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This Coalminer’s Daughter Is Mad as Hell—And Running for the U.S. Senate

This Coalminer’s Daughter Is Mad as Hell—And Running for the U.S. Senate

Paula Jean Swearengin has seen West Virginia’s land exploited, its people fall ill, and its politicians do nothing. So she decided to do something herself.

Rachel Lears
Mar 21, 2018
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