Taking Care Of Business | Fierce For Black Women

Nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell Revolutionized Early Childhood Education and Illuminated ‘Hidden Hunger’

by Fierce Contributor | Mar 20, 2025 | Taking Care of Business | 0

Flemmie Pansy Kittrell if she were alive today. Throughout a trailblazing career that spanned half a century, she worked to enhance food security and to improve both diets and children’s health – under the umbrella of home economics.

Marcia Fudge’s Journey From HUD to Home

by Fierce Contributor | Aug 18, 2024 | Ties, Aging Fiercely!, Careers, Family, Taking Care of Business, Top Feature | 0

After 50 years in government, Marcia Fudge left the helm of Housing and Urban Development to spend time with family, but she has something new on her plate.

Kamala Harris Is Making Presidential History

by Fierce Contributor | Jul 22, 2024 | News, Taking Care of Business, Top Feature | 0

Kamala Harris is making history in her quest to be the next president of the United States, and people across the nation is excited to join her.

Women Collect Outfits and Shoes So Others Are Well Cloth’d

by Fierce Contributor | May 30, 2024 | Fierce Finds, Joy!, Lifestyles, Taking Care of Business, Top Feature | 0

Well Cloth’d, a Brooklyn-based non-profit, finds new homes for clothing, shoes and other belongings that often go unused or forgotten in closets.

Remembering Fierce Creative Lisa Hunt (1968-2024)

by Yanick Rice Lamb | Feb 2, 2024 | Community, Aging Fiercely!, Contributors, Taking Care of Business, Ties, Transitions | 0

Lisa Hunt transformed gold leaf into art, put the flair in Fierce’s logo and made words speak volumes with her designs for magazines and websites.

‘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...

Justice 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...

Black 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.