Postal Service

One of those less-well-known but incredibly important priorities for Congress is saving the US Post Service.

Stepping beyond the issue of postal banking, there is a basic question of how we think about the Postal Service.

The historical cost of building our postal network, its unique characteristics and efficiency, the nefarious efforts to privatize and cripple it, and the economic and personal costs of losing …

Mark Dimondstein president of the American Postal Workers Union spoke in Chicago at the Labor Notes convention on how to defend the People's Post Office.

With all these wolves circling at the gates, you'd think the postal unions would have banded together to fight as one. Sadly, for whatever reason, that has not been …

Investigative reporter Greg Palast is usually good at seeing through the rhetoric. But in tearing into Senator Elizabeth Warrenu2019s support of postal financial services, he has done a serious …

Mike Konczal: A public option for banks will dramatically improve and help regulate the financial services industry.

The surprise announcement hit us December 11: Canada Post plans to phase out door-to-door delivery and hike postage rates.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to introduce basic banking services at post offices so that Americans could go to their nearby post office to cash checks and obtain small loans.

Across the country, local delegations visited Staples stores in January to threaten a boycott unless the retailer's new “postal units” are staffed by actual postal employees.