Letter from the Editor In January, when the e-board settled on “The Environment” as a theme for the Summer 2020 issue of Juris, none of us could have predicted the challenge that nature would present to us this year. Environmental law is often treated peripherally in the United States. The […]
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Breaking the Krug-Lewis Agreement: Retired Coal Miners Fear Loss of Promised Benefits
By Natalia Holliday, Staff Writer For many Pennsylvanians, coal mines are a source of both great pride and serious tension and uncertainty. Miners have powered America through the 20th century and implemented one of the most impactful and hard-earned, pro-worker unions in the United States. They have believed in […]