We were inspired. Less than two months into his presidency, Kennedy again urged civilians to serve their country as he launched the U.S. Peace Corps proposed in his presidential campaign.

Re: “The Peace Corps is needed more than ever” (May 24, Opinion): I am thankful for the My Take essay by Kathleen M. Corey. Because of all I learned in Peace Corps in Africa, many American ...

More than 1,000 students volunteered. Stirred by this enthusiastic reaction, two weeks later Kennedy proposed a “Peace Corps of Americans who would work for progress and peace in developing ...

As federal agencies undergo scrutiny through the DOGE review process, one of the last to face review is the Peace Corps. Perhaps that’s because it’s small. Perhaps because it’s beloved.

Peace Corps staffers are bracing for deep cuts at the agency, ones they fear will do untold damage to one of the last remaining programs promoting development and fostering goodwill abroad.

Now, there is concern that the Peace Corps could join the other foreign aid programs the administration is trying to dismantle. The United States Agency for International Development largely shut ...

Trumps’s government efficiency staff went through Peace Corps offices recently. Trump tried to dismantle the Peace Corps in his first term. And he has already “eliminate[d] key pillars of ...

The head of a Peace Corps alumni group said he was told the cuts would affect full-time employees, not the volunteers working overseas. By David A. Fahrenthold David A. Fahrenthold is an ...