Ted Hearne's latest work, a theatrical production reckoning with gentrification and privilege, was commissioned by the LA Philharmonic and was supposed to premiere on the West Coast in late March. Instead, Place was released as an album. Jen Rosenstein/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari visits "Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street" at Fox Business Network Studios on October 11, 2019. Kashkari is calling for a return to mandated lockdowns in every state for up to six weeks in an effort to save both lives and the economy in response to COVID-19. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images hide caption
Makram El-Amin (left) and Majdi Wadi (right) Yasmin Yassin for NPR hide caption
Rosamund Pike plays Marie Curie in the new Amazon Studios biopic Radioactive. Laurie Sparham/Amazon Studios hide caption
People gather on June 3, at the site where George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption
Armed volunteers take up rooftop positions in a Minneapolis neighborhood; those who are not allowed to carry guns are kept off the roof. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption
Safia Munye looks over the remains of her restaurant, Mama Safia's Kitchen, on Saturday. It was destroyed last week during protests in Minneapolis. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption