Berry made a less ballyhooed but more personally agonizing stand against the coal industry last summer when he severed a lifelong relationship with the University of Kentucky over a corporate sponsorship deal. The writer was horrified by UK’s decision to accept $7 million for a new basketball dormitory from a group of donors organized by […]
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