This Letter-to-the-Editor was originally published in the Bangor Daily News on February 16, 2026. By Steve Niles In a time when agreement can feel hard to come by, it’s refreshing to see leaders come together around something that works. That’s...
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The Kansas City Star: Opinion: AmeriCorps Repays Kansas City and the Nation. It Deserves Our Support.
This op-ed was originally published in The Kansas City Star on February 9, 2026. By Drew Mitrisin I wore my Timberlands last week. They’ve always been one size too big. When I was in Washington, D.C., in 2014, they were...
Read More »New Hampshire Bulletin: Commentary: An Old Idea for a New Birth of Freedom in America
This commentary was originally published in the New Hampshire Bulletin on February 9, 2026. By Dan Weeks Twenty-five years ago, as a youngster in high school wondering what would come next, I came across an old idea: national service. Sure,...
Read More »Bipartisan House-Senate Appropriations Bill Provides Near-Level Funding for AmeriCorps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC (January 20, 2026) – Today, the Senate and House Appropriations Committees released the text of the fiscal year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill. The bipartisan bill sustains funding for...
Read More »Minnesota Star Tribune: Opinion: Service Can Save America, and Minnesota Can Lead the Way
This op-ed was originally published in The Minnesota Star Tribune on January 10, 2026. By Nathan Bruschi We can rebuild our country while rebuilding the middle class. America has a quality-of-life problem. The frustrating thing is that the government has...
Read More »Mississippi Free Press: Editor’s Note: AmeriCorps is Worth the Cost to Serve the Public
This Letter-to-the-Editor was originally published in the Mississippi Free Press on December 26, 2025. By Kevin Edwards When the Trump administration announced earlier this year that it was pulling funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service—popularly known as AmeriCorps—it was yet...
Read More »Standing Up for Service, Together
This year, the national service community showed extraordinary resilience, unity, and leadership. In the face of significant disruptions and unprecedented uncertainty, your voice helped ensure that communities could continue to count on AmeriCorps. This community sent more than 115,000 messages...
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