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Rebecca Clarke Braiding Without a License
Aicheria Bell helped file a lawsuit to allow stylists like herself to serve customers without technically committing a crime.
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Rebecca Clarke Founding a Minority-Led Firm in One of the Least Diverse Industries
Five years ago, three black female lawyers were getting tired of feeling isolated at company after company. So they created their own.
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Rebecca Clarke A Conversation With a Teacher Who Decided to Go on Strike
Noam Gundle, who teaches high-school biology in Seattle, talks about how he’s seen the public-education system change in the last 15 years.
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Rebecca Clarke A Snapshot of a 21st-Century Librarian
As the way people access information changes, librarians like Theresa Quill are exploring ways to make their jobs newly relevant.
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Rebecca Clarke The Pull of Personal Stylists in the Online-Shopping Era
Rachel Venrick, who works at the Nordstrom at the Mall of America, talks about how retailers are using old-school amenities to get people in the door.
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Rebecca Clarke What It’s Like to Prepare Cleveland for the Republican Convention
Brittany Williams talks about getting ready for one of the biggest national political events just four weeks after the city won an NBA championship.
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Jim Mone / AP What It's Like to Manage in the Mall of America
Brittany Berghorst, the store manager at Levi’s, talks about working retail long term and how she deals with the worst customers in the country’s largest shopping center.
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Rebecca Clarke A Ranger Looks Back on 50 Years at Glacier National Park
The National Park Service has been around for 100 years, and Bob Schuster has been helping visitors connect with nature for 50 of them.
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Rebecca Clarke What It's Like to Work at an Ice Cream Factory
Althea Sherwood talks about her long career at Ben & Jerry’s, and why flavors with cookie dough and frosting are hard to make.
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Rebecca Clarke What It's Like to Preside Over a Small Empire of Parking Garages
Bill Lerner talks about the day-to-day experience of running garages in New York and America's mid-century parking boom.
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Rebecca Clarke Who Uses a Travel Agent in This Day and Age?
Industry veterans such as Kerl Commock say that some travelers still prefer booking through an agency because it saves them time and makes flight cancellations less stressful.
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Rebecca Clarke The Delicate Art of Growing Orchids Professionally
Rosalinda Luna talks about being a woman in agriculture and the challenges of nurturing a fickle plant.
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Matsui Nursery El Arte Delicado de Cultivar Orquídeas Profesionalmente
Rosalinda Luna habla de cómo es ser una mujer trabajando en la agricultura y de los desafíos de criar una planta tan variable.
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Rebecca Clarke What It Was Like to Write Speeches for Apple Executives
Jayne Benjulian, the company’s first chief speechwriter, says crafting keynotes is as difficult as composing poetry.
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Rebecca Clarke What It’s Like to Be a Children’s Rap Lyricist
Ike Ramos talks about his job writing educational songs.
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Rebecca Clarke Not Walgreens, Not CVS: Life as an Independent Pharmacist
Family-run drug stores are an American tradition, one that Vincent Hartzell has wanted to take part in since the fourth grade.
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Rebecca Clarke What It’s Like to Be a Doctor for Sport Horses
"Our hospital is no different than a human hospital, really. It’s just a little bit bigger."
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Rebecca Clarke Life as the OnStar Voice: Arranging Tow Trucks and Delivering Babies
Letisha Ghanbari has talked people through lock-outs, roadside assistance, and, of course, childbirth.
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Rebecca Clarke Learning to Listen, With the Help of Improv
A veteran comedy teacher says that classes are about more than being funny.
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Rebecca Clarke The Weird, Wonderful Job of Being a Tour Guide in the Age of Google
In Hawaii, the secret to keeping tourists on schedule is pineapple ice cream.
