http://www.vision.orgFeatured Articles on Current Events and Politics from VisionCopyright ©2011 Vision.org.  All rights reservedInternational agencies calculate that nearly a billion people go hungry every day. What will it take to solve the perennial problem of inadequate food and freshwater in vast regions of the world?http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/global-issues-food-and-water-crisis/44337.aspxMon, 16 May 2011 10:03:50 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/global-issues-food-and-water-crisis/44337.aspxApril 26 marks the 25th anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in history. It’s a good time to revisit our individual and collective responsibilities regarding the energy sources we all depend on.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/anniversary-chernobyl-disaster/41270.aspxFri, 25 Feb 2011 11:12:07 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/anniversary-chernobyl-disaster/41270.aspxThe irony in the timing of the disaster that crippled Japan’s nuclear reactors is not lost on those who have been planning for years to remember the victims of Chernobyl.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/science-and-environment/fukushima-plant-39533.aspxMon, 17 Jan 2011 11:15:51 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/science-and-environment/fukushima-plant-39533.aspx“We the People” became a rallying cry for a young nation more than 200 hundred years ago. Today the sentiment still resonates as nations seek the freedom they equate with democracy. But so far, we the people have been unable to create the perfect world we long for. http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/current-events/what-is-freedom/44339.aspxMon, 16 May 2011 10:04:23 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/current-events/what-is-freedom/44339.aspxOil isn't the only resource that helps shape the peace and regulate the balance of power in the Middle East.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=834Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:29:17 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=834Who can deny that ours is a world filled with injustices of every description? Do we have the resources within us to right all the wrongs we see in our communities and around the globe?http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/social-justice-issues/47370.aspxFri, 12 Aug 2011 14:04:08 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/social-justice-issues/47370.aspxThough many nations currently struggle toward some form of democracy, no system of government has yet proven to be the answer to humanity’s problems. In the final article in the series we ask: Is there such a thing as perfect government?http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/forms-of-government/50294.aspxMon, 21 Nov 2011 10:50:33 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/forms-of-government/50294.aspxAs the United Nations pegs October 31, 2011, as the date when human population passes 7 billion, we can expect increasingly strident calls for a deep evaluation of our planetary role.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/current-events/world-population/49644.aspxMon, 31 Oct 2011 10:48:08 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/current-events/world-population/49644.aspx