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Radio Diary: Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Pandemic

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Everyday the United States Postal Service (USPS) employees work and deliver essential mail to customers amid the threat by mounting debt and political strife on keeping it funded. (Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images)
Everyday the United States Postal Service (USPS) employees work and deliver essential mail to customers amid the threat by mounting debt and political strife on keeping it funded. (Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images)

Maybe you’ve seen them before, especially if you live in a rural part of the country, a private vehicle, someone’s regular car … except, it’s got a little sign on it that says U.S. MAIL.

In this 'Dear On Point' radio diary, we hear from a substitute rural postal carrier in Nebraska about what it means to her to deliver mail to rural Nebraskans for the USPS.


With editing from Meghna Chakrabarti and mixing from Tim Skoog.

This segment aired on May 19, 2020.

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Sydney Wertheim Associate Producer, On Point

Sydney Wertheim is an associate producer for On Point.

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