The Empire State primary provides one example of how difficult it is to transition to vote-by-mail elections.
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Unsanitized: Postal Service Being Torn Apart from Within
Also the day traders fly into Kodak. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 30, 2020.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
One Billionaire vs. the Mail
A new report details Charles Koch’s 50-year war on the U.S. Postal Service.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Does Amazon Rip Off the Postal Service?
Plus, the Heroes Act becomes ridiculous. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 15, 2020.
Posted inPolitics
‘What Keeps Me Up at Night Is the Partisanship’
An interview with Washington’s Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman, who runs the state’s universal vote-by-mail system
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Unsanitized: The War on the Postal Service Continues
Also, why we needed so many hospital beds in New York City. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 6, 2020.
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The U.S. Postal Service Is More Vital Than Ever
But why does Trump have it in for the USPS?
Posted inWorking in America
The Postal Workers Strike, 50 Years Later
Two hundred thousand militant postal workers forced the Nixon administration to grant them labor rights. Today, the Trump administration is attempting to take them away.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Everyone Should Care Who the New Postmaster General Is
Postal unions fear that the Trump administration will use the selection of the next postmaster general to initiate its agenda of postal privatization.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Create a Public Option for Simple Banking
Under current authority, the post office can expand its financial services options. A major postal workers union even has it in their bargaining contract.