Social Justice Harriet Tubman Won’t Be Featured on the $20 Bill Just Yet. Here’s a Look at Currencies That Already Feature Women. While the U.S. features mainly white men, many countries highlight a more diverse range of people on their currencies. Leah Dunlevy
News in Brief American Museum Collections Are Overwhelmingly White and Male An analysis of the artists represented in the permanent collections of America's major art museums finds three-quarters of them are white men. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Imagining a Fuller Spectrum of Autism on TV Someday, TV will give us autistic characters who aren't all awkward savants. In the meantime, we'll keep claiming characters for our own. Sarah Kurchak
Social Justice Gerber’s New Spokesbaby Has Down Syndrome. So What? Commercial images of cute white babies with Down syndrome aren't revolutionary anymore. David M. Perry
Education The Importance of Female Role Models in the Classroom A recent study finds that female students are more likely to enroll in an upper-level economics class if they have encountered successful women role models in that field. Chinelo Nkechi Ikem
Social Justice ‘Proud Mary’ and the Pressure on Black Audiences to Support Black Movies Analyzing the persistent pressure on black audiences to root for products that aren't always very good. Hanif Abdurraqib
Social Justice Is Minimalism for Black People? Black communities have long practiced core tenets of the lifestyle—yet are not well-represented among its most recognizable influencers. Cameron Glover
News in Brief Redheaded Emoji May Finally Be Coming to the Internet The introduction of redheaded emojis as draft candidates comes as a victory for gingers who have campaigned for representation in emoji for years. Katie Kilkenny
Social Justice The Author Remixing Narrative Tropes to Improve Representation in Sci-Fi and Fantasy In her latest series, Seanan McGuire foregrounds young children who have just returned from magical worlds—and happen to be predominantly girls. David M. Perry
News in Brief ‘Diversity’ Is Losing Its Meaning—What Should We Say Instead? There are great arguments for shifting semantics toward words like “inclusion” and “representation” — but what really matters is that… Pacific Standard Staff