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May, 20, 2003

Razing Appalachia

Independent Lens

In the face of thunderous blasting and choking dust caused by mountaintop mining, the last 40 families of Blair, West Virginia stay to fight America's second-largest coal company as it threatens their homes. Razing Appalachia is the story of a…

February, 4, 2003

Maggie Growls

Independent Lens

Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995) founded the Gray Panthers after being forced to leave the workforce at the age of 65, in what Ralph Nader describes as "the most significant retirement in history." It galvanized Maggie's campaign against mandatory retirement and ageism.…