It Takes a Boom

In an essay adapted from The New Wild West: Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown, Blaire Briody profiles female fracker Cindy Marchello, who survived hellish working conditions and rampant misogyny trying to earn a living in service of big American companies thirsty for oil.

Source: Proximity
Published: Oct 1, 2017
Length: 22 minutes (5,719 words)
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