Mail Carriers Keep Making the Rounds, Despite a Murky Future NYT | Top Stories By: Steven Kurutz 24 December 2025 at 18:00 As the much-derided agency loses billions, postal workers quietly, and sometimes heroically, serve their communities. © Arin Yoon for The New York TimesA postal worker in Kansas delivers mail to a central hub. The United States Postal Service has cut costs by decreasing the number of home deliveries in recent years.