http://vision.org/rss/Social IssuesCopyright 2008, VisionPRESSfeed Co. http://www.press-feed.comSun, 15 Jun 2008 01:04:22 GMTen-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/default.aspxhttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/images/lang/1033/pv_bg-b.jpgMany people view gambling-and legalized gambling in particular-as little more than harmless personal entertainment. Not everyone agrees, of course. In fact, governments become addicted to gambling every bit as much as people do, says one opponent. How big a problem is legalized gambling?<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=Z6KpoI"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=Z6KpoI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=JkfXti"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=JkfXti" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=zTO7wi"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=zTO7wi" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/312556513" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/312556513/article.aspxSun, 15 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=874http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=874Some of the best-known gambling legends of the American West were made at the casinos of Deadwood, South Dakota. The famous Wild Bill Hickok, for instance, was shot and killed there while playing poker. The American cable movie channel HBO recently aired a TV series called Deadwood, showing what life was like for Hickok and other gamblers back in the 1800s. Thanks to this series, as well as programs on other channels, pokers popularity in America is growing in spades. But the fascination is not limited to the United States: casinos around the world are removing slot machines to make way for poker tables.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=NCKKFI"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=NCKKFI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=Rpc2Vi"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=Rpc2Vi" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=lzAcki"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=lzAcki" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/312556514" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/312556514/article.aspxSun, 15 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=912http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=912Could poverty become history? The world could do worse than to implement visionary solutions such as the revolutionary finance system known as microcredit, pioneered in the 1970s by Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=cXDd1H"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=cXDd1H" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=DPhTPh"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=DPhTPh" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=uh2hCh"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=uh2hCh" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/295553276" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/295553276/article.aspxWed, 21 May 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4208http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4208In the post-colonial backlash and in the face of increasing Muslim and other non-Western influence in Europe, a clash of cultures has emerged.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=QDXnioF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=QDXnioF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=modU7of"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=modU7of" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=jePu9Kf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=jePu9Kf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/255800886" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/255800886/article.aspxFri, 21 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4796http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4796Rights have never been so extensively defined as today. But what happens when the perceived rights of two individuals or groups clash? Is there any basis for resolution?<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=eSsW3xF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=eSsW3xF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=nIxZ61f"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=nIxZ61f" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=pzGAdFf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=pzGAdFf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/251192926" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/251192926/article.aspxThu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4750http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4750Although terrorism is not the only reason to fear nuclear weapons, most experts agree that the possibility these weapons may fall into the hands of terrorists poses the greatest world threat.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=VdwFz2F"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=VdwFz2F" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=XWreZxf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=XWreZxf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=ni7NO2f"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=ni7NO2f" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/243601314" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/243601314/article.aspxThu, 21 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4632http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4632One hundred and forty years ago January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln presented the American people with the proclamation of emancipation that freed the slaves in the Confederate states.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=LhB1cPF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=LhB1cPF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=VWVoYBf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=VWVoYBf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=U8qYmvf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=U8qYmvf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/233401142" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/233401142/article.aspxFri, 11 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4420http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4420The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has launched an 18-month investigation of the 21st centurys social issues.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=w69N7UF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=w69N7UF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=aVj1qjf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=aVj1qjf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=RU7Z7gf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=RU7Z7gf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/233401143" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/233401143/article.aspxMon, 22 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3868http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3868As a veritable cascade of material wealth floods much of the globe, many wonder why they do not feel any happier or more content with life.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=jFJFJOF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=jFJFJOF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=4XqDV8f"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=4XqDV8f" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=cwqmGJf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=cwqmGJf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/233401144" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/233401144/article.aspxWed, 19 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3690http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3690The scientific knowledge and public perception of the dangers of marijuana use is also undergoing a noteworthy change.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=vlbB4MF"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=vlbB4MF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=8OgQFqf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=8OgQFqf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?a=oxpwstf"><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~f/vision/HJog?i=oxpwstf" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~4/233401145" height="1" width="1"/>http://feeds.vision.org/~r/vision/HJog/~3/233401145/article.aspxMon, 06 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3516http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3516