Minneapolis Men Allegedly Trying to Join ISIS Highlight Role of American Recruiter

Recently, six men have tried going to Syria to join the ISIS terrorist organization.  A man by the name of Abdi Nur, originally from Minneapolis, has been attempting to get his friends in Syria but has failed multiple times now.  He is a big recruiter for ISIS by getting people from America to join.  They had been talking to Abdi over social networks and other forms of communication that have been discovered by the FBI resulting in the arrests along with leads from other individuals.  Although these men were in custody, Adbi is still promising them that he can get them to Syria with him.  Before the men were captured, they were instructed to get fake passports from Mexico to get through to Syria.  The fight with ISIS is ongoing and will continue to be for many years to come.

Perez, Evan. "Minneapolis Men Allegedly Trying to Join ISIS Highlight Role of American Recruiter." CNN. Cable News Network, 20 Apr. 2015. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. <http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/20/politics/isis-minnesota-arrests-abdi-nur/index.html>.

Female finalists to be the new face of the $20 bill

There is a group of people fighting to get a womans face on the $20 bill.  The group labels themselves as W20 and are hoping to have a face on it by 2020 because it will be the 100 anniversary of women gaining the right to vote.  There are only 4 women left in the drawing including Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Mankiller.  These finalists were selected by a group of 250,000 voters which took place online.  

Rooney, Ben. "Female Finalists to Be the New Face of the $20 Bill." CNN Money. Cable News Network, 8 Apr. 2015. Web. 9 Apr. 2015. <http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/08/news/woman-on-20-bill/index.html>