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Uber headquarters in San Francisco on March 1, 2017. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology — known as The Penn Museum — has hired refugees and immigrants from the Middle East, Africa and Central America as part of their "Global Guides" program. Moumena Saradar, who is originally from Syria, stands next to the wedding jewelry and headdress of Queen Puabi, her favorite part of the Middle East gallery. Cameron Pollack for NPR hide caption
In this March 2, 1995 file photo, Word of Faith Fellowship church leader Jane Whaley talks to members of the media, accompanied by her husband, Sam, in Spindale, N.C. Chuck Burton/AP hide caption
Word Of Faith's Pattern Of Abuse 'Got Worse Over Time,' Says 'Broken Faith' Author
John Trumbull's painting The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Peter Salem is thought to be the figure in the lower right. From the Boston Museum of Fine Arts hide caption
'Black Patriots' Were Heroes Of The Revolution — But Not The History Books
Podcaster Leon Neyfakh leads you through some of Watergate's lesser-known twists and turns on the EPIX series Slow Burn. Cara Howe/Epix hide caption
Two images from Janelle Lynch's photo book "Another Way of Looking at Love" Janelle Lynch hide caption
The Only Child, by Mie-Ae Seo Ecco hide caption
Brooke Simpson, age 10, makes a turkey call on stage at the Grand National Calling Championships in Nashville on Feb. 14. Emily Siner/WPLN hide caption
Break-Ups And Throw-Ups: What It's Like To Work At A Restaurant On Valentine's Day
Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in the new dark comedy Downhill. Fox Searchlight Pictures hide caption
In 'Downhill,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus And Will Ferrell Are 'Not Here To Play It Safe'
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) get a full reboot in Cathy Yan's Birds of Prey. Warner Bros. Pictures/ & © DC Comics hide caption
Michael (LaKeith Stanfield) and Mae (Issa Rae) look picture-perfect in The Photograph. Universal Pictures hide caption
Kathy (Judy Greer) looks concerned, a thing Judy Greer does a lot in movies, in Buffaloed. Magnolia Pictures hide caption
He has a very particular set of coping skills: Tom (Liam Neeson) and Joan (Lesley Manville) face her cancer diagnosis together in Ordinary Love. Bleecker Street hide caption
The FBI building in downtown Washington, D.C. — Utah Sen. Mike Lee describes it as looking like "an abandoned set from The Hunger Games." ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
'Just Plain Ugly': Proposed Executive Order Takes Aim At Modern Architecture
A clerk pick an item for a customer order at the Amazon Prime warehouse in New York. Amazon Empire director James Jacoby describes the pace of work within the company's warehouses as "incredibly grueling." Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Filmmaker Tracks Bezos' 'Rise And Reign' And How Amazon Became 'Inescapable'
Years ago, John Sonsini began approaching men in Los Angeles who were looking for work â and offering them modeling jobs. The results are on view in a show called Cowboy Stories & New Paintings. Above, Saul & Lorenzo, 2008. John Sonsini hide caption
Artist Says His Portraits Of Day Laborers Are Paintings — Not Statements
Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America, by Conor Dougherty Penguin Press; hide caption
