Biden moves to overhaul the USPS, threatening DeJoy

View in browser   February 25, 2021 Fresh off of telling Congress to "get used to" his mismanaged, bad leadership, it looks like Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's days could be numbered. President Biden on Wednesday announced three nominees to the Postal Service Board of Governors, a move that, if confirmed, would tilt the nine-member board in favor of Democrats. If they wanted to, they'd have the power to finally remove DeJoy amid the continuing widespread delays in mail delivery. The announcement on Wednesday follows DeJoy's testy appearance before the House, during which he told lawmakers he intended to stay in his post for a "long time." "Get used to it," DeJoy said. How rude! —Inae Oh Advertisement   Biden Nominates 3 to USPS Board, Threatening Embattled Postmaster General DeJoy The move comes on the same day that DeJoy told Congress to "get used to" his leadership. BY INAE OH   A stable one-shot vaccine is deemed safe and effective BY ABIGAIL WEINBERG It's not just Texas. The energy meltdown can happen to your state, too. BY NATHALIE BAPTISTE The climate crisis may threaten all that depends on the Colorado River BY NICK BOWLIN The FBI warned Congress of right-wing violence before Jan. 6. Capitol Police leaders never saw the report. BY MATT COHEN Advertisement   The (Almost) Unbelievable Tortures of Steven Tendo A snake pit. Severed fingers. COVID. A US immigration judge. BY ISABELA DIAS   Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. Donate SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE Zoom Just Added Free Captions After a Hard-of-Hearing Health Reporter Shines a Light Less than a week after the health journalist Julia Métraux, who is hard-of-hearing, tweeted about Zoom's lack of free captions as an accessibility and human rights issue, the company has met the call. Until yesterday, Zoom hadn't offered closed captions on free accounts, unlike Skype, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. The feature is vital for deaf and hard-of-hearing users and many second-language learners. In a statement to Métraux last night after her inquiry for a Gizmodo article that published moments ago, Zoom said it plans to release live captions for everyone this fall, and people can fill out transcript requests in the meantime. “It should not have taken as long to get captions on Zoom as it does for people to get vaccines during a pandemic, but glad it happened,” Métraux tells me. Zoom said it made the change to "provide a platform that is accessible to all of the diverse communities we serve," though Métraux also credits a petition by hearing-loss advocate Shari Eberts—with more than 80,000 signatures—and a class-action suit against Zoom from people with hearing loss. The combined efforts "likely played a role in the announcement," she says. Read her Gizmodo story, and keep good news coming to recharge@motherjones.com. —Daniel King Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by forwarding it to a friend or sharing it on Facebook and Twitter. Donate Subscribe This message was sent to franchmaverickk.secretwords123@blogger.com. To change the messages you receive from us, you can edit your email preferences or unsubscribe from all mailings. For advertising opportunities see our online media kit. Were you forwarded this email? Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today. www.MotherJones.com PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755