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‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge

The Guardian

BusinessThe Guardian·Sep 20, 2026·1 min read

‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge

Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays For 38 years, Josh Armes worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and Virginia. After retirement, Armes, 74, of Grundy…

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