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Coal miners with black lung fight Trump administration rollback of safety protections
Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press Carolyn Kaster and Margie Mason Associated Press OAK HILL, W.Va. — Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for generations. Death and tragedy are woven into history, but there’s also a fierce legacy of miners fighting for — and winning — protections that have benefitted workers nationwide.
AP PHOTOS: A lens on prison labor
A prison guard holds a glass of an iced drink while watching prisoners picking cotton in 1975 at the Cummins Unit prison farm of the Arkansas Department of Corrections in Grady, Ark. (Bruce Jackson via AP) This 1975 photo shows prisoners picking cotton at the Arkansas State Penitentiary Cummins Unit prison farm in Varner, Ark. (Bruce Jackson via AP) This 1967 photo shows hoe squads marching at the Ramsey Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections in Angleton, Texas.
U.S. says it will block palm oil from large Malaysian producer
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The Indonesian area hit by a quake that killed at least 1,948 was seen as a high-risk zone
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A Veterans Affairs study shows that a parasite from Vietnam may be killing veterans
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Nebraska's jobless rate unchanged at 3 percent - The Grand Island Independent: State
The U.S. Labor Department says only South Dakota's preliminary rate of 2.7 percent and New Hampshire's 2.8 percent were lower in June than Nebraska's 3 percent. The Nebraska Labor Department said in the report issued Friday that the preliminary June rate remained well below the preliminary national unemployment rate of 4.9 percent in June — two-tenths of a point above the revised May rate of 4.7 percent. LINCOLN, Neb.
Is the fish you buy caught by slaves?
Workers in Benjina, Indonesia, load fish onto a cargo ship bound for Thailand. Seafood caught by slaves mixes in with other fish at a number of sites in Thailand. , including processing plants. Hla Phyo stands next to a grave marker of a Burmese fisherman slave who died on a fishing boat at a cemetery in Indonesia. EDITOR’S NOTE: The Associated Press notified the International Organization for Migration about men in this story, who were then moved out of Benjina by police for their safety.
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