Lawyer Stephen Cawood built one of the greatest bodies of work of any Kentuckian to protect Appalachians from the adverse ...

There is an innovative company helping to transform the transition from a society steeped into coal but with new opportunties ...

If you wanted to make a movie about the pain and progress of Kentucky’s Appalachian coalfield in the last 60 years, a key ...

Coal mining is indelibly woven into the fabric of daily life in the mountains of southeast Kentucky, but a decline in the ...

By 2050, entire counties across Appalachia face the loss of nearly half their populations in what demographers describe as an accelerating demographic ...

After the government betrayed them by refusing to enforce a crucial workplace health rule, a group of coal miners traveled to DC to put Trump on notice.

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits ...

Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s response to black ...

In October 2025, Cecil Roberts will officially retire from his role as president of the United Mine Workers of America. A ...

Miners, their supporters and medical experts rallied in Washington, calling on the Trump administration to enforce black lung ...

For over a century, coal has transformed central Appalachia. All the while, religion has been transforming in the mountains, ...

Coal miners, their family members, and union representatives rallied outside of the US Department of Labor’s headquarters in ...