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...they are better able to spare. But the 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 inauguration, I spoke to a woman who had fallen on her knees weeping because the ‘ceiling was off, the sky’s the limit.’ The video ran for 8 seconds on CBS but 55 seconds on public television,” she said. “Most people would not have asked for this woman’s opinion, but she captured the spirit of the people in the Mall that...
...time when electoral turnout and party membership have fallen to all-time lows in Britain, the Jury Team is a bid to engage a disillusioned electorate. Currently, less than 1% of Britons are active members of political parties, meaning that between them the parties claim fewer members than the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. As Judge wrote in a recent editorial for The Guardian newspaper: "Our politicians have been pathetic at increasing democratic engagement, even with the power of the media at their fingertips." According to Jury Team advocates, that could be deliberate. "There's never been...
Israel may be a martial democracy, where generals and war heroes often morph into politicians, but there is an ethos among Israelis that it is worth nearly any sacrifice to bring home the body of a soldier fallen in battle or one taken prisoner. Even families of terrorist victims are pleading for Olmert to strike a deal with Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip and survived a 22-day pummeling by Israel earlier this year. Roni Hirshzon, who lost his son Amir in a suicide-bombing attack, said, "What is the price Hamas demands compared with the life...
...sandy hillsides, gleeful that nobody is around to be disturbed by the whine of their engines. Through the years, this isolation has made the area popular for dumping the occasional unwanted body. "We have seen remains on the West Side," said Walsh, "They might be ancient bones or those fallen prey to violence. But this is a first for us, in the number of remains...