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Meet Mr. Mining Disaster

Even before the explosion in West Virginia that killed 25 of his company's employees, Don Blankenship was a Hollywood-caliber villain. Clara Bingham on a coal executive with a seeming disregard for worker safety.

Clara Bingham
Clara Bingham
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Clara Bingham

Clara Bingham

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