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News Articles: Harriet Tubman

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, pictured on Capitol Hill last month, called for a permanent expansion of the child tax credit during an interview with NPR on Thursday.

Families Are Receiving A Child Tax Credit. Janet Yellen Says It Should Be Permanent

In an interview with NPR, the Treasury secretary calls to permanently expand the child tax credit being paid out to American families starting this week.

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  • Noel King and
  • Scott Horsley
Supporters rally outside the U.S. Treasury Department in 2019 to demand that American abolitionist Harriet Tubman's image be put on the $20 bill.

Biden Administration Will 'Speed Up' Efforts To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill

Press secretary Jen Psaki said it's important that "our money ... reflect the history and diversity of our country." The effort to redesign the $20 bill foundered during the Trump administration.

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  • Laurel Wamsley

OST Full Show: Syria, Harriet Tubman, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Chef Debrah VanTrece

Turkey’s pause in military operations in Syria ends Tuesday. The horrors happening to Kurds are unfolding on the other side of the world. Find out why...

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"The Tubman Command" imagines what life was like for Harriet Tubman as a scout in the Union army.

Harriet The Spy: Author Brings Tubman's Civil War Espionage To Life In New Novel

There are some stories that bear repeating over and over. One of those stories is Harriet Tubman’s. A new movie about the heroic abolitionist, known as...

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"The Tubman Command" can be found on store shelvels on May 21.

Harriet The Spy: Author Brings Tubman's Civil War Espionage To Life In New Novel

Members of Congress are working to revive an Obama-era effort to make Harriet Tubman the new face of the $20 bill. A new historical novel about Tubman...

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Beaufort, S.C. leaders unveil a model of the future Harriet Tubman monument. The finished product will stand about 14 feet tall.

Beaufort Church Unveils Model Of Tubman Memorial

As debate flares over Confederate monuments around the country, one church in coastal South Carolina is building a memorial to Harriet Tubman. A model...

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