John Dick
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Dick
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News
Delivering the message of racial justice to the governor’s mailbox
October 20, 2023Remembering Letter Carrier William Moore.
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Opinion
Anne Frank: ‘We all live with the objective of being happy…’
June 15, 2023The similarities among us are far greater than the differences, something she would have agreed with.
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Opinion
Labor history tour guide remembers his mail deliverer days
September 13, 2022Retired member of the National Association of Letter Carriers guides German postal workers around Detroit.
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Opinion
For NRA, gun control was once as American as the Fourth of July
August 9, 2022Not only did the NRA support gun control for much of the 20th century, its leadership in fact lobbied and co-authored gun control legislation.
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Opinion
Six-Triple-Eight: The Black women of America’s WWII postal battalion
March 8, 2022The end of Black History Month and the beginning of Women's History Month makes the perfect time to revisit an episode from World War II.
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Culture
A love letter to the working class
June 2, 2021One simple act of kindness has snowballed into an avalanche of goodwill for thousands across the globe.
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U.S.
Letter carrier’s beat-up boots kick it at MDA summer camp
August 5, 2019I look down at the boots: a pair of black Tony Lama cowboy boots bought in a little store in Bandera, Texas in 1998 on my 39th birthday.
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ILCA
Post office thrills kids; in the future, they may have to save it
May 23, 2019This is our annual “School Trip to the Post Office,” and I am lucky enough to be the tour guide again this year.
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