Powerful forces line up against the latest scheme to reform Poland’s creaking coal industry. KATOWICE, Poland–More than just a workplace, a coal mine is a way of life. In Upper Silesia, this is no empty platitude. Here in the heart of Poland’s coal country, mines care for miners and their families from childhood to death. Ryszard Kluska’s story is typical. […]

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