A Coal Miners Political Transformation

Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'For more than 500 days, coal miners in rural Alabama have been on strike. Around 900 workers walked off the job in April 2021, and they haven\\u2019t been back since.\\n\\nAs the strike drags on, the miners are discovering that neither political party is willing to fight for them.\\n\\nFor Braxton Wright, 39, a second-generation coal miner and, until recently, a Republican, the experience has altered his view of American politics.'