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This reconstruction of a marble archer shows the vivid colors that characterized Greek sculpture, and patterns that identify him as a fighter from Persia.

We know Greek statues weren't white. Now you can see them in color.

A new exhibit in New York shows what the statues ACTUALLY looked like.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a masked pedestrian passes a banner honoring health care workers in the window of a medical center in Boston. House Democrats are proposing hazard pay for front-line workers in a new relief bill.

House Democrats Unveil $3 Trillion Proposal For Coronavirus Relief

House Democrats plan a Friday vote on another massive relief bill that has more money for states, help for the jobless and virus-testing funds. Republicans immediately called it a partisan wish list.

Detroit-Hamtramck GM workers talk plant closure: "We want that same loyalty reciprocated."

As General Motors tries to forge a new future at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit, some employees spoke out Monday about how…

Harry Styles isn't the leader of a fashion revolution, but neither is Billy Porter

Marginalized members of the LGBT community were pushing the binaries of gender fashion long before celebrities moved in.

A lighthouse, silhouetted against a pinkish horizon, overlooking Lake Michigan

“Ladies of the Lights:” How Michigan women lived and served as lighthouse keepers

Michigan has more than its fair share of lighthouses. In fact, the Great Lakes state, with its expansive shorelines, boasts the most in the country. When…

Peace Corps volunteer Adam Greenberg worked to develop fish farming in Zambia. He took this selfie on March 23, en route to San Diego, the final destination of his evacuation.

Coronavirus Sent Peace Corps Volunteers Home. It Could Also Give Them A New Mission

Some 7,000 volunteers were evacuated in an unprecedented callback. Back home and jobless, they're in limbo — but there's a proposal to enlist them in the fight against COVID-19.

Stateside: Midland dam failure; from hotel to grocer; retooling schools for social distancing

Today on Stateside, thousands have evacuated Midland County after dam failures led to an emergency. We check in with a hydrologist about what causes dam…

'Crying Laughing' Will Have You Doing Both

Lance Rubin's new novel follows an aspiring young comedian as she navigates the rough waters of romance, improv and her father's failing health, with plenty of laughs to light the darker moments.

Not your grandmother's nuclear reactor. A drawing of Oklo's proposed Aurora nuclear power plant, which would produce enough electricity for about 1000 homes.

Smaller Nuclear Plants May Come With Less Stringent Safety Rules

Proposed new emergency preparedness rules would allow nuclear plants closer to where people live. Companies say the plants are safer, but they need the rule changes for a viable business model.

NPR asked our audience to find inspiration in — and then write an ekphrastic poem about — two paintings: <em>Heat Wave</em> by Kadir Nelson (left) and <em>Young Woman At A Window </em>by Salvador Dali.

'Social Distance': A Community-Style Poem To Help You Feel Less Isolated

Last month, poet Kwame Alexander asked you to write a poem inspired by two paintings of women looking out of a window. Many of you found a way to express life during the coronavirus pandemic.

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