http://www.vision.orgFeatured Articles on Society and Culture from VisionCopyright ©2012 Vision.org.  All rights reservedDespite our best efforts toward peace, the story of humanity is in large part the story of animosity and violence. What is it about people that leads them to treat one another as adversaries? http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/david-hulme/violent-heart.aspxFri, 14 Apr 2006 09:36:27 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/david-hulme/violent-heart.aspxIn searching for solutions to the malaise of grinding poverty, some hopeful, even visionary, approaches have been applied. Do such innovative approaches show the way to relieve the plight of the poorest of the poor? Will poverty ever truly be consigned to a past economic dark age?http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4208Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:42:30 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4208More people around the world can now indulge in a pattern of consumption where outward appearances are more important than utility.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/society-and-culture/conspicuous-consumption/42757.aspxFri, 01 Apr 2011 13:19:15 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/society-and-culture/conspicuous-consumption/42757.aspxSeptember 11, 2001, is 10 years behind us. But even before that fateful day, terrorism was a fact of life for much of the world. Must we accept that it will always be that way?http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/history/terrorism-9-11/47488.aspxTue, 16 Aug 2011 12:10:15 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/history/terrorism-9-11/47488.aspxNEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) - Nearly 60 percent of Americans would move from their communities right now if they could, according to a new survey by the YMCA.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=54603Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:12:50 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=54603