‘It seems like they don’t care about us’: Rural America ruptured as coal miners protest lax rule enforcement linked to black lung

fortune.com/2025/10/14/rural-america-coal-miners-protest-trump-black-lung-disease

Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, coal country came out in droves to support Donald Trump, who promised rural America a mining revival. Eight years later, some coal miners are saying they are in crisis because of the administration’s inaction on industry safety.
Miners on Tuesday…

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