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coronavirus May 8, 2020

Has the Time Finally Come for a Full-Scale National Service Program?It’s possible the pandemic could make it feasible to offer unemployed young people well-paid service in desperately needed tasks.

By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020 Apr. 17, 2019

Buttigieg Wants to Bring Back One of Bill Clinton’s Signature ProposalsExpanding national service was Clinton’s most reliable 1992 applause line, and it could help candidates like Mayor Pete strike a communitarian tone.

By Ed Kilgore
Sept. 30, 2016

Clinton Continues Family Tradition With National-Service ProposalExpanding AmeriCorps and linking it to a large, voluntary “Reserve” combines past Democratic and Republican approaches to mobilizing citizens.

By Ed Kilgore