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Are We About to Lose the Postal Service?

David Morris, OnTheCommons.org. October 2, 2011.

Obama has agreed to cut Saturday delivery, 2500 offices may close immediately and up to 16,000 by 2020, and Republicans want to end free door-to-door mail.

3 Big Lies At the Heart of Republican Attacks On the Post Office

Josh Eidelson, AlterNet. September 22, 2011.

House Republicans are aiming to dismantle the postal service, but their plans hinge on a few tall tales they've sold the American public.

The Postal Service Is Essential to Democracy -- It Should Be Re-Imagined, Not Shrunk

John Nichols, The Nation. May 15, 2010.

Just as it did in Ben Franklin's day, the post office can still deliver for America in the twenty-first century.

Postal Service as a Giant Battery? A Plan for Cashing In

Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate. April 13, 2010.

The U.S. Postal Service may earn millions by storing and stabilizing some of the nation's energy supply in its trucks.