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Nearly five years after an initiative to put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill was introduced, White House press secretary Jen Psaki informed reporters in a briefing Monday that the Biden administration is “exploring ways to speed up the process” that was stopped during President Trump’s tenure. … [Read more...] about Harriet Tubman will finally replace Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill

Like the rest of today’s bills, the Tubman design has all of these features. In fact, the bill looks almost identical to the ones that are already in your wallet, except for an important difference: This is the first time a woman and a person of color will be on any standard denomination. Despite the political back and forth, getting a glimpse of what the future Tubmans might look like is downright inspiring. It’s about time. … [Read more...] about See a proposed redesign of the $20 bill, featuring Harriet Tubman

After a couple of years of developing the idea and assembling a list of possible candidates, Howard saw a window of opportunity in July 2014 when President Barack Obama suggested in a speech that it would be a “pretty good idea” to put a woman on U.S. currency. And it’s within his power. The president just needs to direct the Treasury secretary to make the change. It takes 100,000 votes to petition the White House for executive action, so the Women on 20s campaign goal is to capture at least that many votes. … [Read more...] about Inside The Campaign To Get A Woman On The $20 Bill

Climate change is only one of the challenges the animals face. “It’s a combination of increasing land-use pressures from forestry, energy, mining, and infrastructure development and a changing climate that together makes the situation so hard to deal with,” says Per Sandström, a landscape ecologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Intensive forestry means that there are fewer old trees where lichens grow. Forests are becoming more and more fragmented. Climate change has also led to drought and devastating wildfires in northern Sweden. … [Read more...] about Reindeer need infrastructure, too. These bridges are just for them

Scener works with most of the big-name services—Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video, among others—and supports up to 10 people in a room at a time. As long as you and whoever else is watching all have accounts for whichever service, you can watch shows and movies together, complete with live video chatting in the sidebar. … [Read more...] about Forget Zoom happy hours. Here are 4 livelier ways to socialize remotely