Maybe you've noticed the birthday card that arrived belatedly or the check in the mail that didn't pay your credit card quite on time. It's not your imagination. The mail has definitely gotten less speedy. The U.S. Postal Service began slowing deliveries of first-class mail nationwide on Oct. 1. The price of...
After a year long COVID delay, the Universal Postal Union held its international Congress. In addition, several posts improved their service and financial performance, others introduced new delivery methods, and privatization is on the table in Brazil. We review these...
Mail delivery for many Americans will slow starting on Friday, part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's blueprint for overhauling the U.S. Postal Service in order to slash costs. But critics say the slower delivery standards could cause problems such as late bill delivery while more broadly undermining the public's faith...
You've likely had the dreadful experience of mailing a bill payment or a letter to someone, only for it to arrive later than expected due to delays. Sending mail across your state or even the country feels like a game of chance with the US Postal Service. During the first...
America has two problems, which can be tempered with a single solution. The baby boom generation is graying, creating an ever-larger population of older people, many isolated, whose needs the nation is ill-equipped to meet or even monitor. Meanwhile, the U.S. Postal Service has gone $160 billion into debt, in part as...