Who are Americans?

How much does it take to make an American happy? 
Too much … according to the Happy Planet Index study measuring how effectively the world’s finite resources are being consumed in comparison to their happiness in 178 countries around the world. The study was conducted by London-based New Economics Foundation.
How effectively do countries convert their environmental resources into happiness? The basic formula computes life [...]

The World Public Opinion.Org organization just released an August 28 titled, “Muslims Positive About Globalization, Trade”.  The World Public Opinion.Org network is a consortium of research centers in 22 countries.
A segment of the article revealing their findings are shown below:
Contrary to the common assumption that Muslims view globalization as a threat to their society, a new poll of [...]

Harvard is the top ranked national university in U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 ranking of American colleges.
The rankings are based on surveys of college officials, graduation rates, retention rates, financial resources, student selectivity, educational resources and other factors. The top national schools in this survery are listed below:
1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Yale

Shoe4Africa has a unique program for collecting gently used running shoes for its missions of empowerment through sports and education, creating unique health initiatives and promoting AIDS awareness in Africa.
The nonprofit volunteer organization was founded in 1995 by Toby Tanser, a top Icelandic runner, who currently lives in New York city.  Actor Anthony Edwards (Doctor [...]

“Minorities, now roughly one-third of the U.S. population, are expected to become the majority in 2042″, says the U.S. Census Bureau in a report issued in August, 2008.
If you look at only children, more than 50% of children of the children in the USA will be minorities by the year 2023, and 62% of the [...]

Shelter for Life International (SFL), headquartered in Minnesota, USA, is a nonprofit organization with a mission to demonstrate God’s love by enabling people affected by disaster to rebuild their communities and restore their lives. SFL employs over 600 people around the world.
The original focus was on providing shelter to refugees from Afghanistan who were struggling to [...]

International Relief Teams (IRT), based in San Diego, California, is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes volunteers and distributes medical supplies to support:
1. Domestic and International Disaster Relief
2. Medical education and training
3. Surgical and clinical outreach
4. Public health
Since its founding in 1988, IRT has worked in 42 countries to provide more than $5.6 million in volunteer [...]

‘One World. One Dream.’ … the motto of the Beijing Olympics. Yet the focus so often is on nations competing against nations. And more than ever, athletes are jumping from country to country to compete in the Olympics … and the boundaries of nationalism are becoming blurred.
Is it time to eliminate the focus on ‘country’ and just let the Olympics be [...]