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Design for the Real World: Postage Stamp

Arts, Culture & Media

Graphic designer Steven Heller explains how these tiny, utilitarian stickers became miniature displays of popular culture.

The World

What Should Become of the USPS?

Business, Economics and Jobs

Postal Service defaults on $5.5 billion payment after Congress refuses to intervene

Global Politics

U.S. Postal Service proposing to slow down delivery of first class mail

Global Politics

The Postal Service Used to Make Multiple Deliveries Per Day

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Postal Service Ending Next-Day Delivery

If you haven’t sent out your Christmas cards yet, you might want to get on it, quick. Snail mail just got slower. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it’s going to end next-day delivery of letters, postcards and other First Class mail. The agency is looking to find $20 billion in annual savings […]

Postal Reform Around The World

Global Politics

The US Postal Service is looking for fresh ideas on how to cut costs. How have other countries been dealing with postal budget shortfalls?

The World

US Postal Service faces default

[waitingforcorrection: invalid GUID, no audio attached] We all remember how the US government narrowly avoided default last month when we reached the limit on our public debt. Now we’re facing a brutal reminder of that saga as the U.S. Postal Service faces default  because of a huge $9.2 billion deficit. The Postal Service could shut down […]

The World

Denmark takes to texting postage

Arts, Culture & Media

Mobile postage will soon be available in Denmark. People will send a text to the post office and receive a code they can write on an envelope. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Morten Nielsen, spokesperson for Post Danmark.

America’s Biggest Mail Junkies

Host Steve Curwood talks to Will Nixon, Assistant Editor of E-Magazine, about his magazine’s recent Junk Mail Hall of Shame. The list points the finger at a few companies who make sure that our mailboxes are never empty.

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