Trump Branded Solutions (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig May 4, 2017 So it turns out Trump Branded Solutions work not only in the present but in the past, too! Dig deeper

Favorites

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Tubman on the 20

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$20 Bill

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Let’s Be Clear About Andrew Jackson (and Lord Jeffery Amherst)

By Harvey Wasserman / Reader Supported News Apr 25, 2016 The decision to remove the seventh U.S. president from the $20 bill is long overdue. So is the movement to remove the name of Lord Jeffery Amherst from that college town in western Massachusetts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Top Seven Ways Harriet Tubman Is the Most Badass Spy and Warrior Ever to Grace U.S. Currency

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 24, 2016 Despite getting several years of American history while we're in school, most of us probably have only a foggy idea of who the woman chosen to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill was. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Harriet Tubman Fits the $20 Bill Better Than Andrew Jackson

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 22, 2016 Since the ancient Greeks began stamping coins with images of their gods, nations have used currency to define a pantheon of heroes. Since the ancient Greeks began stamping coins with images of their gods, nations have used currency to define a pantheon of heroes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert on the Money: Harriet Tubman Will Grace $20 Bills; Now, How About That Wage Gap?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2016 "It's gonna get awkward in your wallet when she runs into Washington and Jefferson." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Twenty Dollar Bill

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Harriet Tubman and the Currency of Resistance

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Apr 21, 2016 What better tribute to her lifetime of struggle could there be than to place her image into the hands of hundreds of millions of people? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jacksonland

By David Treuer Jul 17, 2015 Everyone knows, or should know, about the Cherokee Trail of Tears in the early 1830s. But not till now, with NPR journalist Steve Inskeep's new book focusing on President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross, has this episode in American history been rendered in such personal and human detail. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Who Are the Most Overrated U.S. Presidents in History?

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 18, 2013 The annual Presidents Day holiday usually gives American history scholars a chance to intellectually fight it out over over which U.S. presidents are the best and the worst. But Think Progress went a different route this year and instead ranked the five most overrated ones. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )