Last year I had the honor and privilege to sit down with him in conversation while he was on a speaking tour in San Francisco. You can watch the interview here.

This is 21-year-old Junior Walk's reality. The people living in his West Virginia coal mining community are expected to go about their business, keep their heads down and stay silent.

by Jon Gensler: There is a war going on in the coal-fields of southern West Virginia.

by Jon Gensler: Boone County, West Virginia – one of the many places in this country where justice seems to go to die.

by Andrew Michael Sullivan: Over 600 participants will recreate the event that changed American Labor History forever, with a 90th Anniversary march to highlight the plight of both Appalachians and Americans against the destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining.

by Ari Wile I see the bumper sticker canvassed on vehicles across Southern Appalachia, it reads “Friends of Coal”. When asked why be a friend of coal, supporters say that it provides jobs, boosts the local economy, keeps the lights on, provides clean energy and is the proud tradition of the area – standard answers [...]