brought by Planned Parenthood), was decided after many challenges to contraception bans had lost at the state and federal level. BeforeGriswold,a 1940 Planned Parenthood challenge to contraception bans (the first challenge in the nation) had been defeated at the Connecticut Supreme...
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Rooted in both racism and marketing, historic immigrant enclaves grapple with a crippling pandemic, rising rents, and uncertain futures.
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The world's oldest McDonald's in Downey, California originally opened 1953, nearly five years after the company was founded. The location is like walking into a time capsule. Retro characters, a walk-up counter and a museum make this one of the most unique dining experiences for McDonald'...
Prompt:Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876 on a spirit of exploration and discovery. As a result, students can pursue a multi-dimensional undergraduate experience both in and outside of the classroom. Given the opportunities at Hopkins, please discuss your current interests (academic, extra...
In 2005 he founded the club Most Traveled People, or MTP, with an expanded “master list” of 573 countries and territories. It’s since grown to 1,500 locations ranging from populous, popular subregions—California has four of them—to remote places unclaimed by any country, such as southwe...
- Year founded: 1962 - Year defunct: 2020 - Lifetime: 58 years First opened in San Mateo, California, to sell bean bag chairs, incense, and love beads to hippies, Pier 1 Imports was known for stocking some of the most unique home goods on the market. In 2020, the company filed for...
who has called artificial intelligence an "existential risk."22In 2016, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, announced an ambitious study on the effects of a basic income in Oakland, California. However, a pilot program was beset with recruitment problems and red tape and the larger study has been del...