Who are Americans?

Shoulder to Shoulder (STS) is a nonprofit formed in 1996 in Cincinnati, Ohio to address the health, education, economic and social needs of underserved communities in the poorest areas of Honduras. Over the past 14 years, over 1,500 U.S. citizens have worked together with Hondurans to improve the well-being of local Hondurans.
Volunteers include medical students, [...]

America’s white (non-Hispanic) population will be a minority (47%) by the year 2050 if current population trends are projected, according to a recent study by Pew Research Center. The Hispanic population will grow from 14% in 2005, to 29% of the U.S. population by 2050.
The total population of the USA will grow from 296 million [...]

Africare (Washington, DC) is a nonprofit, founded in 1970, that has delivered more than $675 million in assistance through over 2,000 projects in 36 African countries to improve the quality of life in Africa. Africare works together with local African organizations to provide assistance related to health, HIV/AIDS, food security, agriculture, humanitarian aid, water resource [...]

FINCA International (Foundation for International Community Assistance) is a nonprofit that pioneered the “Village Banking method” to provide microfinance assistance to the world’s lowest income entrepreneurs. FINCA (Washington, DC) was founded in 1984 by John Hatch to provide loans to a village in Bolivia. Today FINCA works in Africa, Latin America, Eurasia and the Middle East and has [...]

Zao Water is a nonprofit (Clemmons, North Carolina) bottled water company that is a mission arm of MorningStar Fellowship Church in Fort Mill, South Carolina. All proceeds from bottled water sales are used to drill fresh water wells or provide clean water related aid to Africa.
To date, Zao has dug 20 wells, purified and developed 15 [...]

Will an NBA (National Basketball Association) expansion into Europe be a commercial success? The NFL’s (National Football League) European league never became profitable and the league was recently terminated.
Many say American football could not compete with soccer in Europe, or that Europeans do not understand the complicated rules of American football … but basketball is [...]

The Sustainable Living Foundation (Los Altos, California) is a nonprofit that works for positive social change in the youth of Zimbabwe, Africa and Paraguay, South American by promoting service and compassion, health living, self-sustainability and education.
The Zimbabwe efforts are centered on helping orphans, many who have been orphaned by the effects of HIV/AIDS.
In 2007, $30,000 was [...]

Who are the largest companies in the world?A 2007 Fortune Magazine study came up with their top 500 international companies according to sales revenue. Walmart leads the list. The top 30 companies are listed below. Ten of the top 30 are based in the USA. The Netherlands, U.K., Germany, France, Italy and China have more [...]