David Brooks, who always appeared to be a nice and reasonable gentleman, seems to have lost his marbles. In his most recent New York Times column he calls for young people (or perhaps all Americans) ...

Civilian national service is distinct, of course, from military service and, as the Peace Corps so well demonstrates, it does not have to be performed within the territorial limits of the United ...

MCCAIN, OBAMA, AND NATIONAL SERVICE.... Seven years ago, right here in the Washington Monthly, John McCain wrote a terrific piece on national service programs. McCain conceded that he'd been skeptical ...

In the United States, age segregation is prevalent in national service, just as it is in housing, higher education, and community programs, and it limits opportunities for transformational social ...

The shock move, unveiled by the Prime Minister in an article for The Mail on Sunday, means school-leavers would be obliged to spend a year in a full-time Armed Forces role or volunteering with ...

Presidential campaigns always seem to revive the debate about national service. Candidates, pundits, and average citizens argue about its legitimacy and whether it ought to be voluntary or compulsory.

McChrystal is a former Army General, founder of the McChrystal Group, the founding chairperson of Service Year Alliance, and a co-chair of the Serve America Together campaign to make national service ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. BIRTHDAY TEEN: Thank you. SASKIA MORTAROTTI, BTN REPORTER: Imagine you've just turned 18, and along ...