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Buttigieg's call for universal public service would mark a big departure from historically small volunteer programs

  • Written by Christopher Staysniak, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
Buttigieg's call for universal public service would mark a big departure from historically small volunteer programsJFK shaking hands with one of the first Peace Corps volunteers in 1961P Photo/William J. Smith

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg recently proposed massively expanding national service programs.

The South Bend, Indiana, mayor told MSBNC journalist Rachel Maddow he thinks it should be “not legally obligatory, but certainly a...

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