HeyJaredHoward Berkes
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 7
- Latest publication
- Aug 21, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for KUAR
- Top 5M sites
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 5, 2026
Latest articles
High rates of black lung disease have coal miner advocates demanding action (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The federal agency with the legal mandate to protect coal miners from the coal mine dust that causes black lung disease won’t respond to news of the highest rates of the incurable disease since the 1970’s. But mine safety advocates are not holding back, calling on the Mine Safety and Health Administration to end its indefinite hold on the 2024 regulation that specifically targets respirable silica dust, which is blamed for the disease that continues to afflict thousands of coal miners. “Coal min
Howard Berkes (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Howard Berkes News From NPR Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick Howard Berkes, Justin Hicks Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines. News From NPR 40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned Howard Berkes Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their d
Howard Berkes (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Howard Berkes Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick Howard Berkes, Justin Hicks Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines. 40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned Howard Berkes Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vita
Howard Berkes (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Howard Berkes Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick Howard Berkes, Justin Hicks Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines. Remembering Allan McDonald: He Refused To Approve Challenger Launch, Exposed Cover-Up Howard Berkes Allan McDonald, who directed the booster rocket project at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol, urged delaying the launch of the
Howard Berkes (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Howard Berkes Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick Howard Berkes, Justin Hicks Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines. 40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned Howard Berkes Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vita
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 5M sites
For KUAR, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.