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- 2011.01.21: January 21, 2011: Conservatives Like the Peace Corps Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 10:22 am [1]
- 2011.01.02: January 2, 2011: Richard Robbins writes: Peace Corps volunteers receive lessons in life Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 10:20 am [1]
- 2011.03.02: March 2, 2011: Robbie Schwartz writes: How would my life have been different if I had been among the more than 200,000 Americans who have served in the Peace Corps? Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 8:44 am [1]
- 2011.05.15: May 15, 2011: Cameroon RPCV Gal Beckerman writes: The Peace Corps: What is it for? Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 8:37 am [1]
- 2011.01.20: January 20, 2011: Jay Nordlinger writes: A Nobel for the Peace Corps? Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 2:15 pm [2]
- 2011.01.20: January 20, 2011: Paul Orzulak writes: It Is Social Entrepreneurs Who Carry the Kennedy Mantle Today Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 12:33 pm [1]
- 2011.02.08: February 8, 2011: Michael McCarthy writes: Our foreign policy would be better off with Peace Corps Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 12:33 pm [1]
- 2010.10.24: October 24, 2010: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang writes: Learning about the world through the humility and idealism of the Peace Corps Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 1:17 pm [1]
- 2010.06.19: June 19, 2010: Deb Nicklay writes: 50 years ago, nation went through a mood change Saturday, January 01, 2011 - 9:52 am [1]
- 2010.03.09: March 9, 2010: Nat Harwell writes: There's not enough room to report how many African nations the Peace Corps has abandoned, nor why, on Obama's watch Friday, December 31, 2010 - 12:20 pm [1]
- 2009.04.24: April 24, 2009: Headlines: Speaking Out: Congress: Huffington Post: Congressman Earl Blumenauer writes: My daughter in the Peace Corps is at greater risk because the degrading and brutal treatment of these prisoners has inflamed the attitudes of people who are inclined not to like us Sunday, May 24, 2009 - 1:21 pm [1]
- 2007.12.11: December 11, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Huffington Post: Jake Brewer writes: The best diplomats the United States has are citizens who travel abroad and serve in communities as volunteers Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:27 am [1]
- 2007.10.11: October 11, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Japan: Star-Gazette: Dalai Lama suggests that Japanese youths get involved with something like America's Peace Corps Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:24 am [1]
- 2007.10.10: October 10, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: International Herald Tribune: Thomas Friedman writes: Teach for America," has become to this generation what the Peace Corps was to mine Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:20 am [1]
- 2007.11.19: November 19, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Criticism: Fordham University: Natasha Menon, Ph.D. warns that many international civic service programs, such as the Peace Corps (which emerged during the Cold War era), may consciously or unconsciously perpetuate the notion that Western methods are superior, thereby ignoring the power differential in the host community Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:16 am [1]
- 2007.10.10: October 10, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Public Diplomacy: Congress: : Henry Reid praises Peace Corps Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:13 am [1]
- 2007.09.24: September 24, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Secondary Education: Civics: Tallahassee.com: John P. Lustrum writes: One notable exception to that cynicism I noted in the 1960s was the idealism and commitment to public service of the young men and women with whom I worked in a Peace Corps teaching project in West Africa Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:10 am [1]
- 2008.11.14: November 14, 2008: Headlines: Speaking Out: National Service: Election2008: Rome News-Tribune: Is Obama planning a Gestapo-like "civilian national security force"? Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:39 am [1]
- 2008.11.20: November 20, 2008: Headlines: Speaking Out: Media Monitors Network: Yossef Ben-Meir writes: Peace Corps in a Bottom-Up and Troubled Era Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:36 am [1]
- 2008.12.04: December 4, 2008: Headlines: Speaking Out: National Service: Computers: Interent: GW Hatchet: Gates urges Obama to invest in service Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:33 am [1]
- 2008.12.04: December 4, 2008: Headlines: Speaking Out: NGO's: Special Olympics: Chronicle of Philanthropy: Tim Shriver Calls for 'Department of Development and Service' Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:31 am [1]
- 2008.10.15: October 15, 2008: Headlines: Speaking Out: Congress: Appropriations: The Lariot Online: The Lariot Online writes: Peace Corps funds should be approved by Congress Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 9:48 am [2]
- 2008.09.04: September 4, 2008: Headlines: Speaking Out: Mercury News: Patty Fisher: We need the Peace Corps, now more than ever Friday, September 26, 2008 - 11:07 am [1]
- 2008.08.28: August 28, 2008: Headlines: Speaking Out: Appropriations: Budget: Expansion: Congress: Las Vegas Sun: Strengthening the Peace Corps to spread good will overseas is in our nation’s best interest Friday, August 29, 2008 - 1:55 pm [1]
- 2008.07.13: July 13, 2008: Headlines: Speaking Out: Terrorism: Homeland Security: Washington Post: Glenn L. Carle writes: The US does not face a global jihadist "movement" Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 10:50 pm [1]
- 2008.04.25: April 25, 2008: Headlines: Criticism: Older Volunteers: Christian Science Monitor: Debate is brewing over how the Peace Corps can attract greater numbers of older, more experienced volunteers Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 6:45 pm [4]
- 2008.01.27: January 27, 2008: Headlines: Presidents - Kennedy: Election2008 - Obama: Politics: Speaking Out: New York Times: Caroline Kennedy writes: A President Like My Father Friday, February 22, 2008 - 11:15 am [1]
- 2007.11.27: November 27, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: NPCA: Expansion: Baltimore Sun: Arthur S. Obermayer and Kevin F. F. Quigley write: To win the peace, restore the corps Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 6:48 pm [1]
- 2007.07.05: July 5, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Connecticut Post: The Rev. Edward A. Colohan writes: 187,000 volunteers of all ages have brought great credit upon themselves and our nation Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 12:12 pm [1]
- 2007.07.14: July 14, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Telegram & Gazette: Emil Igwenagu said the Peace Corps should be expanded to counter the negative image of America in much of the world. He said the image has been created by the war in Iraq and a Bush administration foreign policy that is widely perceived as “with us or against us.” Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 12:11 pm [1]
- 2007.07.01: July 1, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Fort Worth Star Telegram: Jim Wright writes: Until the creeping paralysis of the Vietnam conflict enmeshed us so inexorably in that unpopular and unwinnable fixation, we still were doing exemplary things at home and abroad: clean water, clean air, Medicare, Head Start and Job Corps training, expansion of voting rights and other human rights. People the world over were in awe. Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 12:11 pm [1]
- 2007.06.10: June 10, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Diplomacy: Appropriations: Congress: Baltimore Sun: Democrats' diplomacy talk doesn't match deeds Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 12:02 pm [1]
- 2007.06.10: June 10, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Presidents - Bush: Washington Post: Bush Is Losing Credibility On Democracy, Activists Say Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 11:57 am [1]
- 2007.05.05: May 5, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Ask Not: National Service: Denver Post: Andrew L. Yarrow and Monica Healy writes: Patriotism and citizenship mean giving something back to your country, not just flying plastic, Chinese-made American flags on your lawn every Fourth of July Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 11:52 am [1]
- 2007.07.12: July 12, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Iraq: Aljazeera.com: Ghassan Michel Rubeiz writes: The Joseph-O'Hanlon report is based on a misconception of the dynamics of the Iraq war. The worsening civil war is not essentially about religion; it is about community sharing of oil revenues, management of power, insuring security, and competing about land. Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 11:48 am [1]
- 2007.09.12: September 12, 2007: Headlines: Diplomacy: Terrorism: Speaking Out: 911: GQ: Colin Powell talks about the greatest threat facing us now Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 4:47 pm [1]
- 2007.08.08: August 8, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Law: Intelligence Issues: PCOL Exclusive: RPCV Colin G. Gallagher writes: Surveillance of U.S. Citizens at Home and Abroad: A Constitutional Issue Monday, August 13, 2007 - 11:28 am [1]
- 2007.03.05: March 5, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Gloucester Daily Times: Martha Fox writes: I hope that others will be inspired by the generosity of spirit, open-mindedness and commitment demonstrated every day by those 7,749 Peace Corps volunteers now fighting on the front lines of this war for hearts and minds Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 9:23 am [1]
- 2007.01.30: January 30, 2007: Headlines: Speaking Out: Boomers: Generation X: Reading Eagle: Four decades after its founding, the Peace Corps is still in operation, but the imagination of most of America's youth has been captured by something else: money Wednesday, May 02, 2007 - 8:40 am [1]
- 2007.01.29: January 29, 2007: Headlines: Development: USAID: Speaking Out: National Interest: Jed Meline writes: Those that lead development programs should be required to have a graduate degree in a technical field, with an emphasis on the developing world. In addition, significant practical experience working in the developing world is necessary such as experience in the Peace Corps Wednesday, May 02, 2007 - 8:37 am [1]
- 2006.12.10: December 10, 2006: Headlines: Debate: Expansion: Speaking Out: Baltimore Sun: This year, policy debate leagues across the country are using a resolution that the U.S. government should substantially increase AmeriCorps, Citizen Corps, Senior Corps, Peace Corps, Learn and Serve America and/or the armed forces Saturday, March 03, 2007 - 10:59 am [1]
- 2003.10.13: October 13, 2003: Headlines: Speaking Out: Economics: American Daily: An RPCV writes on the European Union's Sluggish Performance Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 10:06 am [1]
- 2005.07.27: July 27, 2005: Headlines: Speaking Out: Public Diplomacy: Washington Post: Anne Applebaum writes: Think Again, Karen Hughes Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:28 am [1]
- 1963.04.16: April 16, 1963: Headlines: Civil Rights: African American Issues: Protest: Speaking Out: Nobel Prizes: Martin Luther King: Letter from the Birmingham Jail Monday, January 15, 2007 - 11:16 am [1]
- 2006.10.05: October 5, 2006: Headlines: Speaking Out: Education: Wayland Town Crier & Tab: Gary Burton writes: I am an unabashed admirer of Peace Corps volunteers. I like what they do, and more importantly, I like their attitudes toward solving problems and overcoming seemingly impossible challenges Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 10:13 am [1]
- 2006.10.15: October 15, 2006: Headlines: Speaking Out: Midland Reporter-Telegram: Gary Ott writes: When a young politician, who was also viewed as idealistic, challenged them to serve, they accepted Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 10:12 am [1]
- 2006.11.29: November 29, 2006: Headlines: Speaking Out: Criticism: National Service: Op-Ed News: Mark Sashine writes: The idealistic dreams of some liberals about a 'Mandatory Peace Corps' are naïve and very American Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 10:11 am [1]
- 2006.11.30: November 30, 2006: Headlines: Service: Speaking Out: Ithican: The Ithican writes: It is not in our best interest to join service groups like the Peace Corps and Teach for America if our best interest is based on what will economically sustain us, push us up the corporate ladder and conform to the recommendations of our advisers, parents and peers Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 10:09 am [1]
- 2006.11.30: November 30, 2006: Headlines: AID: Speaking Out: Rocky Mountain Collegian: Luci Storelli-Castro writes: By not increasing aid, we are ultimately disregarding an important part of the American way of life, which comes in the form of generosity and compassion Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 10:08 am [1]
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