Saturday Delivery

Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle Feb 8, 2013 Dig deeper

USPS Seeks to Cut Saturday Mail Delivery

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 7, 2013 Struggling under the weight of mandatory future retiree benefit payments, the U.S. Postal Service said it would move to a five-day schedule in August to save $2 billion a year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Postal Service Sends Distress Signal

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 16, 2013 After losing $41 billion over the last five years, the inspector general of the USPS has warned that America's postal service will go out of business this year unless Congress acts to save it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fox News Points Out Paul Ryan’s Lies … and Pigs Fly?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2012 Fox News used the words "deceiving" and "dazzling" to describe Paul Ryan's speech at the GOP convention; British support of possible American military intervention in Syria could signal another blunder as terrible as the Iraq War; meanwhile, Israeli ex-soldiers finally admit to heinous treatment of Palestinian children. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Postal Service Closures, O’Reilly’s Non-Apology, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 30, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including congressional action on student loan rates and Glenn Beck trying to profit off of the Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Big Buyout at the Postal Service

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2012 The money-losing USPS is offering buyouts to 45,000 mail handlers as it moves to slash its payroll and cut the number of processing centers around the country by nearly half. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

USPS Jobs

John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune Feb 27, 2012 Dig deeper

Late Postal Service

Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle Dec 12, 2011 Dig deeper

Postal Service

Larry Wright, Cagle Cartoons, The Detroit News Oct 6, 2011 Dig deeper

The Push to Preserve the Postal Service

Staff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2011 Facing a shortfall of a few billion dollars, the U.S. Postal Service is planning to drop 220,000 full-time jobs and close 3,700 post offices and 300 processing centers by 2015, while scaling back services and cutting retirement benefits. And that's after laying off 110,000 employees since 2007. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Postal Service Begs Congress for Help

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2011 The United States Postal Service can't pay its bills, and management is asking Congress for money and concessions, including eliminating 220,000 jobs. This, despite agreeing in May not to lay off workers. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

USPS Losses

Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons, The Denver Post Nov 20, 2010 Dig deeper