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Jeff Danziger | Posted 06.09.2013 | Politics
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$1.9 Billion Lost

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.10.2013 | Business

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service said Friday it lost $1.9 billion over the last three months and warned that losses would continue to mount witho...

The Plight of the Postal Service

Ralph Nader | Posted 05.03.2013 | Business
Ralph Nader

The United States Postal Service is in a freefall due to poor management, a starkly shortsighted, paralyzed Congressional leadership, and the steady march of right wing ideologues.

Did Government Benefit From Armstrong Despite Cheating?

AP | JIM VERTUNO | Posted 05.02.2013 | Sports

AUSTIN, Texas -- Lance Armstrong is facing the federal government in a legal fight with tens of millions of dollars at stake, and a loss could bankrup...

Postal Service Up Against Bill That Could Mandate 6-Day Mail Delivery

Reuters | Posted 06.18.2013 | Business

(Corrects name of Newspaper Association CEO to Tonda Rush from Tonya in paragraph 9) WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. lobbyin...

Postal Service Delaying Controversial Saturday Plan

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 06.10.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The financially beleaguered Postal Service backpedaled on its plan to end Saturday mail delivery, conceding Wednesday that its gamble to...

More Customers Does NOT Mean More Money For The Postal Service

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.08.2013 | Business

WASHINGTON -- What business gets more customers every year, yet keeps losing money? The U.S. Postal Service delivers mail to 11 million more homes, o...

Like It or Not, the U.S. Postal Service Isn't Going Away Anytime Soon

Tarun Wadhwa | Posted 05.26.2013 | Technology
Tarun Wadhwa

While it is true that the volume of mail has been declining for years now, the biggest issues currently facing the Postal Service have more to do with political incompetence than technological disruption.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 05.26.2013 | Healthy Living
Jennifer Hamady

Certainly we can choose to hold onto the idols and ideas that give us meaning and a sense of awareness and place in the world. But we don't need to. And therein lies the great lesson for us all.

WATCH: Cliff Clavin Disses U.S. Postal Service

HuffPost Live | Posted 03.22.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski sat down Friday with actor John Ratzenberger, famous for his role as mail carrier Cliff Clavin on the television seri...

Saturday Mail Cutback Still Being Debated

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 03.21.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The new spending bill passed by Congress on Thursday appears to continue the requirement for six-day mail delivery, but some lawmakers a...

Postal Service Saturday Delivery Pushed By Congress

Reuters | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - The financially beleaguered Postal Service suffered a setback in its plan to end Sa...

A Post Office for the 21st Century: Universal High-Speed Broadband

David M. Abromowitz | Posted 05.11.2013 | Technology
David M. Abromowitz

Why not harness the Postal Service of the 21st century to catalyze America's economic development, much as the Postal Service did after it was originally created in the 18th century?

A TAX ON EMAIL!?

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.08.2013 | Business

If the post office is going to go down, perhaps it should at least go down with a fight. Gordon Wozniak, a city councilman in Berkeley, Calif., has...

Man Waits WAY Too Long For USPS To Honor Insurance Claim

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.27.2013 | Business

It's been 14 months since the United States Postal Service lost Eric Bush's package, according to CBS Sacramento. But the beleaguered organization has...

U.S. Postal Service Announces New... Fashion Line?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 02.20.2013 | Style

We always admired the fashion sense of the U.S. Postal Service. Mixing light blue with dark blue, pairing high socks with formal shorts -- those are s...

Former Postal Worker Pleads Guilty To Huge Tax Fraud

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2013 | Business

* NJ residents admit to theft, conspiracy * One of largest U.S. stolen identity tax refund frauds By Jonathan Stempel ...

Jon Stewart Hates Cats

Posted 02.08.2013 | Comedy

Dear Internet, are you sitting down? We have something to tell you that you will not like, but it's best that you heard it from us. Ready? Here goe...

Saturday Delivery

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Jeff Danziger

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Post Office Cuts Threaten Black Middle Class

Reuters | Posted 03.22.2013 | Black Voices

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - While delivering mail on Chicago's North Side, Lakesha Dortch-Hardy spoke about how muc...

Postal Service Looks To New Congress For Rescue

Reuters | Posted 03.06.2013 | Politics

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress that expired this week might have steered the nation away from the ...

Confronting Extinction: Lessons From the U.S. Mail

Frank A. Weil | Posted 02.13.2013 | Politics
Frank A. Weil

What then, does the USPS do that is essential to the functioning of modern society? While it certainly employs a lot of people who need jobs in post offices and on the street, the basic answer is "nothing."

The Postal Service Should Go... Now

Eli Lehrer | Posted 01.25.2013 | Politics
Eli Lehrer

Useless is a strong word but, quite fairly, it can and does apply to the U.S. Postal Service.

Friday's Child Is Loving and Giving: Obama, Romney and the Post Office

Janet Mason | Posted 12.18.2012 | Gay Voices
Janet Mason

One day, I was with my long-term partner in the neighborhood post office where she had been a clerk -- until just recently. After 29 years with the postal system, her job was abolished.

A Reality Check on Postal Service Finances

Ron Bloom | Posted 09.30.2012 | Business
Ron Bloom

Sacrifices will be required of the Postal Service, but hacking away at its core strength will not solve the problem. Instead, it would tear down a network that has taken more than two centuries to build. Americans should demand better.