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Save the Mail: US Postal Service Delivers Live-Saving Medications

April Ryan
August 18, 2020

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There has been significant and concerted attempts to a fix myriad of shortcomings within the United States Postal Service prior to the November 3 election. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has called Congress to make a crucial vote on Saturday, and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will field questions before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee next week. The shortcomings at the USPS are affecting average Americans and experts say it could be life-or-death for many citizens.

Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker, kidney specialist and nephrologist, speaks with April Ryan about the disruption of mail service to those who rely on medications delivered by the USPS.

Click ▶️ to listen to AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan’s White House Report:

Nice try, Postmaster General DeJoy, but the House will still be passing our bill to ensure the delivery of the mail through the election. We will deliver for America by voting on Saturday. #DontMessWithUSPS
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) August 18, 2020

In this Wednesday, May 6, 2020, photo, Esther Haynes, left, gives United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon a protective face mask as she delivers mail along her route in Philadelphia. From coastal Maine to Philadelphia’s close-knit neighborhoods, many residents call the postal service essential to their communities. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan