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Sep 12, 2019

Coal comfort

Uber ignores California’s new labor law. Trump cracks down on vaping. Laid-off Kentucky coal miners are closer to a deal with their former employer.

Unemployed Blackjewel coal miner Chris Lewis shows his tattoo as he participates in a blockade along the railroad tracks that lead to one of Blackjewel's mines on August 08, 2019 near Cumberland, Kentucky.
Unemployed Blackjewel coal miner Chris Lewis shows his tattoo as he participates in a blockade along the railroad tracks that lead to one of Blackjewel's mines on August 08, 2019 near Cumberland, Kentucky.
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