The U.S. president earns a base salary of $400,000 a year, and the postmaster general gets a base salary of $303,460. (The chief justice of the supreme court gets $317,500.) That means the current ...

And then the patriots created the Constitutional Post in 1774, which became the Post Office Department in 1775, a year before the Declaration. So, it’s really the oldest government agency.

Their novel, uniquely American post didn’t just carry letters for the few; it also subsidized the delivery of newspapers to the entire population, which created an informed electorate, spurred ...

The American post office building is the embodiment of a miracle. The United States Post Office in Augusta, Maine, is one of the landmarks of that state capital, and is still used for its original ...

You don't have to be a fan of snail mail to appreciate these historical, quirky, and awe-inspiring places to send a letter. See if these post offices don't earn your stamp of approval.

“It was just a remarkably savvy strategy,” said Christy Pottroff, an assistant professor of English at Boston College. “The post office really underwrote her entire career.” In fact, as Pottroff has ...