In 2020, it will be the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment, giving women in the United States the right to vote. A group think that this would be a great opportunity to have a woman's image placed on the twenty dollar bill by this anniversary date. Currently, Andrew Jackson's portrait is found on a $20 bill. With Jackson's policies towards Native Americans, especially the forced movement from their lands(called the Trail of Tears),with the Indian Removal Act of 1930, it is this bill's image, which Women on $20s seek to change.The group is asking people to vote on one of fifteen women,including Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony and Eleanor Roosevelt, to be considered, as a replacement. There is also a petition asking the President to recommend that the US Treasury make such a change. And, if you are wondering, Sacagawea, is currently honored on a dollar coin. Previously, there was a Susan B. Anthony dollar coin and Helen Keller's image can be found on one side of the 2003 Alabama quarter. Which woman might you wish to see honored on a $20 bill? Why? Click here to learn more:womenon20s.org

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There may be some good news about the panda. In the past 10 years,the number of panda in the wilds of China, has risen. Back in 2003, there were approximately 1596 pandas left in the wild. At the latest count, there are now 1864. The biggest threat to the panda is destruction of their habitat. Increased building of roads and hydroelectric power plants in areas in which the wild pandas live, are two of the biggest threats to the panda population. Conservation efforts seem to be helping but there is still much more that needs to be done to insure that pandas will always have a place on our planet.

Artifacts from the past(things made by people) can be found in museums around the world. These artifacts shows visitors what ancient peoples made and used. Sadly,this week, the Mosul Museum, in the Iraqi city of Mosul, was attacked by the barbaric ISIS group. Using sledge hammers, these people smashed sculptures ,some dating back 4000 years, at the second latest museum in the country of Iraq! One particular sculpture, a huge winged bull, from the Assyrian culture, was destroyed as was a stone tablet, which some say is the world's oldest menu(from King Ashurbanipal 11). Previously, these extremists,also destroyed a library, in Mosul, several weeks before, burning more than 8000 rare books!