Visitors to the James A. Farley Building in Midtown Manhattan, which formerly served as New York City’s main United States Postal Service (USPS) branch, will find these iconic words inscribed on top: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these...
It’s January so that means millions of households are bracing themselves for the annual slew of postal price hikes. Surprisingly, after a decade of increases, changes will be fairly mild for ordinary stamp buyers. For the second year in a row, the United...
In case anyone didn’t notice, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is in dire fiscal straits, with $69 billion in net losses since 2007. On April 30, Postmaster General Megan Brennan told the House Oversight and Reform Committee, “Absent legislation and regulatory...
Picture this: a mailman drives to a house or a complex in a big ugly square truck, drops off mail, and leaves. This simple, commonplace scene has unfolded basically unchanged over the past 60 years in the United States, as foreign posts...
"We lose revenue on every single package we deliver." It was a clear and unmistakable point made by the U.S. Postal Service's inspector general during a recent House Oversight Committee hearing. Federal officials, industry representatives, and members of Congress were discussing the...