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Why Is Amazon Tracking Opioid Use All Over the United States?
Experts say Amazon could be tracking opioid usage to determine where to open warehouses, monitor for package theft, or simply because it loves data.
Why Amazon Is Actually Good for the USPS
Trump has long bashed the post office for its partnership with Amazon, but recently released documents tell a different story.
‘Ready to Deliver:’ Read the Post Office’s Mandatory Pep Talk About Election Mail
According to the leaked speech, the USPS says it will undo nearly all of Louis DeJoy's most controversial policies and make election mail its "number one priority."
The Legacy of ‘Going Postal’
In the late 80s and early 90s, a spate of shootings by disgruntled postal workers became the primary way most Americans thought of the post office. They also shed light on an agency with a profoundly unhealthy work environment.
More Mail Votes Are Now Going to Count in Crucial Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court just ruled that many mail-in ballots that aren’t received by Election Day will now be counted.
DeJoy Didn't Bother to Check Whether His Policies Would Kneecap the USPS
USPS collected the data they needed to know running trucks on time would destroy service, but they didn't look at it.
How Mail Is Delivered During Natural Disasters
Delivering mail must be resumed within 12 hours of an emergency event, because bringing things to people is most important when those people have just lost everything.
Anxiety About the Confusion of Mail-In Voting Is Only Making Things Worse
Colorado's Secretary of State sued the USPS so it would stop mailing out postcards about how to vote by mail, even though the postcard directs voters to the Colorado Secretary of State's website.
More than 20,000 Mail Ballots Were Tossed Out in Pennsylvania’s 2020 Primaries
That's half of President Trump's margin of 40,000 votes in the state in 2016.
Postal Service Used Apps That Had ‘Catastrophic’ Vulnerabilities for Years
The USPS Office of Inspector General found that the Postal Service was using several applications laded with vulnerabilities that could have led to a hack with a potential financial impact of over $1 billion.
The Post Office’s Relationship With Dogs Is No Joke
The dog chasing the mailman may be a sitcom punchline, but thousands of letter carriers get bitten by dogs every year. The USPS has a system for warning letter carriers about the nasty ones.
America’s Biggest Wildcat Strike Gave Postal Workers the Power
Wildcat strikes have long been an important means for Black workers to be heard. In 1970, postal workers launched the biggest one of all.