For Your Mail-in Mid-Term Ballot There’s No Need for a Stamp
Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. Postal Service will deliver your ballot even if there's no postage on the envelope.
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Viewfinder: Bomb Threats Reach Midtown Manhattan
A New York Bomb Squad officer walks out of the Time Warner Building in Manhattan, New York, on October 24th, 2018, after a suspected explosive device was delivered to CNN's New York bureau.
The International Postal System Is Profoundly Broken—and Nobody Is Paying Attention
An obscure United Nations body is making mail from developing nations unnaturally cheap—and hurting e-commerce, manufacturing, and postal systems in industrialized countries. The Universal Postal Union is a secretive backroom club, but its missteps were born from the highest of ideals.
Pele’s Curse
Thousands of pounds of rocks stolen from Hawaii are returned by mail to the island each year because former tourists fear their fortunes have been reversed by a wrathful goddess. What makes the myth so powerful?
The Beautiful Tyranny of the Restoration Hardware Catalog
It's heavy, it's not good for the environment, it's too expensive for all but a select few—and yet, every year, the 17-pound catalog arrives again.
Postal Service by Projectile: Delivering Mail With Rockets
Long before email, it was predicted that traditional letters would be dropped off using the ever-advancing technology of the Space Age.
A Short History of Home Mail Delivery
Most forms of Saturday mail delivery will end in August, the U.S. Postal Service announced this morning. The…
Sleet, Rain, Snow, No Problem! But Budget Shortfall?
One way for the U.S. Postal Service to save itself might be for letter carriers to lay down their bags.