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Mine wars: The struggle for coal miners' health care and pension benefits comes to a head

  • Written by Simon Haeder, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
imageUnited Mine Workers members rally in September on Capitol Hill for benefits for retired miners that are at risk.Jose Louis Magana/AP

During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Trump repeatedly expressed his support for coal miners and their communities. Voters in the country’s old mining regions of Appalachia rewarded these...

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