USPS

25% of postal service workers fall victim to scam emails

Daniel Chaitin · October 10, 2015 4:25 pm

The U.S. Postal Service should not be subsidizing international package shipments to the detriment of American businesses. (AP Photo)Â

Obama’s Postal Service nominees opposed by labor, civil rights groups

Sean Higgins · October 2, 2015 6:25 pm

The United States Postal Service lost $51.7 billion between 2007 and 2014, according to a new report. (iStock Photo)

USPS has not earned a profit in nearly a decade

Kelly Cohen · September 22, 2015 6:43 pm

Title 39 of the U.S. Code states that the mission of the USPS is "to bind the Nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people." (Scott Eisen/Bloomberg)

USPS thinks political candidates are first class, sees voters as bulk mail

Rudy Takala · August 14, 2015 8:30 pm

Daily on their routes, letter carriers save elderly residents who've fallen or taken ill, remove people from burning cars after accidents, find missing children and stop crimes in progress.Â (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Moving beyond the ‘conventional wisdom’ about the U.S. Postal Service

Fredric Rolando · August 4, 2015 4:01 am

Ohio letter carrier Keith McVey hands the day's mail to Raina Washington as he makes his daily deliveries in Akron, Ohio on Friday, July 16, 2010. (AP Photo)Â

The U.S. Postal Service and the dangers of monopoly power

Don Soifer · July 10, 2015 4:01 am

U.S. Postal workers sort packages at the U.S. Post Office sort center on December 18, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Postal Service cybersecurity still weak after September attack

Ethan Barton · May 8, 2015 9:00 am

Postal Service mail vehicles sit in a parking lot at a mail distribution center on February 18, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mismanagement cost Postal Service $21 million extra for vehicle maintenance

Ethan Barton · May 6, 2015 4:58 pm

The U.S. Postal Service should not be subsidizing international package shipments to the detriment of American businesses. (AP Photo)Â

Why does USPS favor foreign shippers?

Op-Ed Contributor · April 19, 2015 9:00 am

Poor planning and repeated delays in a program aimed at speedier processing of bulk mail could jeopardize nearly $90 million in potential cost savings for the United States Postal Service. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Delays, bad planning in program for faster mail risk $89.8m in postal savings

Ethan Barton · April 15, 2015 12:58 pm

Tax subsidies help pay for an estimated $18 billion advantage against private sector rivals like Fed Ex, as well as the Postal Service's First Class mail delivery monopoly.

$18 billion in special privileges boost Post Office against rivals like FedEx, UPS

Ethan Barton · March 26, 2015 9:00 am

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Contractor accused of bribing USPS exec with payments for his child’s tuition

Sarah Bedford · February 16, 2015 4:37 pm