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How the US government sold the Peace Corps to the American public

  • Written by Wendy Melillo, Associate Professor, American University School of Communication
imagePresident John F. Kennnedy personally bid the first Peace Corps volunteers farewell.AP Photo/William J. Smith

The Peace Corps, a service organization run by the U.S. government that dispatches volunteers to foreign countries, is on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time in its nearly 60-year history, none of its volunteers is...

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