Katie Myers
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The connections between LGBTQ rights and the other political battles aren’t lost on these rural organizers. Pikeville Pride was founded in response to a 2017 neo-Nazi march. A number of hate groups united in hopes that Pikeville, which is 98% white, would find common cause with them.
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Abortion rights advocates in Kentucky and at least six other states have filed challenges arguing that state constitutions guarantee access to abortion. Similar lawsuits around the country have led to temporary reprieves from abortion bans in Kentucky, Louisiana and Utah. But opponents are doubling down on restricting the procedure out of existence.
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For decades, researchers, mine safety advocates and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, have asserted links between silica dust and the advanced stage of deadly black lung disease.
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According to a 2018 study in the American Journal of Public Health and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, one out of five coal miners will develop black lung, which has no cure. One in twenty will develop progressive massive fibrosis, the most severe form of the disease, which is linked to silica rock dust.
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All over Appalachia, millions of acres of land sit dormant after decades of coal mining. Reclamation efforts try to improve those sites by planting trees, cleaning up waste or stabilizing the landscape.
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Cryptocurrency mining is a burgeoning industry that investors see as a cutting-edge economic opportunity. But critics say it’s compounding the world’s preeminent crisis – climate change.
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On a cool Tuesday in March, things heated up at the monthly meeting of the Water and Sanitation District in Martin County, Kentucky. A delegation from the isolated Tomahawk community near the Johnson County line, sat opposite the water board, looking at board chair Jimmy Kerr with burning, furious eyes.
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On the night of Sunday, March 20th, James D. Brown drove from his home in Lynch, Kentucky to the Marathon gas station in Cumberland to grab himself something to eat before work in the Darby Fork coal mine. Normally, when his shift ended and the sun rose, he’d drive himself back over the winding mountain road to get breakfast from the Marathon again.
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On a cold Wednesday morning in February, cars arrive at an abortion provider in Knoxville, Tennessee. The women inside their cars are met with a line of people, mostly men, on either side of the parking lot entrance.
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