West Virginia Mine Disaster

A Disgraced Coal Baron Just Showed Up At A Hillary Clinton Protest

Don Blankenship was recently sentenced to prison, but that's not keeping him away from the presidential election.
By Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones

A Coal Baron Only Got A Year For His Crimes. One Woman Will Make Sure Every Day Of It Counts.

"Working with what we we got, how can we make this year more meaningful?"
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Prosecutors Win Jail Sentence, But No Justice, For Upper Big Branch Miners

Dirtbag CEO Don Blankenship gets just one year in a case that began with 29 dead miners.
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Relative Of Mining Disaster Victims Breaks Down After Coal Boss Is Sentenced

Tommy Davis lost three of his family members to the Upper Big Branch mining explosion.
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Mining Companies Have Always Been Allowed To Choose Profit Over Safety

Don Blankenship was sentenced to just one year in prison on Wednesday, but any punishment at all for mine safety violations is unusual.
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Notorious Coal Baron Don Blankenship Sentenced To One Year In Prison

Twenty-nine miners died in a 2010 explosion because of safety violations at one of his mines.
By Tim Murphy, Mother Jones

'King Of Coal' Don Blankenship Found Guilty Following Deadly Mine Explosion

An explosion at one of his mines killed 29 men in 2010.
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The Fall Of King Coal

After 29 men died in his company’s mine, Don Blankenship is fighting to stay out of prison. But he’s already won the battle to convert coal country to his brand of conservative politics.
By Tim Murphy, Mother Jones