By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Since the beginning of the Fearless initiative, we’ve been adamant about connection being one of its core values. Women are often seen as the glue that holds communities together, but they often lack opportunities to sit Read more…
Count the Kicks app, started in Iowa, hopes to decrease preventable stillbirths throughout the US By Emily Barske, Business Record editor For Emily Price, the work of Count the Kicks is personal. It saved her son’s life. In 2010, she Read more…
By Emily Kestel To help kick off Pride Month, we asked leaders in the LGBTQ community throughout the state about the barriers they continue to face and how to best support them. We talked with: Jewell Amos, interim president, Iowa Read more…
By Harwant Khush, research consultant, Tero International “Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.” – P. Yogananda Gaslighting is a psychological concept to signify emotional and mental abuses that people inflict to gain control and dominance over others. Read more…
By Emily Barske, Business Record editor A few weeks ago I saw an Instagram post about what we celebrate. The post said we often put a lot into celebrating what our society deems the big things: graduations, engagement, marriage, pregnancies, Read more…
By Emily Kestel The University of Iowa was recognized as a national leader in gender representation in leadership in a January 2022 study by the Eos Foundation. The study, called “The Women’s Power Gap at Elite Universities: Scaling the Ivory Read more…
By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Editor’s note: A leaked draft opinion obtained and published by Politico last week showed that the Supreme Court has voted to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision, the 49-year precedent that protected the constitutional right to abortion. Chief Read more…
By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Representation and inclusion of all women in leadership positions continues to be an issue that businesses and organizations are dealing with. In our first Fearless Focus event of the year, we spoke with five women across Read more…
By Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO, Business Publications Corp. If asked who my female heroes were when I was growing up, I would probably have said Joan of Arc, Frida Kahlo or Amelia Earhart – historical figures I admired Read more…
By Emily Kestel As of May 2, I’ve been alive for a quarter of a century. In that time, I’ve had plenty of ups, and a fair share of downs. I’ve learned what I like and what I don’t. I Read more…