Postal Christmas volumes are surging predictably, sometimes resulting in delayed delivery. Parcel numbers have increased dramatically during the pandemic as customers seek to avoid in-person shopping and order on-line or through catalogues. A new Amazon distribution center located just a block from the main Post Office on Milwaukee Street in Madison is absorbing some of […]
What the Media is Getting Wrong about the U.S. Postal Service
“It’s a logistics story first and foremost, but it’s been reported as a Donald Trump story,” says journalist Alex Shephard of all the recent reporting on the United States Postal Service. “When you look at the full story of why the USPS is in crisis, it’s much more complicated and interesting.” Today on the show, […]
Conservatives Want to Privatize the Post Office. Why?
The United States Postal Service continues to face a financial crisis in the midst of the pandemic and the upcoming presidential election as more and more voters consider mail-in ballots for health and safety. For today’s show, Allen looks at the origins of this crisis and billionaire Charles Koch’s efforts to privatize the USPS since […]
Congressional Rep. Pocan holds Day of Action around Postal Service
On Tuesday, succumbing from political pressure, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced that he is suspending plans to cut back or even to dismantle much of the United States Postal Service. Also on Tuesday, Wisconsin joined fourteen states in a federal lawsuit claiming that cuts in postal services are an effort to obstruct voting in the […]
Wait a Minute, Mr. Koch-Man: The Plot to Kill the Public’s Postal Se...
Efforts to undermine and privatize the U.S. Postal Service has continued since the mid-1970’s, according by the recently published research by Lisa Graves, Executive Director of True North Research, in her article “Wait a Minute, Mr. Koch-Man: The Plot to Kill the Public’s Postal Service”. Libertarians, led by the Koch Brothers, have undermined, and continue […]
The U.S. Postal Strike of 1970 and Present-Day Crisis
The U.S. Postal Service is currently facing a financial crisis alongside concerns about keeping workers safe during the pandemic and preparing for the November election as more states seek to expand access to vote-by-mail programs. On today’s show, we discuss all this and more with historian Philip Rubio, author of the new book Undelivered. Over […]
