NEW YORK (Reuters) – (The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) How exactly does one get started on the road to saving the planet? We talked to a few environmental heroes about the jobs that got them started in life and activism... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Here is some good news to hold onto this holiday season: Americans are giving more than ever. Last year, Americans gave a total of $410 billion to worthy causes, according to Giving USA, surpassing $400 billion for the first time ever. And... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Without music, life would be a mistake, according to the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Yet some of the world’s most famed musicians did not begin their careers belting out hits onstage. They had to endure scrappy jobs, just like ... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice heads to her seat before a ceremony awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to various receipients in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria NEW YO... More »
David Silverman, director nominated for Animated Short Film for “Maggie Simpson In The Longest Daycare” and Matt Groening (R) arrive at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013 REUTERS/Adrees Latif NEW YORK (Reuters) – Think of the go... More »
FILE PHOTO: Drew Gilpin Faust speaks to reporters after being introduced as the 28th president of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts February 11, 2007. REUTERS/Adam Hunger NEW YORK (Reuters) – (This January 4 story has been refiled to remove refere... More »
Casper CEO Philip Krim speaks at the Wall Street Journal Digital conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake NEW YORK (Reuters) – If any industry is in the throes of total disruption right now, it is retail. Some brick-an... More »
Looking at the weather and other natural phenomena these days, it seems the only thing that has yet to occur is a plague of locusts. More »
You have to be pretty tough to make it as a four-star general in the U.S. military. So it makes sense that some top military commanders would get their starts working in rigorous first jobs. More »
Even for a jaded town like New York City, there is something magical about a Broadway show. More »
FILE PHOTO – Conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall speaks during a news conference at the National Geographic summit in Lisbon, Portugal May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante While top scientists may be deploying their brainpower on critical projects... More »
U.S. Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper poses for photos in front of the Capitol in Havana, Cuba February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini The road to the governor’s mansion is not always paved with public-service positions. Many state leaders got thei... More »
Journalist Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the books Freakanomics and SuperFreakonomics, speaks during the SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT) Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada May 11, 2011. REUTERS/Steve Marcus It might not make a lot of sense to our grandparents, bu... More »
Pamela Meyer, lie detector, speaks during Session 6: The Dark Side, during TEDGlobal, in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 13, 2011. Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED to-last paragraph) More »
Writer James Patterson poses to promote the new movie ‘Alex Cross’ based on his novel ‘Cross’ at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles, California, October 6, 2012. REUTERS/Bret Hartman Writers need good stories to stoke their fiction. What better way to get materia... More »
Journalist Fareed Zakaria speaks to Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak during an interview at the Council of Foreign Relations during the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Lott If there is one subject at the for... More »
NEW YORK Before they found fame, or found each other, what did celebrity couples like Dr Phil and Robin McGraw do in their first jobs? In the latest in Reuters’ monthly ‘First Jobs’ series, we talked to couples who work as TV personalities, actors, models or a... More »
