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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. In Michigan alone, Black Americans constitute 14 percent of the state’s population — but 40 percent of coronavirus deaths.