Thesportbeganasafour-a-sidegameonbeachesinSouthernCaliforniainthe1920s.Thefirst recordedtwo-mangametookplacetherein1930,andthefirsttournamentwasheldinLosAngeles18 yearslater.ThewinnerswereawardedacaseofPepsi.Inthe1950s,womenstartedplayingandthe sportsoonspreadtoEuropeandSouth America.Yetatthattime,beachvolleyball...
There was no way for Helen to speak with other people. She heard nothing. She saw nothing. She didn’t understand anything. Then one day a teacher came to live with Helen and her family. The teacher helped Helen learn about words. Helen was a very bright child and soon she learned to...
It was a beautiful smile. When I was nine years old, I went to a new school. So no one knew who I was. I felt lonely. Then one day when I sat at my desk unhappily as usual, a girl walked to me and smiled. Though she said nothing, I felt the touch of something bright and ...
Founded in 1917, it all started when Converse became synonymous with youth and pop culture thanks to Chuck Taylor's in the 1970s. At its peak, Converse was the cool of cool, worn by subcultures from skaters to punks as well as sports lovers, cult idols like Kurt Cobain, and everyone ...
Joshi, along with other activists and creators, joined “TikTok for Biden,” which was founded to oppose Trump administration policies ahead of the 2020 election. The organization changed its name toGen-Z for Changeat the start of 2021 to reflect its growing range of interests and advoca...
Immigrant-rightsissuesintheU.S.haveevolvedsubstantiallyintheyearssinceChavezfoundedtheUnitedFarmWorkers(UFW).UndocumentedworkersnowmakeupafarlargershareoftheagriculturalworkforceinCaliforniathantheydidinthe1960s,accordingtoMiriamPawel,authorofTheCrusadesofCesarChavez,publishedthenextmonth.Chavezwasvehementlyagainstillegal...
It was a night of ___, expressing themselves to each other and healing. Each guest left with the belief that they weren't alone to feel ___. After many meals, Lennon and Carla founded The Dinner Party. It's a nonprofit organization offering ___ and care to those who have ___ deep...
There’s also the open question of whether Trump will be able to break through in the same ways he did in 2016, when he was a political novelty. Or as he did during the 2020 election, when he held the presidency and was a ubiquitous presence at a time when locked-down Americ...
Founded in 1971, bookstore chain Borders was forced to file bankruptcy and close all remaining stores by the end of 2011. The company, like many, did not pivot to online sales as fast as its competitors; between 2001 and 2008, it had evenlinked to Amazoninstead of establishing its own on...
(2021) described how the racial axis of the political economy of capitalism has a colonial origin, character, and legacy. This colonial power structure was founded upon the idea of race and racial classification, a philosophy created by White Europeans during colonial expansion and deployed as a ...