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Does national service help heal America’s divisions?

  • Written by Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
imageTeach For America teacher Sergio Santiago looks over an assignment with a student.pennstatenews/flickr, CC BY-NC

President Donald Trump’s budget proposes getting the government out of the business of national service. This comes at a time when the election has divided Americans like few in history. And individuals from different walks of life...

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