,”says Joycelyn Elders, M.D. The former U.S. Surgeon General is...
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#BlackGirlMagic Hits the Academy. But When Will It Hit Our Paychecks?
“Good news, bad news,” writes Angela Bronner Helm on a new study from the National...
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Fierce Friday: Tips for the New Grad in Your Life
College students are walking across the stage and into their future careers over the next several...
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Black Nurses: Healing Their Community
The history of African-American nurses is not just a critical piece of women’s history, it’s an...
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Will Viola or Taraji Get Away With an Emmy for Drama?
Our first Fierce cover girl is having an amazing year. She turned the big 5-0 on Aug. 11 and...
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New Rules for Wellness Programs at Work
Business groups praised a proposed new rule from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
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Medical Pioneer Opened Black Hospital
When no hospital in the Columbia, S.C., area would allow an African-American physician and surgeon...
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She’s Got Game: Pam Oliver and Other Black Women Who Know the Score
Ageism, sexism and racism have been at the center of the controversy over Fox Sports’...
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Admiral Michelle Howard Makes Navy History
Adm. Michelle Howard is the first woman and African American in the history of the U.S. Navy to be...
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Shari Headley Stars at Home and in Community
Beloved as an around-the-way girl who becomes a princess in the urban classic Coming to America,...
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Fierce Voices
Sparing the Rod and
Saving Our Children
Stacey Patton provides a powerful, heart-breaking look at the link with white supremacy and why it's time to stop hitting our children, for their sake and the future of black families. Click here to read.
