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PHOTO ESSAY: In a corner of Appalachia, soaring utility costs are surpassing rents and mortgages

WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. (AP) — Eric Pinson is obsessed with stacks of electric bills laid out in neat piles on his desk.

 

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Trump promised to cut electric costs in half. Bills in energy-rich West Virginia now top mortgages

West Virginia resident Rebecca Michalski struggles with soaring electricity bills that exceed her income.

 

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PHOTO ESSAY: Coal miners with black lung fight Trump administration rollback of safety protections

OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) — Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for generations.

 

Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the ‘working man’

Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.

 

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Photographers say historic photos of prisoners laboring in fields show how little has changed

When Bruce Jackson was allowed into Texas prisons in the 1960s with a camera, he documented how little had changed from the past with men working in the heat on former slave plantations.

 

Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on prison labor in Alabama

No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.

 

Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.

 

Takeaways from The Associated Press investigation into sexual abuse of incarcerated women

As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, luring them to isolated spots, out of view of security cameras.

 

Prison work assignments used to lure and rape female inmates. Guards sometimes walk free

As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, luring them to isolated spots, out of view of security cameras.

 

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

As daily temperatures hit record highs across much of the South, a federal judge has taken an unusual step, challenging the treatment of mostly Black incarcerated workers in the fields.

 

As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields

A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation.

 

Sen. Cory Booker questions US prison labor policies, calls for change

Sen. Cory Booker says prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work.

 

Takeaways from the AP’s investigation into how US prisoners are hurt or killed on the job

An Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers.

 

US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?

An Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers.

 

Takeaways from the AP’s investigation into how US prison labor supports many popular food brands

In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola.

 

A hidden web links hundreds of popular food brands to work done by US prisoners

In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola.

 

Locked Up: The prison labor that built business empires

More than 150 years ago, a prison complex known as the Lone Rock stockade operated at one of the biggest coal mines in Tennessee.

 

AP Investigation: Myanmar’s junta using bodies to terrorize

Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop. Security forces standing in the back of the trucks begin firing at an oncoming motorbike carrying three young men.

 

Myanmar’s junta uses bodies as tools of terror in crackdown

Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop. Security forces standing in the back of the trucks begin firing at an oncoming motorbike carrying three young men.

 

US senators demand action after AP exposes palm oil abuses

Lawmakers say the U.S. government needs to ban the import of products made with child or forced labor after an Associated Press investigation found widespread exploitation in the palm oil industry.

 

Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks

PENINSULAR MALAYSIA (AP) — Jum’s words tumble out over the phone, his voice growing ever more frantic.

 

3 takeaways of AP review of COVID-19 in youth detention

More and more inmates at risk of contracting the coronavirus are being released from adult jails and prisons.

 

Sea To Table defends actions but ex-employees raise concerns

National seafood distributor Sea To Table is fighting back after an Associated Press report on how it was falling short of its guarantee that all catch was local and wild.

 

Family photo becomes new picture of militancy in Indonesia

A photo of an Indonesian family appears to show happiness, but it has shocked the world’s most populous Muslim nation by becoming its new picture of militancy.

 

Bali volcano ash drifts 4.7 miles high, airport shut 3rd day

An erupting volcano with a deadly history on Indonesia’s Bali, one of the world’s most popular resort islands, has spread drifting ash 7,600 meters (4.7 miles) high in the atmosphere and closed the airport for a third day.

 

Amid India oxygen scandal, docs want focus on encephalitis

Dozens of children died last week in a decrepit government hospital in northeastern India, prompting national fury over whether the facility ran out of oxygen.

 

Finding poison in N. Korea attack may be hardest part

Speculation that the estranged half brother of the North Korean leader was killed by two young female agents at the busy Kuala Lumpur airport last week left even the most seasoned toxicology sleuths shaking their heads.

 

Hawaii may be breaking law by allowing foreign men to fish

Hawaii officials point to a single federal immigration permit as evidence they can allow some 700 foreign fishermen confined to their American boats to catch and sell seafood in the state.

 

Still fighting: Vietnam vets seek help for rare cancer

This Veterans Day: A rare cancer that may be linked to time served in the Vietnam War is quietly killing some former soldiers.

 

Q&A: A look at the cancer some believe linked to Vietnam War

Questions and answers about a rare bile duct cancer affecting veterans that may be linked to time served in the Vietnam War and a parasite common in raw fish in parts of Asia.

 

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