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Dead chicks and delayed prescriptions: Late mail leaves rural America disconnected.
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Recent Postal Service delays have affected millions of Americans’ packages and letters, but the impact has been particularly widespread and difficult in rural communities, which depend on the federal agency more than densely populated regions of the US. (2/5)
In addition to chicks and small livestock, including honeybees, farmers order seeds and specialty tools they can no longer purchase locally. (3/5)
Hundreds of rural pharmacies have closed in recent years, leaving residents dependent on mailed prescriptions.
In addition, millions of people living in remote areas lack broadband internet, so they rely on USPS to pay bills, receive paychecks and conduct business. (4/5)
In addition, millions of people living in remote areas lack broadband internet, so they rely on USPS to pay bills, receive paychecks and conduct business. (4/5)
“For people out here, the Postal Service is absolutely a lifeline,” says Rob Larew, the president of the National Farmers Union, from his farm in West Virginia. (5/5)
