mine safety

The deadly Sago mine

By Chris Kromm

January 4, 2006 - Kevin Drumm relays an interesting post from Ellen Smith, editor of Mine Safety and Health News, about the unfolding mining disaster in West Virginia:

Southern Exposure

workers holding signs at Black Lung Washington, DC 1981 rally

Too Sick to Work, Too Young to Die

By Barbara Ellen Smith

May 1, 1984 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 12 No. 3, "Painting South." Find more from that issue here.

mine safety

The deadly Sago mine

Too Sick to Work, Too Young to Die

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