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December 22, 2022
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Kate Aronoff
The USPS Could Be Transformative for Decarbonizing America—if Only It Weren’t Run by Louis DeJoy
The agency’s plan to eventually replace its gas-guzzling fleet with electric vehicles is good news, but so much more would be possible if Biden would take steps to expel the Trump appointee.
April 25, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Mekedas Belayneh
How Biden Can Halt the U.S. Postal Service’s Gas-Guzzling Plan
Louis DeJoy’s plan to invest over $11 billion in gas-powered trucks can still be stopped.
January 19, 2022
The Soapbox
Molly Osberg
Can a Kneecapped U.S. Postal Service Handle Biden’s Covid Test Plan?
The last-ditch response is being foisted upon a critically underfunded public institution.
February 12, 2021
The Soapbox
Alex Pareene
Fire Louis DeJoy
It wouldn’t be simple for Joe Biden to oust the postmaster general, but it’s hardly as impossible as the press is making it out to be.
October 1, 2020
The Soapbox
J.C. Pan
America’s Conspiracies of Profit
Recent speculation about nefarious campaigns at USPS and ICE miss something crucial about the everyday obscenity of our current system.
August 17, 2020
The Soapbox
Alex Shephard
Why the Media Is Uniquely Terrible at Covering the U.S. Postal Service
By embracing conservative talking points, the press missed the hollowing-out of one of America’s great institutions.
August 5, 2020
The Soapbox
Matt Ford
The Republicans’ Crimes Against Democracy
Some politicos are fretting about post-election chaos. What about the pre-election chaos that Trump and his allies are creating right now?
June 16, 2020
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Jason Linkins
Don’t Just Save the Postal Service. Reinvent It.
The USPS could be the government at its best, if politicians gave it a chance.
May 7, 2020
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The Politics of Everything
Reimagining the Post-Covid Economy
Six ideas for how to rebuild after the pandemic
December 5, 2018
David Dayen
The Biggest Threat in the Postal Report Is to Rural Americans, Not Amazon
The Trump task force's recommendations would undermine the agency's mission to bind the country together.
March 10, 2014
Alec MacGillis
The Postal Service Outsources Itself to a Company Doing Almost as Badly as the Postal Service
February 10, 2014
David Dayen
Obama's Partly to Blame for the Postal Service's Backward Ways
January 28, 2014
David Dayen
The Post Office Should Just Become a Bank
How Obama can save USPS and ding check-cashing joints
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