Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, coal country came out in droves to support Donald Trump, who promised rural America a mining revival. Nine years later, some coal miners are saying they are in ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Coal miners, their family members, and union representatives rallied outside of the ...

In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room. He joked about arm-wrestling them and announced he was signing executive ...

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia, along with Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, criticized the Department of Labor on Friday for delaying enforcement of a new federal rule designed ...

Miners, their supporters and medical experts rallied in Washington, calling on the Trump administration to enforce black lung protections. Outside of the Department of Labor on Tuesday morning, ...