i’m sitting here realizing i’ve never heard anyone around me say they didn’t like prince. like, i literally cannot recall anyone, ever, saying “you know, i’m really not feeling that.”
i can’t think of another recording artist i can honestly say that about.
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Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday announced the most sweeping and historically symbolic makeover of American currency in a century, proposing to replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the former slave and abolitionist, and to add women and civil rights leaders to the $5 and $10 notes.
While Hamilton would remain on the $10, and Abraham Lincoln on the $5, images of women would be added to the back of both — in keeping with Mr. Lew’s intent “to bring to life” the national monuments depicted there.
The picture of the Treasury building on the back of the $10 bill would be replaced with a depiction of a 1913 march in support of women’s right to vote that ended at the building, along with portraits of five suffrage leaders: Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul and Susan B. Anthony.
On the flip side of the $5 bill, the Lincoln Memorial would remain, but as the backdrop for the 1939 performance there of Marian Anderson, the African-American classical singer, after she was barred from singing at the segregated Constitution Hall nearby. Sharing space on the rear would be images of Eleanor Roosevelt, who arranged Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial performance, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who in 1963 delivered his “I have a dream” speech from its steps.
Replacing Jackson with Tubman would have been particularly appropriate, because it replaces a slavery proponent with the nation’s most famous abolitionist and former slave who led other slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Nice choice - from a difficult time in our history, a regular woman, not connected to a rich or powerful husband or family, who did the right thing. It is more than fitting that she adorn the $20; that she does so by replacing a racist Indian killer is a powerful sign of the progress of our nation. As the late great Martin Luther King Jr once said so eloquently, “The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.” #Love it!
Gisele Marie, a Muslim woman and professional heavy metal musician, holds her Gibson Flying V electric guitar as walks down stairs at the end of a fund raising concert for the Syrian refugees in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro November 8th, 2015.
Over 126,000+ Brooklyn voters purged.. All Machines down..
The election is being rigged in front of our eyes. The establishment doesn’t even hide it anymore. It’s blatant. I suppose they don’t think they will be held accountable, and they’re probably right. #Hate it!
Please call and report your experience. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has set up a hotline for voters to report problems at the polls. The number is (800) 771-7755. New York’s U.S. attorney’s offices will also be taking complaints at (718) 254-6323 (for Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond, Nassau, and Suffolk counties) and (212) 637-0840 (for New York, Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, and Westchester counties).
Does Ted Cruz think being president of the United States is a part time job or something? Does he think that no one ever says critical things about the president? What job does he think he is applying for?
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The U.S. Treasury Department was initially going to knock Alexander Hamilton off the $10, but (thanks in part to a Broadway musical) will remove Andrew Jackson instead.
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For his latest photo series Urban Fog, photographer Andy Yeung launched a DJI Phantom 3 from Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong to capture the city at night while covered in mist. Yeung said he was inspired by a similar project of the city photographed during the day, and was intrigued to see how he could present the city lights at night as they illuminated the fog. The photos are remarkable for their likeness to a thunderstorm with the cool lights of the city glowing inside the fog like flashes of lightning. You can see more of Yeung’s work on his website. (via Designboom)
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Trying to capture a medium that’s in a constant state of flux would seem stressful in any situation, but photographer Warren Keelan works comfortably in a wetsuit amongst crashing waves on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, always trying for the perfect shot. Whether working completely submerged or perched precariously on the cusp of a behemoth swell, he’s consistently able to find the right angle and lighting to highlight the monumental power of the constantly moving ocean. He shares about his process:
I’ve always had a fascination with nature, especially the ocean and its ever changing forms, and I am compelled to capture and share what I feel are special and unique moments in the sea. I love the raw, unpredictable nature of water in motion and the way sunlight brings it all to life, from both above and below the surface. For me, the challenge is creating an image that hopefully tells a story or leaves an impression on the viewer.
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