MISSING IN ACTION
From Stanford Social Innovation Review:

Do you find it astounding that charities remained silent when Congress added $70 billion to the deficit last week by extending tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, further starving government programs? Even if that doesn't get to you, you've still got to wonder why all but a few nonprofit organizations and foundations (in spite of the activism of groups such as OMB Watch and United for a Fair Economy) say nothing as the Senate approaches a vote that will decrease charitable donations by up to $25 billion a year. That’s equivalent to stopping all annual grantmaking by the 110 largest US foundations... (read the entire post and its comments).