Black lung at highest rate in decades among miners

Vol. 83/No. 29 - August 12, 2019
Former coal miners with black lung demonstrate in Abingdon, Virginia, December 2018. Longer hours, drop in unionized mines is fueling big increase in miners with the disease.

Coal miners in the U.S. are facing the biggest rise in the debilitating black lung disease in decades as mine bosses drive to speed up production and reduce the number of unionized mines to maximize their profits. In Appalachia, one…


Cuban Revolution shows workers can win

Vol. 83/No. 29 - August 12, 2019

Sixty-six years ago on July 26, workers and youth, led by Fidel Castro, attacked the Moncada military barracks in Santiago, Cuba. The brutal regime of Fulgencio Batista had seized power, cancelled elections and arrested or murdered those who challenged his…


Democrats’ Mueller exposé falls flat as clashes in party sharpen

Vol. 83/No. 29 - August 12, 2019

The political crisis wracking the Democratic Party has continued to deepen since former special counsel Robert Mueller delivered testimony before the House Judiciary Committee July 24 that revealed nothing new. The likelihood of liberals being able to overturn the 2016…