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Mr.Balinda said, "I see my boys and myself, and we experience this injustice, and now that we’re aware, we can’t stand it. I believe in the power of love and peace. So we got to unify as a city of Boston, you know what I mean”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619354900315-3A3YRP14E6IUXRBF9Y44/8_DSF2607aa-.jpg Black Lives Matter Protesters gather in Franklin Park in Boston on June 2, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619354911855-3UPMNEPRSKD9YNW0TK0D/9DSC_5343-.jpg Black Lives Matter A Black Lives Matter protester tears up a sign brought by an All Lives Matter supporter while being berated by another protester on June 19, 2020, in Dorchester, Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619354922307-0DNHIXXWBVENN6O9E4XN/10_DSF3333-.jpg Black Lives Matter Protesters surround Boston police officers at the Forest Hills train station in Boston, Massachusetts on June 2, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619359551892-W3TD6PEHK9W0XTWVF12E/11_DSF6791-.jpg Black Lives Matter After speaking out at a Black Lives Matter protest on the Boston Commons, Levi Morgan has an anxiety attack. She was comforted by a stranger and fellow Black Lives Matter protester; she said, "Oh my God, to feel somebody put their arm around me when I came to support them shows me how we need one another.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619354936322-U4AQPZ38KYQRQKO3DQ1L/12_DSC6167-.jpg Black Lives Matter Akapel Cornelius plays with his daughter Penelope (5) after a Black Lives Matter march In Worcester, Mass. congregates in front of City Hall for an open mic on June 6, 2020. Akapel commented, “I heard people talk about a bunch of righteous things, so at one point, I said some things as well.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619354945670-JMK7ZZXN9SIULVQRVXQ9/14DSC_4826-.jpg Black Lives Matter A protester who stomped on a “Thin Blue Flag” gets the same flag thrown in his face during a protest in West Roxbury, MA, on June 17, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619354960930-4P4LYJR23OT05J3V3T1T/15untitled-63-.jpg Black Lives Matter Protesters March in Rochester, N.Y. on Sept. 1, 2020. One of the demands was for Mayor Lovely Warren to step down after ongoing investigations and indictments were handed down on Oct. 2, 2020, outlining supposed illegal fundraising activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619354963075-4UYHB7FR05X3IAWT6CI9/16untitled-3-.jpg Black Lives Matter Blacky Allie waves his Black Lives Matter flag through the sunroof of Jeamnie Gloss car on Sept. 7, 2020. Gloss just met Blacky, and she explained, "I didn’t have a flag, and I have this sunroof, and I saw the nice young man and invited him in. I'm 74, but most of my friends say I'm old enough to know better." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619354976259-BAF4YBDEYWCIIRNXXJ8Y/17untitled-48-.jpg Black Lives Matter Pam Owens and Barbra Rivera embrace each other in MLK Park in Rochester N.Y., on Sept. 5, 2020. and have been friends and coworkers for three years at the tenant union. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619355029613-KA4CIQ8NUSKW6GY6THRC/18untitled-14-.jpg Black Lives Matter Officers push back as barriers are move in front of the Public Safety Building in Rochester, N.Y., on Sept. 4, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619355034509-JLA7K8WCFYH4KZ4BDPH6/20untitled-.jpg Black Lives Matter Thousands march in protest of the killing of Daniel Prudes on Sept. 5, 2020. Police Chief La’Ron D. Singletary retires on Sept. 8, 2020, after the state attorney general announced she would enroll a grand jury. https://benbbraun.com/brothers-1 daily 0.75 2022-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360271971-XQ6KQJ6MATNKWRRS5IVR/05bbbbb01-2.jpg Brothers Renaldo,52, and Benjamin,55, sit in the Open Door Missions Library in Rochester, N.Y. The Torres brother grew up in Puerto Rico and moved to America in their twenties. “(I’ve) almost been using heroin for 22 years,” say’s Benjamin. “(I) got tired and came here and it is the best place. I feel like Jesus is here. Everyone here is really respectable. They always listen. I’m 55 has been and have been here for 55-days. My brother Renaldo is 52, and in a month, he’s ready to graduate.” During the week, all residents are assigned chores in the morning. The brothers often work together to complete their tasks. Renaldo shared the start of him using as a young teenager, “ being a follower being around friends that used and I wanted to be like them, and I got it, and I fit in I guess a lot of things I went through as a child, depression, and anxiety. I use drugs and alcohol to cope”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360272005-TTWNQSPCTTGF5122KRPD/05bbbbb01-3.jpg Brothers Renaldo Iron his shirt revealing scars from surgery he received when he served time and stabbings. Torres has a violent past, but he talked about his future, “I wanna go back to college and become a drug counselor, help the community, and keep myself clean. I believe in God, and he knows what best for me, so we’ll see. I wanna come back here and volunteer, and I won’t forget where I came from”. He also mentioned that he has ambitions to have his own home and family one day. After graduation, he has a job lined up at a food factory that pays over minimum wage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360282027-SCHSD3WW931JEGGNVTXQ/05bbbbb01-4.jpg Brothers Renaldo jokes around with one of the chiefs, “Tee,” during his downtime at the Open Door Mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360279921-CAI6CSQWVD9WURRUV5ML/05bbbbb01-5.jpg Brothers Medication is often used in aiding in students’ recovery. Benjamin shared, "I take Suboxone twice a day; it helps avoid cravings.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360289100-9O714EJ7Z7U67RBF3F6Z/05bbbbb01-6.jpg Brothers Renaldo puts his hands behind his head during a class taught by Shayne Priddy. Priddy has a master’s in psychology and teaches residents coping techniques, emotional intelligence, and the thinking behind dependency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360293433-Z7RBCWKYC1ZW9V6OV7HG/05bbbbb01-7.jpg Brothers Renaldo puts his hands behind his head during a class taught by Shayne Priddy. Priddy has a master’s in psychology and teaches residents coping techniques, emotional intelligence, and the thinking behind dependency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360296587-Y2UTQMWI7ZJIHO5N5ZY1/05bbbbb01-8.jpg Brothers Renaldo closes the door of a moving truck filled with donated clothes. After residents do their chores, they are required to volunteer and help the community. The Open Doors Clothing room relies on community donations and is free for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360301023-6IPKDENQV6OXC6Z9RXXK/05bbbbb01-9.jpg Brothers Benjamin sits in the Open Door Clothing Room during his volunteering hours. After residents do their chores, they are required to volunteer and help the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360302467-HV5ABTOC73QTJPSFQNLU/05bbbbb01-10.jpg Brothers Renaldo sits in class, which discusses how dependency starts. Renaldo talks about why he wants to recover, “My mother is a stepping stone. She’s the reason that keeps me sober; being me and my brother are drug addicts, she's been through a lot with us. She has a lot of health problems before God takes her off this Earth. I want her to leave in peace and see us doing good. There are not many things I started and complete, but this will be one of them, and having my mom there it's going to be awesome”. Renaldo is set to graduate in late December, but he pulled out of the program within two weeks of his graduation date. In January, he commented, “I’m struggling to stay sober.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1619360304526-EOA5JASGLNTX6KDQ5WFH/05bbbbb01-11.jpg Brothers Benjamin takes a smoke break outside with his fellow resident George. he shared about his using, “Get easier as you get older, you been thought so much in life I’ve been using since I was 16 years old I’ve done it all believe that. Started with weed, cocaine, heroin, speedball it’s crazy”. On Nov. 14, 2020, Benjamin left the program on “good terms” to be at home with his wife to resolve some marital discrepancy. 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Amiyah Austin, 17, shares her plans, “I’m gonna work for a year then go to college to be a psychologist; it’s great I’m done for school for a little bit.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1643661712817-L35E0M3EGZJS3H9CEXHR/20210812ALS0159-3.JPG Singles Don Belt stands in front of other executives in the PPG Place fountain during the CEO Soak for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) fundraiser on August 12, 2021, in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1662610137126-9UACML35NS99LO843PBH/Wetlands+restore_BB_3873.jpg Singles Carroll Dolson, a member of the Chesapeake Duck Club near Corinne, Box Elder County, prepares his boat on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1735865588469-A7SCROU0YCSUEIV8VK9E/FTSG_7812485654_StandAlone.jpg Singles Alex Hardin, left, of Eastside, shares a moment with his girlfriend Sharday Fernandez, of Long Beach CA., the two spend part of a date riding the Duquesne Incline on Friday, March 1, 2024, in Mt. 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The two were racing cross-country at an ECCC (Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference) race weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1735865678037-OYFCKYUVFHLJ1V9VXUVU/20241215stlBB21058.jpg Sports Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris (22) is hit by Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith Jr. (3)at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in Philadelphia, PA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1632330960090-PAONC8Y1RKOL6N60RLFR/20210805BBCarinval0886-1.jpg Sports Carlos Garcia falls from his bull at the Boys & Bulls Rodeo at the Fayette County Fair on August 5, 2021, in Dunbar, Pa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1735865656397-5WDU6VFL0RE3Y6LHWPSD/20240309SkiBB4753.jpg Sports Travis Sterner, dressed as Connor McGregor, tries to cross a pond at the Seven Springs Pond Skim contest on Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Champion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1632330945904-QD6E3ELS2EN2R7WL0HQD/20210709BBWresling1467-1.jpg Sports Referee Bobby Williams watches “Duke Davis” armbars Tommy Grayson, who falls to the mat during the SuperStar Showdown on July 9, 2021, in The Rostraver Ice Gardens in Belle Vernon, Pa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1735865665148-WTGU9TIWAJKS2LZJES9I/20241028STLBB16747A.jpg Sports Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens (14) catches the ball but fails to get both feet in for a touchdown while playing the New York Giants on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Downtown. Mike Tomlin challenged the play and lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1671922499494-K1POKEOTBOBZ7U8KYVDP/FIL+Luge+World+Cup_BB_03553.jpg Sports Italy’s Marion Oberhofer races in the men’s single luge event for the World Cup in Park City on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1729633825295-M9LW4YX6KFEXRSRV6VHF/20240809STLBB6923.jpg Sports Houston Texans running back Jawhar Jordan is sacked by Pittsburgh Steelers Easton Gibbs during a preseason game at the Acrisure Stadium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Houston Texans won 20-12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1671922488033-0WMO3ABDJBPVLKK0OX1I/1126bkcutes.spt_BB_13092.jpg Sports The Utes' Marco Anthony (10) dunks the ball while playing the St. Thomas Tommies at the Jon M. 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North Catholic won 40-37, and Molly Rottmannon won her 12th title. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1661701324879-7WIYTFA38Y31V1CL5JN2/0822socreal.spt_BB_10164.jpeg Sports Charity Chandler and Bracken Lesser, right, jump before a match between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1653131879622-RADAT50O44Y4X16ORJ2B/20210810Pirates1413-1.jpg Sports Fans react to a home run ball hit by the St. Louis Cardinals against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the PNC Park, August 10, 2021, in Pittsburgh, Pa. 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The Boston Red Sox won 1-0. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/308e8410-5672-412c-98eb-1beab330768b/20231028DDBB16.JPG Sports - Make it stand out Cyclists race up Berry Hill Rd. during the Dirty Dozen bike race on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in O’Hara. https://benbbraun.com/remembering-rose daily 0.75 2023-10-17 https://benbbraun.com/the-graduate daily 0.75 2022-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1637863144744-WKER4AZ6CESG4NE6BXR5/20211110Ben_Braun_LOU0013.jpg The Graduate Lou Picariello, 95, adjusts his Marine bolo necktie before leaving for his graduation ceremony in Needham, Mass., on Nov. 10, 2021. “Once a Marine, always a Marine,” Mr. Picariello commented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1637863139639-99GWI0H99AH3O4DOLJ49/20211108Ben_Braun_LOU0137.jpg The Graduate (L-R) Lou Picariello, a World War Two veteran, is interviewed by Lila Goldstein and Kaitlyn Concannon from the Support Our Troops Club in Needham, Mass., on Nov. 8, 2021. The Two Girls are Needham High School Juniors and will be airing Mr. Picariello's interview in the coming weeks on Needham’s cable station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1637863146886-OETFOXL1SJK9NW326GGS/20211110Ben_Braun_LOU0141.jpg The Graduate Lou Picariello, 95, calls and invites Lee Fabbri, a friend of over thirty years and fellow World War Two veteran, to come to his high school graduation ceremony in Needham, Mass., on Nov. 10, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1637863158954-I1F2YQYKBM8XR4UXPPST/20211110Ben_Braun_LOU0407.jpg The Graduate Lou Picariello, 95, granddaughter Jodie Martine puts on a graduation cap before Mr. Picariello’s graduation ceremony at Needham High School on Nov. 10, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1637863179708-PSQPF5KSG08Q6GM0OWKI/20211110Ben_Braun_LOU1083.jpg The Graduate Needham's Superintendent Dan Gutekanst applauds Lou Picariello, 95, as he performs the Pledge of Allegiance over the intercom for Needham High before he graduates on Nov. 10, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1637863165585-4O3BK2I9FMDL4CML6ZZP/20211110Ben_Braun_LOU0805.jpg The Graduate Lou Picariello salutes an applauding crowd as he stands next to fellow members of the Needham VFW and police on Nov. 10, 2021. 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Meridian is the second largest city in Idaho after Boise, the state capital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1689161777546-5LP26IY9CT1QCQ5P60YK/Enoch+Multi+Death_BB_04770.jpg Drone Police vehicles can be seen outside of A home where Michael Haight killed his entire family and mother-in law before turning the gun on himself in Enoch on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. His wife, Tausha Haight, was in the process of filing a divorce. Police say Haight shot and killed his five children — 4-year-old Gavin, 7-year-old twins Sienna and Ammon, 12-year-old Brilee, and 17-year-old Macie — as well as 40-year-old Tausha and her mother, 78-year-old Gail Earl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1728933972160-NVG9BUH4KMZ0WU58AT5P/20230718pvgpBB1479A.jpg Drone People walk through an array of cars as they sit on display during the RoundUp event outside of The Hotel and Rosa’s Cantina on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Sewickley. 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Kevin, now 35, went on disability a year ago after being diagnosed with complicated black lung. He started working in a coal mine six months after graduating high school at 18. Mr. Weikle says he now wants to speak on behalf of coal miners -- especially the younger workers --who are exposed to silica dust, which can leads to the most egregious form of black lung. He said he hopes a new federal rule, which cuts in half the amount of silica that can be exposed to miners, helps to stem the rise in the disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/6f082961-a601-4bc8-b00a-c8b3e2a64e8e/20240715COALBB13889.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Kevin Weikle looks out his window as he drives to get his daughter breakfast by his home on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peterstown, West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/5976df99-c4dd-49e8-88ce-7724ed333bfa/20240714COALBB13281.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out One of Elk Run’s Coal Company mines off of Coal River Rd. on Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Whitesville, West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/a08f6a97-3dcc-46d0-a37e-363221c35e74/20240715COALBB13497.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Kevin Weikle, left, sharpens a chainsaw with his dad, Brady, on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peterstown, West Virginia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/8f6511a3-71b8-420b-8d22-189ae2e15346/20240715COALBB13635.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Dixie Weikle, 5, rests on her father, Kevin’s, as the two sit on Kevin’s porch on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peterstown, West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/d2719de9-f32a-4e48-ac2c-b59ad89877fb/20240715COALBB13957.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Kevin Weikle’s inhalers are scattered around his home on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peterstown, West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/00390aab-2e40-46fe-bc2c-2f051ad5eed3/20240715COALBB14291.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Kevin Weikle shows his daughter Dixie his old lunch box from when he was a coal miner on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peterstown, West Virginia. The lunch box is a repurposed bit box, and miners often use these boxes for their durability inside the mine. “I’ve lost a few lunches from being crushed,” Kevin shared with a laugh. He added, “You get used to the taste of coal; the dust is everywhere.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/60d4aa9e-1a27-4cb8-8aff-25cd94543de5/20240715COALBB13767.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Dixie Weikle, 5, and her father, Kevin, search for Dixie’s sheep on Kevin’s hobby farm by his home on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peterstown, West Virginia. Kevin, now 35, went on disability a year ago after being diagnosed with complicated black lung. He started working in a coal mine six months after graduating high school at 18. The hobby farm and his black lung disability are Kevin’s primary sources of income, but “it’s not enough,” Mr. Weikle shared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/68697d7e-5759-43d2-b608-688ae2081d66/20240715COALBB14013.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Kevin Weikle stares at his daughter and father as the two hang out in his living room on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peterstown, West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/00542928-a976-41a7-891b-da15a4632272/20240716COALBB14995.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out An anonymous X-ray shows a coal miner’s black lung last week at the New River Black Lung Clinic in Oak Hill, W.Va. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1c8ee2a6-f739-4e49-a61a-d35e1fcc1459/20240715COALBB13719.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out By Kevin Weikle’s front door hangs a photo of him mining at the age of 19 on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peterstown, West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/961a222c-0362-46d4-b025-4d7b18748feb/20240716COALBB15398.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Lisa Emery, Breathing Center director at the New River Health Association's Black Lung Clinic and respiratory therapist, sits behind her desk at the New River Health clinic on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Oak Hill, West Virginia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/8480aeb3-db81-4205-a6ec-aff34cf6aeb1/20240715COALBB13708.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out By Kevin Weikle’s front door hangs his old “black hat” helmet on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Peterstown, West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/c0ec9f9c-a1c1-497b-bc61-3355eb8a762c/20250326COALBB10903.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Nurse practitioner Shelly Pack checks Randall Dickerson, 49, breathing inside Bluestone Health Association’s Black Lung Clinic on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Princeton, W.Va https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/db9ed241-eeff-474f-9000-f271833df2ce/20250326COALBB11814.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Randall Dickerson, 49, has his lungs x-ray to document his black lung inside the Bluestone Health Association’s Black Lung Clinic on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Princeton, W.Va https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/28d651ef-afb9-4395-98f7-fac8e10c8395/20250325COALBB8674.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Amanda Lawson, longtime benefits counselor at the Bluestone Health Association in Princeton, W.Va., spends her days meeting with miners in need of black lung benefits – a job that consumes her. “This is their whole life,” she said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/5242c53b-31ec-4227-b584-3255d6e463ab/20250325COALBB8888.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Amanda Lawson comforts her father, Danny Johnson, 71, who has been battling black lung disease for years. Like so many former coal miners afflicted with the illness, he uses a nebulizer and inhaler to help him breathe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/ae46674c-10d3-43e6-9c26-691565ff2a06/20250325COALBB10053.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Danny Johnson, 71, shows some of the medication he takes as he struggles with black lung disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/69fbe8c2-8a5a-4007-a5a2-af98b6f92ccc/20250326COALBB12031.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out he Marshall County Mine in West Virginia, which is surrounded by industrial sites including a coal processing plant and coal-fired power station, is one of the largest producers of coal in North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/b8db5b74-ecc5-461b-8aca-b9ba32301f82/20250325COALBB9045.jpg Hidden Dangers - Make it stand out Debbie Johnson, a nurse and program director at a West Virginia health clinic that treats patients with black lung, prays before dinner with her husband, Danny, a retired miner who is diagnosed with the illness, and her daughter, Amanda Lawson, a benefits counselor at the clinic. https://benbbraun.com/reel daily 0.75 2024-11-04 https://benbbraun.com/portraits-2 daily 0.75 2025-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1639752705351-PUDY3S0JFVNV6LBYIE34/04bbbbb04-1.jpg Portraits Leland Fawcette,21, a YouTuber, got into an altercation where he said, "Women do not have a say in these issues,” outside of a Boston Police precinct on May 30, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest. 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Libran was inspired by the chrome-wrapped cars he saw in Miami. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1597552621482-AS8UHOTOJBTI67V32GR3/vet+%281+of+1%29.jpg Portraits A World-Wolrd-Two Veteran, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1744829550842-3HTOFXAHTB7E027IMKSP/20250408rosBB3307B.jpg Portraits Mary W. Murrin, President & CEO of River of Steel, stands inside Carrie Furnace on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Rankin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1599078261593-R8XHWJ7D8BX11L41HRP5/colgan+5-4-18-16.jpg Portraits Colgan Johnson poses for a portrait in a studio on May 4, 2018, in Natick, Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1661701267834-V56EVVQAFUZRCAGA55KT/The+Chosen-Texas_BB_07692.jpeg Portraits An extra playing a merchant/vendor in “The Chosen” is pictured on the set at the Salvation Army's Camp Hoblitzelle in Midlothian, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1744829558679-DT6B97YPU93GE9Q4GSFO/PORT_7812485654_Jazz.jpg Portraits Jacqueline Young, Executive Director of Jazz Workshop Inc., stands in front of The Jazz Workshop’s building on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Wilkinsburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1605207787268-H7UZ95BNPPVJDSJRPNKF/web++%281+of+1%29-27.JPG Portraits Jaeylon Rashaad Johnson, a 21-year-old Rochester native has answered his personal call to activism by becoming a main leading figure of the Black Live Movement in Rochester, NY. He can be seen in the front leading marches, speeches, and planning protests. He has been in and out of juvenile detention since he was 13 and explained, “I have friends that aren’t coming at home, I have friends that literally are locked up for life because they've been blamed for things they didn't do. They've been beaten up brutally beat up, don't look the same no more, killed. I'm never gonna be able to see them again, so me doing this work is gonna help it's gonna change everything, And I'm just glad that I'm on the right side of this work on the right side of history right now.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1648646420274-PBNEBLPT038GQ670B3ZZ/pr-9.jpeg Portraits A woman poses in front of her house in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on March 9, 2018. Through A translator stated, “Both houses next to mine were destroyed,” six months after Hurricane Maria, which landed on September 20th, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1671922779214-PVN0Z00N53WVKCD5I9TS/Long+COVID+Teacher_BB_08171.jpg Portraits Blake Bockholt poses for a portrait inside of his bedroom in his Syracuse home on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Bockholt struggles with symptoms from long COVID-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e233ef31a1efa047324e157/1728936096746-FDQ1YT1CXZWMD14AELX0/20240123EastPalBB10921.jpg Portraits Ashley McCollum sits in her family’s hotel room, which they have been living in since March, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in Columbiana. Ms. McCollum was displaced out of her home in East Palestine, Ohio, after the toxic Norfolk Southern train derailment.