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Carolyn Maloney

#SaveThePostOffice: New Documents Show Postal Delays Are 'Far Worse' Than Previously Known

Rally goers gather at a post office to protest the Trump administration's handling of the US Postal System at the Rally to Save the Post Office on August 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

Ahead of Key House Vote, Polling Shows Bipartisan Majority of Americans Want More Funding for USPS

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Mail carrier Oscar Osorio during his delivery route in Los Feliz amid the Covid-19 pandemic on April 29, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

"We must do everything we can to ensure that the post office is fully funded. It's good policy and strongly supported by the public."

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House Democrats Unveil Bill to Undo Havoc Wreaked by Postmaster General

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Every single member of the House should vote in favor of our legislation,"...

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Democrats Demand McConnell Bring Senate Back Into Session to 'Protect USPS and Our Election'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks on the Democratic presidential primary campaign trail in 2019. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi had directed House members to return to Washington, D.C...

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'It's Going to Take Everyone': Demonstrations Planned Nationwide to 'Save the Post Office From Trump'

Activists hold a demonstration in support of the U.S. Postal Service in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

Top Dems Demand DeJoy Testify, Citing 'Grave Threat' to 'Our Very Democracy'

Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli speaks about immigration policy at the White House during a briefing August 12, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

'Big News': GAO Says Top Trump DHS Officials Wolf and Cuccinelli Appointed Illegally

House Democrats Introduce Urgent Bill to End 'Deliberate Sabotage' of Postal Service by Postmaster General

Postal Union Leader Warns Trump Assault on USPS and Mail-In Voting Puts Nation on 'Dangerous Path Toward Dictatorship'

'A Catastrophe': Postal Workers Warn Trump Sabotage of USPS Could Delay Mail-In Ballots and Distort Election

Lawmakers Warn 'Onerous' New USPS Loan Terms Imposed by Mnuchin 'Could Accelerate Demise of Postal Service'

Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks at the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House on April 19, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Denouncing Seema Verma's "Textbook Definition of Corruption," Jayapal Calls for Medicare Chief's Ouster

'Trump At His Most Corrupt': President Commutes 40-Month Sentence of Longtime Ally Roger Stone

'Gross Abuse of Authority': AOC, Pressley Join Probe Into Trump Use of Predator Drones to Surveil Protesters

Glenn Fine

'Brazen' Ousting of Watchdog on Coronavirus Relief Oversight Panel by Trump Under Fire

Oversight of $4.5 Trillion Corporate Bailout in 'Grave Jeopardy' as Trump Fires Independent Watchdog

Newswire

Public Citizen

Facebook’s Libra, Corporate Political Spending Disclosure and Executive Compensation Among Likely Topics When All Five SEC Commissioners Testify This Week

Jubilee USA Network

Senate Bill Tackles Tax Evasion, Secrecy and Money Laundering

Public Citizen

This Week, Americans Will Urge Their Representatives in Congress to Support Democracy Reform

National Organization for Women (NOW)

Women's Equality Day 2018...

CLIMATE ACTION: Mayor, Comptroller, Trustees Announce First-In-The-Nation Goal To Divest From Fossil Fuels

Jubilee USA Network

Bipartisan Senate ‎and House Bills Tackle Abusive Shell Company Practices

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Chad Marlow

The US Postal Service Was Never a Business. Stop Treating It Like One

Michael Arria

Why Are Progressive Democrats Backing an Anti-BDS Bill That Was Introduced at an AIPAC Conference?

Richard Eskow

How to Cover a Political Revolution

Mary Green Swig, Steven Swig

A Movement Emerges to Free Former Students from Crushing Loan Debts

Kevin Gosztola

What If America Happened To Forget The September 11th Attacks?

Michael Winship

In Congress, Christmas Is a Time of Giving – and Receiving

Ralph Nader

Why the Silence from the Sponsors of the Superior Full Medicare for All?

Paul Buchheit

A Vote for the Republicans is a Vote Against Yourself: 5 Reasons Why

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship

Pity the Poor Billionaires

Kit Kittredge

“Freedom Waves” -- Another Challenge to the Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza and the US Congress