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The Wholesale Destruction of Our Postal Service Is Already Underway

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Jan 2, 2019 America’s most popular public service literally delivers for its people. Anti-government zealots want to sell it off. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The War on the Post Office

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Mar 16, 2018 The U.S. Postal Service is under attack from a manufactured crisis designed to force its privatization. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Post Office Costs Taxpayers Nothing, and Gives Us So Much in Return

By Jim Hightower / AlterNet Sep 15, 2016 It's time to put a Forever stamp on this public jewel. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

By Hank H. Cox Jul 15, 2016 For more than two centuries, the postal system has been a fundamental part of American life. But modern technology has raised serious questions about its viability. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Special Delivery for the Plutocrats

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 23, 2015 "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," reads the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service. We now can add to that "nor a national security no-fly zone," as demonstrated by mailman Doug Hughes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

USPS Will Begin Plant Closures Next Week

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 1, 2015 The long, slow destruction of the U.S. Postal Service is set to continue next week when 82 mail processing centers are closed and consolidated, despite calls from more than half the members of the outgoing Senate to stall the changes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Government Agencies Are Secretly Going Through Your Snail Mail, Too

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 29, 2014 Apparently the National Security Agency is not the only government organization violating Americans' privacy rights by collecting massive amounts of data. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Warren’s Post Office Proposal: Palast Aims at the Wrong Target

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Mar 13, 2014 Investigative reporter Greg Palast is usually pretty good at peering behind the rhetoric and seeing what is really going on. But in tearing into Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s support of postal financial services, he has done a serious disservice to the underdogs -- both the underbanked and the U.S. Postal Service itself. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Brains Lost in Mail — Postal Bank Bunkum

By Greg Palast, Reader Supported News Mar 10, 2014 As a card-carrying progressive, I’m told I must never write about Sen. Elizabeth Warren unless I first shout, “Warren akbar!” -- Liz is Great! -- while bowing reverentially toward Boston. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren’s Post Office Banking Plan Gains Public Support

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2014 A new poll finds significant backing for expanding the post office's offerings to include financial transactions, with 44 percent of those surveyed favoring the idea. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Save the Post Office by Having It Replace Payday Lenders

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2014 Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed a proposal by the United States Postal Service's inspector general over the weekend that could prevent the poor from having to shell out billions of dollars in fees and maybe even save the post office from sinking. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

USPS Drone

Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle Dec 6, 2013 Dig deeper