Stories compiled by Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor Each year, more than 15,000 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer. Roughly 11% of those diagnosed die. Yet research on pediatric cancer remains underfunded – just 4% of the federal budget Read more…
By Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor Much like the rest of the world, Marti Payseur did not know what was in store for 2020. In 2019, Payseur and her partner, Ash Bruxvoort, opened Thistle’s Summit Bed & Breakfast, a 2,800-square-foot Victorian Read more…
By Dorene MacVey, founder, head coach of ithrive31 I am a planner. I love planning. In corporate America, I was raised on it. Throughout my career, I’ve created strategic and financial plans, annual operating plans and individual development plans. Long-term Read more…
By Emily Barske, Business Record Editor 2020 was not a great time to build a home – or to kick off a capital campaign to fund it. As the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the economy, the prices of building Read more…
By Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor More than 1.4 million adults in the U.S. identify as transgender. Many want to receive gender affirmation care, but can’t afford it. One new Iowa mutual aid organization is trying to change that. Earlier this year, Max Read more…
By Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor Last month, Business Record Editor Emily Barske spoke with LaNisha Cassell, executive director of the African American Museum of Iowa, about the topic of confidence. Below are highlights. On what confidence means: “For me it’s Read more…
Takeaways from theSkimm’s “Back to ‘Normal’ Power Panel” By Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor Last month, theSkimm co-founders and co-CEOs Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg hosted a virtual panel about what the return to normal needs to look like for working Read more…
KNOW YOUR WORTH: FEARLESS STORIES AT WORK, BY Some people are drawn to their life’s calling almost naturally. For others, like Elizabeth Balcarcel, that larger purpose finds them — perhaps by fate, by chance, or a bit of both. Balcarcel Read more…
By Seeta Lee, writer and educator Please do me a favor. List the things that make you or would make you feel confident in your body, your intellectual abilities, your skills, your family – anything you value. Your list need Read more…
By Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor Earlier this month, The 19th – a national nonprofit news organization that covers the intersections of gender, politics and policy – hosted its annual virtual summit. More than 50 speakers, including Billie Jean King, House Read more…