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Sunday, August 23, 2020

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Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up

By Kenneth P. Vogel, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Alan Rappeport and Hailey Fuchs

At President Trump's behest, the Treasury Secretary sought out appointees who would restructure the United States Postal Service.

Coronavirus Limits California's Efforts to Fight Fires With Prison Labor

By Thomas Fuller

Early releases of prisoners to protect them from the virus have depleted the ranks of an inmate firefighting program that some say should be abolished anyway.

A Glimmer of Hope for Trump? How Bush Mounted a Comeback in 1988

By Adam Nagourney

For Biden, a cautionary tale. For Trump, a negative strategy for rebounding in a race.

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World | Australia Dispatch

'A Bit Surreal': The Lonely Plight of the Great Barrier Reef

By Livia Albeck-Ripka and Natalie Grono

The tourism operators who depend on the natural wonder, already contending with climate change, have been walloped by the pandemic. The absence of visitors is bad for them — and the reef.

Opinion | Sunday Review

Remembering Katrina and Its Unlearned Lessons, 15 Years On

By Talmon Joseph Smith

There've been so many storms — literal, cultural and political — since the hurricane hit New Orleans. But for the sake of all cities, we can't forget it.