The fight to eliminate snail mail goes at a snail’s pace. But it can be done. Or at least nearly done – some mail simply can’t be avoided.

"If you're doing fieldwork for many months, the feeling of receiving a letter—an actual tangible—letter is such a lift," said ...

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate duo is aiming to reduce the influx of political mail to households by cutting off a key federal subsidy that boosts Republican and Democratic party committees.

The nationwide, bipartisan movement to eliminate so-called "junk fees" for renters has reached Massachusetts, where landlords are now forced to share the total price of what they are renting out with ...

A Frontgate catalog, a Fresh Direct mailer, several indistinguishable offers for new credit cards, a bunch of coupons from online stores you shopped at once: This is but a glimpse of the junk that ...

Karen Stabiner is a journalist. Her most recent book is “Generation Chef: Risking It All for a New American Dream.” Junk mail is nothing new. Mortality junk mail is, at least for me. I can’t say I’m ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Junk fees are set to become a thing of the past in Virginia. “By the end, you’ve had this fee, and that fee, and the other fee tacked on, and the price at the end looks nothing ...

Wasting time going through credit card offers in your mailbox? Spending time sorting through these offers can be time-consuming and annoying. Unfortunately, these pre-approved mailings are generated ...

Danielle Catton is the kind of person who hangs onto old birthday cards, boarding passes and business cards — ephemera that feels wrong to toss but doesn’t have a particular use. These pieces of her ...