The Black Rock That Burns’ Stronghold on West Virginia Politics ...

In his recent piece for The New Yorker, Dan Kaufman writes about a progress bid for the U.S. Senate by  full-time community organizer Zach Shrewsbury. Kaufman joins host Allen Ruff to talk about the coal industry, it’s relationship with labor in West Virginia, and the how it has shaped the state’s politics.

Dan Kaufman is a contributor to The New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker. He is the author of The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics.

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