Harlan County Blues

June 28, 2006 | This article appeared in the July 17, 2006 edition of The Nation.

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Life remains cheap in the coalfields of Appalachia because of the Bush Administration's incompetence and neglect in the face of human and environmental tragedy.

About the Author

Erik Reece

Erik Reece is the author of Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness, out this month from Riverhead.

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