Coal Miners Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

Do West Virginia officials care more about coal or coal miners?

The West Virginia Republican Party hold a news conference to praise the Trump administration's investment in coal at the state Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia on Oct. 6, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the West Virginia Republican Party) For the second month in a row, I find myself writing about a sham press conference held under our golden dome in Charleston.  Last Monday, Republican members of the Legislature gathered with West Virginia Coal Ass…

Coal miners never thought Trump would make black lung great again

Coal miners, who largely work in states that President Donald Trump won by large margins in the 2024 election, are criticizing his administration for failing to enforce federal rules that would ...

'Cast aside to die': Miners slam Trump for breaking promises made to deep red states

Coal miners feel betrayed by President Donald Trump for failing to enforce health regulations to prevent black lung disease.Dozens of miners and their families will protest Tuesday outside the Labor Department building to call attention to the Trump administration's failure to enforce federal limits...

'Cast aside to die': Voters struggle in deep-red Trump country

Coal miners supported President Donald Trump and thanked him at the White House in April for "trying to reinvigorate their struggling industry," writes The New York Times, but now those coal miners say that Trump is failing to protect them from an incurable illness that's killing them.On Tuesday, dozens of coal miners will be outside the Labor Department protesting the Trump administration "arguing it has failed to protect them from black lung d…

Coal Miners Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

“When coal miners came to Washington in April, they posed behind President Trump at the White House, wearing their hard hats and thanking him for trying to reinvigorate their struggling industry,” the New York Times reports. “But on Tuesday dozens of miners and their families will be in a more unusual position: protesting the Trump administration outside the Labor Department building, arguing it has failed to protect them from black lung disease…