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Authors Toni Morrison, Ernest J. Gaines honored with new postage stamp

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Virginia post office closed over historic display featuring ‘whites,’ ‘colored’ signs

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USPS Pauses Mailbox Removals After Customer Concern

NAACP reaches settlement with Postal Service over delivery of mail-in ballots

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Notice something’s up with USPS? There’s a reason behind the mail crisis

USPS has reverted to a mail system that is unreliable — leaving people wondering when they will get prescriptions, checks and tax returns.
/ March 31, 2021

Biden’s executive order on voting rights pushes movement forward

The 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday has the White House focused on voter regristration in an all-out effort to protect the right to vote.
/ March 8, 2021

Cori Bush calls out USPS board for being ‘millionaire white boys’ club’

“More than 35 percent of postal workers are people of color,” Bush noted in Wednesday’s hearing, “while zero percent of governors are.”
/ February 25, 2021

Pennsylvania postal worker admits his claim of ballot tampering wasn’t true

A postal worker in Pennsylvania, whose claim of ballot tampering was touted by Republicans as evidence of voter fraud, says it was all a lie.
/ November 10, 2020
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After judge’s order, Postal Service sweep finds only 13 ballots

U.S. Postal Service inspectors found just 13 ballots during an Election Day sweep of mail processing centers ordered by a federal judge.
/ November 4, 2020
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USPS disregards court order to sweep facilities; 300,000 ballots missing

The U.S. Postal Service says it can’t meet a federal judge’s order to sweep processing centers for undelivered mail-in ballots.
/ November 3, 2020

Chicago mail workers threaten to stop delivering following carrier shooting

The day after this shooting, another postal carrier was struck while on route, this time with a paintball gun.
/ September 21, 2020