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Has Google Replaced U.S. Postal Stamps in Celebrating Cultural Giants?
Call it the Dawn of the Great Google Doodle Backlash. From today’s Washington Post Outlook section (via Politico Playbook): The case against the Google Doodle When Google honored African American author Zora Neale Hurston with a custom logo — a Google … Continue reading
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Tagged Coca-Cola, Daphne A. Brooks, Doodle, Google, Great Google Doodle Backlash, Harlem Renaissance, Justin Moyers, Los Angeles Times, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, McDonald's, Mohandas Ghandi, Outlook, Politico Playbook, Princeton University, The Root, Time, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal stamps, Washington Post, Zora Neale Hurston
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South Boston Rep. Steve Lynch Goes Postal
The United States Postal System is one step from the dead-letter office, given its $9 billion deficit. Op Art feature in Sunday’s New York Times: Things have gotten so bad, the American Postal Workers Union has launched an ad campaign to generate … Continue reading
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Tagged APWU, Influence Alley, National Journal, New York Times, Op Art, Rep. Stephen Lynch, U.S. Postal Service
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Doing Good Before Doing Well
In these parlous economic times, college graduates are turning toward public service jobs to tide them over until private sector jobs bounce back. From Wednesday’s New York Times: In 2009 alone, 16 percent more young college graduates worked for the … Continue reading
WSJ Goes Postal
Excellent charticle on the U.S. Postal Service in the Wall Street Journal’s This Week wrap: Among the high/lowlights: • The USPS now handles about 150 billion pieces of mail a year vs. 200+ billion per annum in 2005-2007 • Post … Continue reading
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Tagged charticle, Harry S. Truman, high/lowlights, Rock Hudson, The Week, U.S. Postal Service, Wall Street Journal, Walt Disney
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