A coal miner’s daughter takes on DOGE to protect miners’ health • West Virginia Watch

A coal miner’s daughter takes on DOGE to protect miners’ health • West Virginia Watch

X-rays of a patient with black lung disease. (National Archives at College Park photo)This story was originally published by Capital & Main. As Anita Wolfe sat in the hallway of a Charleston, West Virginia, county courtroom, waiting to testify against the U.S. government, she thought of her dad, who first started working as a coal miner when he was around 12. She remembered his wild stories about coal-loading contests and working as a mule boy. …