Susan H. Kamei, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
For AAPI History Month: Young Japanese American men who were incarcerated because they were presumed to be disloyal were considered loyal enough for compulsory military service.
An election worker in Pennsylvania handles mailed ballots during that state’s primary election in May.
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It’s not just whether the US Postal Service can handle the load. In 2020 primaries, states have had trouble distributing, collecting and counting mailed-in ballots.
The J.W. Westcott II is the country’s only floating ZIP code.
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Can you find a FedEx store that mimics the design creativity and quality of early US post offices? What are we left with when the best parts of public life are treated like for-profit entities?
The spectacle at the 2016 Republican National Convention will not be repeated in 2020.
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This year’s technological adaptations may signal a permanent shift in the way nominating conventions meet and the way voters watch them – but it’s not the first time.
United States Postal Service mail carrier Frank Colon, 59, departs on his delivery route at the Remcon Circle Post Office amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 30, 2020 in El Paso, Texas.
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The United States Postal Service plays a vital role in US civic life, one that helped shape American society more than 250 years ago and continues to characterize it today.
Wisconsin voters had to wait in line in April, wearing masks, because they could not vote by mail.
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