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What Equal Pay Day Gets Wrong
The day marks how far into the year an average woman must work to earn what the average man earned the year prior. In her first finance column for Marie Claire, Sallie Krawcheck shares why Equal Pay Day also isn't measuring up.
By Sallie Krawcheck Published
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Watch VP Harris Speak to NASA Astronauts in Space
The vice president chatted with barrier-breaking female astronauts at the International Space Station about their work in honor of Women's History Month.
By Rachel Epstein Published
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The Totally Counterintuitive Thing Science Says You Should Do to Your Résumé
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By Kate Storey Published
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Can Nextdoor Cure Loneliness?
The company's CEO Sarah Friar thinks yes. She shares how the hyper-local social networking platform is uniting communities across the country.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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New Film Series 'Five' Celebrates Female Entrepreneurs Making Change
Filmmaker Lisa Madison's new project highlights five female entrepreneurs who are determined to make a positive impact on their communities.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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New Initiative Pledges 2 Million Mentorship Minutes to Women In Need
Dee Poku, founder and CEO of the WIE Suite, wants to get women back into the workforce. And she needs your help.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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Twitter's God-is Rivera on Making the Platform More Inclusive
As the global director for culture and community, God-is Rivera amplifies the voices of previously disenfranchised digital communities.
By Brittney Oliver Published
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Hannah Mendoza Is Coming For Your Morning Coffee
Hannah Mendoza was mixing adaptogenic lattes and mushroom coffees out of a van two years ago. Now her company, Clevr Blends, counts Meghan Markle as a fan—and investor.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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How Event Planners Have Pivoted in the Pandemic
We've been shut down for nearly a year: No IRL concerts, conferences, or big weddings (for, ahem, the responsible among us). Marie Claire spoke to female leaders in the event business to find out how they're fairing.
By Leena Rao Published
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Captain Sarah Kociuba Is One of 10 Female B-2 Pilots. She's Flying the Bomber Over the Super Bowl.
Sunday's historical Super Bowl flyover will be captained by Kociuba.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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Marcella Nunez-Smith Is Making COVID-19 Care More Equitable (And So Much More)
The leader of Biden's Health Equity Task Force is getting to work.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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The U.S. Economy Lost 140,000 Jobs In December. All Were Held by Women
2020 HAD to squeeze in such an awful last month, didn't it.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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Don’t Call Allison Statter Kim Kardashian’s Best Friend
She is. But she’s also the successful founder of Blended Strategy Group, a media relations firm repping the likes of Tiffany & Co. and Revlon. Typically fiercely private, last year she emerged from behind the scenes and into her own.
By Rachel Burchfield Published
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10 Questions to Ask During a Job Interview
Sorry, "what does a typical day look like" isn't going to cut it.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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Meet the Finance Leader Helping to Hand Out Billions in Small Business Loans
Bank of America's Sharon Miller on the state of the entrepreneurial spirit and the importance of shopping small.
By The Editors Published
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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
Face down the mental barriers of this major career switch.
By Maria Ricapito Published
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How to Afford the Freelance Life
Expert tips for having enough money when a paycheck is not guaranteed.
By Brittney Oliver 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
Essential tips to avoid the burnout breaking point.
By The Editors Published
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The Best Finance Podcasts Out There
Your wallet will thank you.
By Megan DiTrolio 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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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