New Postmaster Hasn't Yet Met Election Officials About Mail-In Ballot Concerns
Election officials are seeking clarification from the Postal Service about how recent cutbacks will affect what's expected to be an avalanche of mail-in voting in the upcoming election. Changes in postal operations have already led to mail delays across the country, raising alarms about what will happen in November. NPR has learned that a bipartisan group of secretaries of state, who are responsible for running elections, requested to meet this week with postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, who...
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Consumer Handbook: Do Not Plant Mailed Seeds From China
Unmarked seed packets are arriving in mailboxes around the United States and Canada with no explanation or reason, and with a return address in China. The package bears the name "China Post," and may be labeled as jewelry, small electronics, or some other item.
A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) official recently said in a statement that 14 different species of the seeds have been identified so far. They include seeds of flowering plants, herbs, and vegetables, and they...
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New Portrait Series Depicts Vibrant Life At Sites Where Police Killed Black Americans
Artist Keith Morris Washington has a new larger-than-life portrait series hes calling Black Lives . . . That’s what you see: a woman sitting on a chair, two teenage boys walking with backpacks, a man grinning ear to ear with his arms crossed. But these black-and-white portraits are much more than they appear — they are people Washington met at the sites of police killings around the country. In graduate school, Washington’s thesis project Within Our Gates argued that traditional, peaceful...
