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

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 social norm that anybody after they’re 18 spends a year in national service.” Buttigieg’s concept draws on the benefits he feels he […]