coal miners
Trump’s attacks on Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act bring suffering in Coal Country
December 10, 2025Although the law failed to deliver a Green New Deal, it had started to revitalize jobs and the economy in West Virginia.
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New crisis in miners’ health brings troubling memories
August 26, 2025Screening systems and compensation for victims of Black Lung has been the focus of decades of struggle by unionized miners and their allies.
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Frostburg University celebrates labor organizer George A. Meyers
April 14, 2025The event celebrated the school’s creation of the George A. Meyers Collection in its library, Meyers’s life, and the need to defend education and libraries in the face of suppression.
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Mine Workers’ Roberts: Corporate greed extends black lung suffering
June 7, 2024Disease is roaring back in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.
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A new federal rule seeks to protect miners from black lung disease
April 19, 2024Miners say the "overdue" regulation's success will depend upon effective enforcement.
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