WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Bucknell University issued the following news: Peace Corps announced last week that Bucknell University ranked No. 6 among small schools on the agency's list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There are 13 Bucknell alumni currently volunteering in countries around the world. This is the second consecutive year that Bucknell has ranked among the top 15 small schools. In 2018, the University ranked No. 13. "We have seen time and again that the  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: Today, President Trump extended the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program for Liberians for twelve months, through March 31, 2020. This decision comes hours ahead of an emergency hearing in federal court in a lawsuit filed by the national Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Lawyers for Civil Rights calling for the administration to reverse its decision to ter more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 27 -- Indiana University-Purdue University issued the following news release: Harris Wofford's legacy can be found in many of the United States' most prominent philanthropic initiatives. The former United States senator co-founded the Peace Corps. He served as chief executive officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service, which runs AmeriCorps and other volunteer domestic programs. He attained these posts and accomplishments after serving as an adv more PR

BANQUE DE FRANCE, Paris, March 28 -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following remarks by Managing Director Christine Lagarde at an event entitled "The Euro Area: Creating a Stronger Economic Ecosystem": "Mesdames et Messieurs --bonjour. I would like to thank Governor Villeroy de Galhau for the kind introduction. I would also like to thank Banque de France and the European Money and Finance Forum [SUERF] for inviting me to this important event. "As we celebrate the 20th anniversary  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release: The Peace Corps announced today plans to establish a new program in Montenegro focused on English education. Montenegro will represent the agency's 142nd country of service and will be considered an extension of the existing Peace Corps post in Albania. The Government of Montenegro invited the Peace Corps to establish a program in the country in August 2018; the new program will open next year. "The Peace Corps is proud more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: Today, Facebook announced a new policy banning content that promotes white nationalism and white separatism as impermissible hate speech, following nine months of advocacy from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Facebook's new policy declares white nationalism and white separatism to be equivalent to white supremacy, and prohibits any praise, support or representation of  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 861) to "establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) peoples." The bill was introduced on March 25 and has 18 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Benjamin Cardi more ST

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 882) to "address financial conflicts of interest of the President and Vice President." The bill was introduced on March 26 and has 30 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., Christopher Coons, more ST