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In 1991, women’s fast pitch softball was added to the roster of the 1996 Summer Olympics – a landmark many people recognize as the ultimate success of a sport. Although softball was later dropped from the 2012 Summer Olympics line-up, the game is still one of the most popular participant sports in the United States and 113 countries have officially joined the International Softball Federation since the organization’s formation in 1952. According to the official rules developed early in the…

In concentrating on medical technological advances a major benefit that is overlooked is reduction in health care costs. These medical innovations have generated billions of dollars in savings for patients, families, insurers, employers, governments, and hospitals. This not only creates efficiencies that save money, but also saves money in curing onsets of early disease, and managing chronic conditions at healthy levels. Kindred has invested in creating diagnostic tools that have pre-screening…

One such company is Target. In 2007, at a Target store in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a number of Muslim cashiers had issue with, “ringing up products that contained pork” (Target shifts Muslims who won’t ring up pork, 2007). At one point, the customers would scan any items containing pork or bacon themselves or the cashiers…

How ARC Advances Social Justice in Crises American Refugee Committee (ARC) is a nonprofit organization, based in Minneapolis, MN that works with refugees, internally displaced persons and people facing disaster and conflict in 11 countries (ARC 2016). The types of conflict ARC addresses includes natural and war related disasters and gender based violence that result in oppression, persecution, poverty in terms of resources, health, education and wealth, and displacement. ARC aims to assist…

Let Black kids just be kids. New York Times July 25 2017 Meiners, E. (2017) For the Children? Protecting Innocence in a Carceral State. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. Chapter…

The investigators told the press that Moore had arranged the purchase of two young girls. One was described as “so little and so childish that she wept when they took her from one house to another because she had to leave her Teddy bear behind.” However, it was all a ruse as the two “girls” turned out to be experienced prostitutes who were 23 and 25 years old. Also, the ladies weren’t forced to do anything. One of them testified, “All I remember is he asked us to go to Seattle, made arrangements…

Islamic Terrorist Camps Terrorist camps in America are becoming a major threat. The United States is trying to be more aware of who and what these camps are, and also what could be watched for with these camps growing in population. Michelle Bachman, a former congress woman, said,”. . . [United States] national law enforcement agencies have a duty to secure the safety of the American people- that is the number one duty of the government” (SCARY). The terrorist camps are becoming a serious…

And that belief is why we continue to give 5 percent of our profit to local communities, a tradition that we’ve upheld for the past 70 years.” Target was founded by a New Yorker named George D. Dayton in 1902 in Minneapolis. Originally the name was Dayton Dry Goods Company but was soon changed to the now known popular name Target. While it was still known as Dayton Dry Goods, it became a department store in 1911 and 1916 became the founding member of the Retail…

The Trip of a Lifetime Ever since I was little, I loved the idea of going all over the world. My family never had the money to travel anywhere exciting, but the summer of 2016 was different. My uncle Terry lives in Spokane, which is in Washington. My mom decided it was time to go on vacation and visit, so we hopped on a train and went to visit him. My mom, my uncle Cory, my four cousins and I all went together, so they could also see Terry. In my opinion, the most exciting part was the train…

Throughout the day, I find myself going through the motions of life without thinking twice. I wake up, go to school, go to work or dance, do homework, then go to bed. In between activities, I spend a majority of my time on my phone or watching Netflix. I rarely, if ever, think twice about the privileges that I have been given because of the social class I was raised in. It was not until after I started volunteering to do service work that I realized how fortunate I was. Most of the people I…