Marjory Wentworth

Source: Charleston City Paper

The World Comes to New York for a Very Different Climate Week

So grateful for the work that our daughter-in-law Alice McGown is doing at Leave It In The Ground Foundation. Even though she was hospitalized for an E. coli infection this weekend, she is in NYC for this! The World Comes to New York for a Very Different Climate Week www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

Growing number of Springfield Haitians in need of food, utilities assistance with job loss, organizers say An increasing number Haitian immigrants who lost their jobs and other benefits in Springfield are seeking assistance with food, rent, utilities and other basic needs.

www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/growing...

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.

The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

The Washington Post now has no Black Opinion columnists - none - at a time when white nationalism is ascendant in our nation. I am grateful to Karen for the truth and fearlessness her work has always shown. Keep shining that light, my friend.

Of the two boys with smallpox, the one who had been vaccinated has very few pox while the other is horribly disfigured.

1901, photograph by Dr. Allan Warner of two 13 year old boys both infected with smallpox on the same day, one vaccinated as an infant and one not.

Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*.

There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.

In all seriousness, Vance’s unhinged diatribe really reminds me that this country is in dire straits. I can’t even wrap my mind around how bad things are and how impossible everything feels. How are we supposed to stay here and write and stay like… alive?

Thank you Victoria Hansen. Your coverage of this issue is profoundly important, and I am grateful. Removing my book Shackles from National Park Service gift shops has frightening implications for all Americans.
Books about slavery could be removed from NPS museums, gift shops.

Source: The Baffler
"Springfield's residents had been exploited, terrorized, and shamed..."
Imagine if this was your community?

Opinion | Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites

Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites
Thank you for including my picture book, Shackles.

Judge blocks Trump administration’s ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the rig…

Thank you Judge Chen!

In Charleston, a community fights to keep a dorm off burial grounds Strapped for student housing, the College of Charleston plans to open a new dorm in 2028. But community members say the building site, an historic public burial ground, is already occupied.

Thanks for covering this important isssue,
Victoria Hansen.

Source: Christianity Today
So proud that Nehemiah has supported our immigrant storytelling project- Journeys!

Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Temporarily Blocks Removal of Guatemalan Children

A victory on the side of humanity: Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Temporarily Blocks Removal of Guatemalan Children www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign

Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...

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An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’

Thank you, Miriam Jordan. Excellent reporting as always! An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...

Authors of books at risk for removal from SC National Park sites are 'shocked, but not surprised' Authors Marjory Wentworth and Lynette Love were angered and confused that Charleston National Park staff flagged their books for content review last July.

www.postandcourier.com/charleston_s...

Judge blocks two Trump efforts to eliminate DEI in schools and colleges Education department found to have violated law when it threatened to cut funds from institutions that backed DEI

Yes!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Dylann Roof denied new trial as court finds insufficient evidence for judge recusal

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He’ll Deploy National Guard to Washington and Take Control of D.C. Police

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He’ll Deploy National Guard to Washington and Take Control of D.C. Police www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

SEND AN EMAIL: Leave Ohio Libraries Alone

www.righttoreadohio.org/ohiolibraries

They are fighting so many battles right now, but let's see how it plays out....
Great suggestion.

so distressing

I'm sure you are right!

Seriously, I am sure they have it on their radar.

exactly

agreed

Thank you, Steven!