PORTLAND, Maine — Men trickle into the Northgate Barber Shop in Portland for a quick haircut and a few wisecracks while they wait. "The haircut is free, the abuse is 10 bucks," one clipper-wielding ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Lesley Bryant loves the art of design. As a graphic designer for a commercial real estate firm, the creative intricacies of her job kept her running. But when she was laid off 12 ...

“Short-haired women — we’re like a squad. It’s hard to explain, but we immediately compliment each others' hair and ask where we got it done,” says Elena Polson, a New York graphic designer who sports ...

Women all over Long Island are busting through the doors of what has traditionally been a male, closed club: The barber shop. Armed with straight razors, edgers, clippers, beard trimmers and scissors, ...