How West Virginia Left a $40 Million Sewer Crisis to a Town of 170
Residents face a public health crisis from raw sewage while officials resist public hearings that could dissolve Worthington or put its failing sewer system under new management.
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2026
October 2026
They read what Michael Bowman said about 18-year-olds. They backed him anyway.
People in positions of trust vouched for Michael Bowman as a journalist and bear some responsibility for the trail of wreckage he left across West Virginia.
July 2026
Michael Bowman is not a journalist, but he plays one on BowmanTV
The content creator's time in Worthington reveals the cost of claiming journalism's authority without accepting its ethical obligations.
May 2026
The House with the Broken Lock
A leaked recording reveals how national Democratic officials dismantled the Black political machine in Alabama, leaving the state vulnerable to Republican redistricting efforts that target Black voting power.
April 2026
West Virginia Democrats may have broken McCain-Feingold
The Democratic Party chair filed a criminal complaint against a youth leader and seized control of an independent organization that split from the DNC in 2002.
March 2026
Pretext
Documents Show WV Democratic Party chair staged extrajudicial hearing to seize independent youth organization.