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02/26/2021

Biden to nominate 3 to USPS Board of Governors CNN Digital Expansion

CNN

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced three nominees to fill most of the vacancies on the US Postal Service Board of Governors, fulfilling a promise that the administration would make the board and the agency a priority in the early days of his presidency.

02/24/2021

Rep. Cori Bush blasts lack of diversity on U.S. Postal Service board of governors

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, during a congressional hearing Wednesday, sharply criticized the U.S. Postal Service for a lack of diversity in its top ranks.

02/07/2021

Weary postal workers hope Biden will bring new tone, change

AP News

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service’s stretch of challenges didn’t end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole during the holiday rush, leading to long hours and a mountain of delayed mail.

02/06/2021

Biden inherited a USPS crisis. Here’s how Democrats want to fix it.

Washington Post

The nation’s mail service is slower and more erratic than it’s been in generations, via the confluence of an abrupt reorganization and pandemic-era anomalies that has fueled demands for reform and fundamentally different ideas on how to achieve it.

On one side is Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who, with the backing of the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board, is expected as soon as next week to outline a new vision for the agency, one that includes more service cuts, higher and region-specific pricing, and lower delivery expectations.

11/17/2020

USPS Workers Rally For Congressional Aid: ‘We Just Honestly Can’t Afford To Take Anymore’

Here & Now, WBUR

U.S. Postal Service workers are holding a “National Day of Action” on Tuesday in cities throughout the country and calling for more support from Congress.

The service experienced one of its greatest challenges this year: shepherding millions of presidential mail-in ballots while under political, financial and operational challenges amplified by the pandemic. Lori Cash, a sales and distribution clerk at the local post office in Lancaster, New York, says 2020 marks the most hectic year for USPS in her 22 years working there.

Thousands join day of action

Blog Post

On Tuesday August 25, thousands of people took action at hundreds of events across the country to save the Post Office.

REPORT: 20/21 Postal losses could top $17 billion without aid

Blog Post

08/10/2020

‘We see it here every day’: How a slowdown in the Postal Service is impacting small businesses

Yahoo! Finance

ScanMyPhotos began in 1990 and quickly developed a close relationship with its local post office in Irvine, Calif.

“They are the reason we have this company,” co-founder Mitch Goldstone said an interview with Yahoo Finance’s. The company, which digitizes physical photos, says it has digitized and sent 600 million pictures back to customers.

08/06/2020

Death by a Thousand Cuts for One of America’s Last Great Institutions

The New Republic

Mail carriers tell the story of how the destruction of the U.S. Postal Service would mean the end of a connected country.