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...recent Pew study found that fewer than half of Americans say that losing their local paper would hurt their civic life "a lot" and even fewer say they would miss reading it, partly, it seems, because they get their local news from other media, mostly TV. But since papers are the primary source for most other news outlets, a major link will be missing from the news ecosystem. If a paper does not cover a story, it is unlikely to be covered in the broadcast media, whose reporting staffs tend to be even smaller...
...time-money swap, which is washing over the charity world like a tidal wave during this recession, poses stiff challenges for nonprofits. They can't pay the rent with volunteer hours. One in two nonprofits says its funding has fallen, according to "The Quiet Crisis," a new report by Civic Enterprises, a social-issues think tank. When the economy was this rotten in the early 1970s, charitable giving fell more than 9%, adjusted for inflation. Experts believe something like that will occur in this recession...
...Obama Administration has promised the country that its environmental agencies are back on the job. And in a recession, there will be few barons, eco- or otherwise, left standing. But even with a friend in the White House, the environmental movement still faces hurdles, from oil companies to civic passivity, so there will always be a role for those with the will - and sometimes the wealth - to make a difference...
...more than an orchestra that happens to be in New York. I want the New York Philharmonic to mean something for all New Yorkers on some level,” he said. “An orchestra performing at the highest level should be a source of civic pride.” Throughout the course of the conversation, Gilbert offered up a personal account of the opportunities that the arts community at Harvard can provide, not just for those directly and personally involved but for all students.“Harvard is an incredibly artistic place,” Gilbert...
Many used the word crispación to describe the hostility between the two parties that prevented both civil discourse and legislative collaboration. On a lot of the issues that defined Zapatero's first term - gay marriage, the liberalization of divorce, civic education, compensation for victims of the Franco regime - it is unlikely that the conservative PP would have reached a compromise with the administration. But the ferocity of their protests suggested to many that more than ideological differences were in play. "Crispacíon was a tactical strategy," says former Socialist spokesman Diego López Garrido, today...