http://www.newsvine.com/why-it-mattersNewsvine - why-it-mattersen-usCopyright 2013Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:31:02 +0000Tue, 21 May 2013 09:11:41 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15330432-why-it-matters-the-eu-budget-debatehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15330432-why-it-matters-the-eu-budget-debateeuworld-newswhy-it-mattersWed, 21 Nov 2012 10:55:23 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14936746-why-it-matters-infrastructurehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14936746-why-it-matters-infrastructurebusinessusinfrastructurewhy-it-mattersMon, 5 Nov 2012 09:35:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14650003-why-it-matters-iranhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14650003-why-it-matters-iranusiranus-newswhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 20:50:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2012 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes a victory sign in Tehran, Iran. With the Iraq war over and Afghanistan winding down, Iran is the most likely place for a new U.S. military conflict. Despite unprecedented global sanctions, Iran’s nuclear program is advancing. The United States and other Western nations fear the Islamic republic is determined to develop nuclear weapons and fundamentally reshape the balance of power in the Middle East, while posing a grave threat to Israel. Iran insists its program is solely designed for peaceful energy and medical research purposes. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14649890-why-it-matters-syriahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14649890-why-it-matters-syriaussyriaus-newswhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 20:42:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This June 12, 2012 file photo shows a Syrian revolutionary flag waving on top of a building on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Syria's conflict is the most violent to emerge from last year's Arab Spring. The protests started peacefully but prompted a brutal crackdown by President Bashar Assad's government. The fighting has escalated into a civil war that has killed just over 30,000 people over the last year and a half, according to activists. Despite intervening in Libya, the United States has steered clear of taking military action or arming Syria's rebels. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648936-why-it-matters-energyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648936-why-it-matters-energybusinessusenergywhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 19:31:12 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this March 22, 2012 file photo, a pumpjack is silhouetted against the setting sun in Oklahoma City. Americans depend on energy for everything from driving their cars to powering factories, homes and offices &#8212; and of course our smart phones, laptops and tablets. How that energy is produced and where it comes from affect jobs, the economy and the environment. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648821-why-it-matters-health-carehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648821-why-it-matters-health-carebusinessushealth-carecarewhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 19:23:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This March 28, 2012 file photo shows Janis Haddon,of Atlanta, holding a glove with a message outside the Supreme Court in Washington as the court concluded three days of hearing arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. America’s health care system is unsustainable. It’s not one problem, but three combined: high cost, uneven quality and millions uninsured. Major changes will keep coming. Every family will be affected. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648784-why-it-matters-missile-defensehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648784-why-it-matters-missile-defenseusus-newsmissile-defensewhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 19:20:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 1, 2009, file photo U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, meet ahead of the G20 summit in London. Early in his presidency, Barack Obama replaced a George W. Bush-era plan for missile defense in Europe that had roiled relations with Russia. Obama says his four-stage plan would protect Europe and the United States as foes develop more sophisticated missiles. The announcement initially eased tensions with Moscow, which considered the previous plan a threat to its nuclear might. Obama has proposed cutting missile defense spending in 2013 by about 7 percent, to $9.7 billion. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648681-why-it-matters-immigrationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648681-why-it-matters-immigrationbusinessusimmigrationwhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 19:14:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This April 19, 2011 file photo shows a member of the National Guard checking on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas. Illegal immigration has slowed in recent years, with the Border Patrol recently recording the fewest arrests in almost 40 years. But many people worry that the Mexican border, the most popular crossing point for newly arriving illegal immigrants, still isn’t secure more than a decade after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Delcia Lopez, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648600-why-it-matters-educationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648600-why-it-matters-educationuspoliticseducationwhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 19:08:37 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE This Sept. 23, 2011 file photo shows John Becker, a fourth grade teacher from DC Prep Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., top row center, reacting after he was acknowledged by President Barack Obama as he stands with educators and students as he speaks about No Child Left Behind Reform in the East Room at the White House in Washington. States and local governments have the primary responsibility for education in the United States. But the federal government gets a big say, too, by awarding billions in aid that often has strings attached. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648485-why-it-matters-auto-bailouthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648485-why-it-matters-auto-bailoutbusinessusautobailoutwhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 19:01:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This March 30, 2009 file photo shows General Motors workers watching President Barack Obama's talk about the auto industry bailout in Detroit. The government bailout of General Motors and Chrysler is one of the most polarizing issues of the presidential campaign. Many Americans wonder why $62 billion in tax dollars went to keeping the two automakers afloat in 2008 and 2009. There's little doubt the bailout saved the automakers and huge numbers of jobs. But there's also little chance the government will get all its money back. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648290-why-it-matters-global-warminghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648290-why-it-matters-global-warmingbusinessusclimate-changechangewhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 18:48:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, smoke rises in this time exposure image from the stacks of the La Cygne Generating Station coal-fired power plant in La Cygne, Kan. This year the nationís weather has been hotter and more extreme than ever, federal records show. Yet there are two people who arenít talking about it, and they both happen to be running for president. In 2009, President Barack Obama proposed a bill that would have capped power plant carbon dioxide emissions and allowed trading of credits for the right to emit greenhouse gases, but the measure died in Congress. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, Filr</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648114-why-it-matters-debthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648114-why-it-matters-debtbusinessusdebtwhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 18:39:01 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Aug. 8, 2011 file photo shows a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin outside the Treasury Building in Washington. A sea of red ink is confronting the nation and presidents to come. The budget deficit &#8212; the shortfall created when the government spends more in a given year than it collects in taxes and fees&#8212; is on track to top $1 trillion for the fourth straight year. When there's not enough to pay current bills, the government borrows, mostly by selling interest-bearing Treasury bonds, bills and notes to investors and governments worldwide. It now borrows about 40 cents for every dollar it spends. The national debt refers to the total amount the federal government owes; the deficit is just a one-year slice. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647898-why-it-matters-europes-economic-crisishttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647898-why-it-matters-europes-economic-crisisbusinessuseuropecrisiseconomicwhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 18:26:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file-pool photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while chairing a session of the State Council's Presidium at the Kremlin in Moscow. Mitt Romney calls Russia America's No. 1 foe and promises to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin. But if he's elected president, Romney might find that he'll need Moscow's help. Russia's role is critical in facilitating the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The United States also needs its cooperation on keeping nuclear materials away from terrorists and American adversaries, and preventing gridlock at the U.N. Security Council, where both countries have vetoes. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, File, Pool)</p><p>FILE - This Oct. 9, 2012 file photo shows protesters kicking a police barrier during a protest in front of the parliament in Athens. Europe is struggling to control a debt crisis, save the euro currency and stop a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis that sent the world spinning into recession. The continent’s troubles are the No. 1 threat to the fragile U.S. economy. If the crisis spreads to the U.S., Americans could find it harder to get loans and the country could slip back into recession. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647829-why-it-matters-afghanistanhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647829-why-it-matters-afghanistanusafghanistanus-newswhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 18:22:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This June 19, 2012 file photo shows a US soldier, part of the NATO forces, patrols a police station in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. troops are still in Afghanistan, nearly 11 years after they invaded. Why? The answer boils down to one word: al-Qaida. The goal is to damage the terrorist group enough to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647620-why-it-matters-infrastructurehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647620-why-it-matters-infrastructurebusinessusinfrastructurewhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 18:09:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This May 17, 2012 file photo show the steel skeleton for the eastern end of the new Innerbelt Bridge in Cleveland sits next to the existing span. Much of America’s infrastructure, including its interstate highway system, is more than half a century old and in need of serious work to keep pace with a rising population. Highway, rail and airport bottlenecks slow the movement of goods and commuters, costing billions in wasted time and fuel and even measurably slowing the economy. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647245-why-it-matters-campaign-financehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647245-why-it-matters-campaign-financebusinessusfinancecampaign-financewhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 17:46:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Oct. 10, 2012 file photo shows voting stickers sit on a table for people voting with absentee ballots on site at the Miami-Dade County elections office in Miami. This presidential election is on track to cost nearly $2 billion. It's a staggering tab, and those who kick in big money to cover it stand to gain outsized influence over policy decisions by whoever wins. Your voice may not be heard as loudly as a result. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647153-why-it-matters-chinahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647153-why-it-matters-chinauschinaus-newswhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 17:40:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2011, file photo, a truck leaves a port in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province. Cheap imports of goods from China have benefited American consumers and helped keep inflation down. But those imports have hurt American manufacturers, and many U.S.-based companies outsource production to China to cut costs, which has also caused U.S. job losses. One study estimated that between 2001 and 2010, 2.8 million U.S. jobs were lost or displaced to China, the world's second largest economy. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646937-why-it-matters-defense-spendinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646937-why-it-matters-defense-spendingusdefensespendingus-newswhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 17:26:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this this May 10, 2012 file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey take part in a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, on the defense budget. Is the U.S. spending enough money on defense, and is it spending it in the right ways? In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks the money spigot was turned wide open, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and expanding the armed forces. Now that’s changing, and an important issue in the election is whether budget cuts have gone too far. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646772-why-it-matters-terrorismhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646772-why-it-matters-terrorismusterrorismus-newswhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 17:15:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE- In this Nov. 5, 2009, file photo, an entrance to Fort Hood Army Base in Fort Hood, Texas, near Killeen remains in lock-down following a mass shooting. Osama bin Laden is dead and there hasn’t been a successful attack by al-Qaida-inspired extremists on U.S. soil since the deadly shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. But the danger of terrorism remains a reality for Americans, as seen in the attack in Libya in September that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646683-why-it-matters-taxeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646683-why-it-matters-taxesbusinessustaxeswhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 17:10:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2011 file photo, Carol Gay, of Brick, N.J., holds a sign saying "Tax the Rich," as several groups including the Peoples Uprisings, October 2011 Coalition, and Occupy DC, "occupy" Freedom Plaza in Washington. The income gap between the rich and everyone else is large and getting larger, while middle-class incomes stagnate. That's raised concerns that the nation's middle class isn't sharing in economic growth as it has in the past. And it sparked the Wall Street protests that spread to other cities in the country. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646518-why-it-matters-1-new-justice-could-change-a-lothttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646518-why-it-matters-1-new-justice-could-change-a-lotbusinessuscourtappointmentssupreme-courtwhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 17:01:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This June 20, 2012 file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. With four justices in their seventies, odds are good that whoever is elected in November will have a chance to fill at least one Supreme Court seat. The next justice could dramatically alter the direction of a court closely divided between conservatives and liberals. One new face on the bench could mean a sea change in how millions get health care, shape the rights of gay Americans and much more. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646370-why-it-matters-social-securityhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646370-why-it-matters-social-securitybusinessussocial-securitywhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 16:51:04 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama speaks during the news briefing at the White House. Unless Congress acts, the trust funds that support Social Security will run out of money in 2033, according to the trustees who oversee the retirement and disability program. Obama hasn’t laid out a detailed plan for addressing Social Security. He's called for bipartisan talks on strengthening the program but he didn’t embrace the plan produced by a bipartisan deficit reduction panel he created in 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646225-why-it-matters-labor-unionshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646225-why-it-matters-labor-unionsbusinessuslaborwhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 16:40:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2011 file photo, Joe Lubbers, left, and Rick McKee display a sign in front of the Statehouse before start of Organization Day in Indianapolis. Union members rallied at the Statehouse ahead of a 2012 session that was to be dominated by "right-to-work" legislation. A unionized job once meant a secure path to a middle class life. Labor unions are still big political players. But they have seen a steady decline in membership and clout since their heyday in the 1950s. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646159-why-it-matters-income-inequalityhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646159-why-it-matters-income-inequalitybusinessusinequalityincome-inequalitywhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 16:36:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2011 file photo, Occupy DC protesters watch morning commuters walk through McPherson Square in Washington. The income gap between the rich and everyone else is large and getting larger, while middle-class incomes stagnate. That's raised concerns that the nation's middle class isn't sharing in economic growth as it has in the past. And it sparked the Wall Street protests that spread to other cities in the country. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646084-why-it-matters-gay-marriagehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14646084-why-it-matters-gay-marriageusgay-marriagemarriagepoliticswhy-it-mattersTue, 23 Oct 2012 16:32:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2012 file photo, gay marriage supporters gather at a rally outside of City Hall in Portland, Maine, in support of an upcoming ballot question that seeks to legalize same-sex marriage. On one aspect of whether same-sex couples should have the right to marry, both sides agree: The issue defines what kind of nation we are. Half a dozen states and the District of Columbia have made history by legalizing it, but it’s prohibited elsewhere, and 30 states have placed bans in their constitutions. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)</p>