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Marjory Wentworth

@marjory.bsky.social
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Poet, children’s book author

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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
August 2026: Atrocities 1211-1280 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/aug...
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: August 2026: Atrocities 1211-1280
August 2026 saw another sixty-nine cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes committed by Trump and his administration.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Haitians in Springfield Hunker Down as ICE Begins Detentions www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Haitians in Springfield Hunker Down as ICE Begins Detentions (Gift Article)
Federal agents have begun detaining Haitians in the Ohio city, signaling an increase in ICE activity that has panicked the community and kept many from leaving home.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
religionnews.com/2026/08/17/a...
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As ICE closes in, Ohio churches line up families to care for Haitian kids left behind
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — In Springfield, Ohio, ICE shifts tactics to stealth raids and ankle monitors. Churches are responding by helping Haitian parents line up temporary caregivers, preparing for t...
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
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Springfielders show support for Haitian neighbors during apparent uptick in local ICE activity
Dozens of residents gathered in front of Springfield City Hall on Friday, Aug. 14 in support of Haitian community members as immigration enforcement has increased in the region.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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What Despair Looks Like
August in Springfield, Ohio
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Source: SpringfieldNewsSun.com
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springfieldnewssun.com | Springfield News-Sun
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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In Ohio, Haitians’ American dream shatters as ICE prepares to deport them
US immigration has ramped up operations against Haitians, whose temporary protected status was removed by Trump
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Sunday's protest at Blue Ash
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/08/09/u...
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What communities across the US are seeing as more than 300,000 people lose deportation protections | CNN
A new reality has started to come into focus in Haitian communities that had been holding out hope for a last-minute reprieve.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Grateful for the time I spent with you, Guy Chazan. Thank you for coming to Springfield, OHIO. share.google/t1I6eyi2WsjY...
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‘People are going to kill me’: how Haitians got caught in Donald Trump’s crosshairs
Trump administration’s push to end humanitarian programme could affect more than 1mn people
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Hate and racism toward Haitians in Ohio is mindless, pathetic, and weak • Ohio Capital Journal
The hatred and racism toward working Haitian families in Ohio is mindless, pathetic, and weak, putting all Black and Brown-skinned people in danger. This frenzy of mindless cruelty must end. From Spri...
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Marjory Wentworth, an Ohio activist and a member of G92 faith org., tells me at least one of the Haitian immigrants who Trump’s ICE fixed with an ankle monitor today at the blue ash Ohio office is a grandmother: “When she walked out with the ankle monitor, some of us wept.”
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
These are my friends. This is my community. But this is our country investigations.resistmap.com/p/breaking-i...
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BREAKING: ICE Is Using GPS Ankle Monitors to Prepare a Mass Roundup of 350,000 Haitian Refugees
Haitian refugees being summoned to check-ins are being fitted with GPS monitors and sent home — making them easier to locate and round up for mass deportation later.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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More Than 100 Evangelical Leaders Urge Congress to Protect Haitian Neighbors, Send Letter to Lawmakers
Today, President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program for at least four months.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Civil Disobedience Is Coming to Springfield
“No matter what it costs.”
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
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Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? (Gift Article)
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Marjory Wentworth (@marjorywentworth)
I posted this poem “A Place We Still Dream About” last winter, but it seems more relevant today than ever in light of the Supreme Court Decision to end TPS status for 350,000 Haitians living in Americ...
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This MAGA Ohio Town Could Soon Face the Mother of All ICE Raids newrepublic.com/article/2124... via @newrepublic.com
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This MAGA Ohio Town Could Soon Face the Mother of All ICE Raids
Is Springfield, Ohio—home of the Haitian community that Trump and Vance brazenly lied about in 2024—about to become the next Minneapolis?
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Frederick Douglass “Lecture on Haiti” Speaks Across the Decades
The Role of Racism in the Supreme Court's decision to end TPS for Haitian and Syrian immigrants
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio (updated)
Thanks to the Supreme Court
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Ohio City Revived by Haitian Immigration Sees an Uncertain Future www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...
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The Ohio City Revived by Haitian Immigration Sees an Uncertain Future
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Me, Donald Trump and The Supreme Court: youtu.be/Lyihq-4T9Rs?...
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'It's going to gut this community': Springfield resident on impact of TPS decision
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement | CBC Radio
A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and 2SLGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young readers will be paid $700,000...
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Brilliant reporting. Grateful to be included, although these truths are so painful. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Supreme Court’s pending decision on Haitians’ humanitarian status is a matter of “life and death”
“They are trying to push people into the shadows and encourage people to just give up and leave."
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thank you for featured my poem, "So Out of Words," Poets Against RacismSource: Poets Against Racism. Inspired by an op-ed by Roxanne Gay, the poem first appeared in Sojourners.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
It’s Been Centuries Since Haiti’s Revolution. It’s Still Paying for It. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/o...
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Opinion | It’s Been Centuries Since Haiti’s Revolution. It’s Still Paying for It.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
www.postandcourier.com/opinion/comm...
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Hicks: A landmark civil rights lawsuit exposed the scary truth of social media trolls
The terrifying story behind the tragedy of Emanuel AME probably won’t get amplified on your algorithm. Social media would just as soon you not understand how dangerous it really is.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Source: The Marshall Project Thank you for this honest historical perspective, Daphne Duret. I am grateful that I could share what I witnessed when Haitian families were jailed decades ago by our country.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio... Yes, my friend, we are in this together.
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We found home in Springfield after terror. Save us from Trump's cowardly bullying | Opinion
No one dreams of abandoning all they know, taking with them little more than memories. You do it because you have to.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
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Any Iran Ceasefire That Ignores the Executions Is No Peace at All
At dawn in Iran, the state speaks in the language it knows best: silence and secrecy. This week, as global attention fixed on the escalating confrontation between Washington and Tehran, the Islamic Re...
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
In case you missed this. www.rferl.org/a/washington...
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Washington's Unified Stand Against Russia's War On Ukrainian Children
US lawmakers from both parties sharply condemned Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children during a congressional hearing on March 25, presenting a united front in support of accountability for wh...
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We did not see this coming: www.postandcourier.com/free-times/a...
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‘A big F you’: After a 6-year vacancy, SC has a new poet laureate. Why is he not a poet?
Poets across SC were confused and upset at the news that the governor has appointed a Nashville-based singer-songwriter as poet laureate.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Last week I joined a delegation from Springfield, OH at a press conference in front of The Supreme Court where we urged the justices to support our 350,000 Haitian brothers and sisters, here on Temporary Protected Status. The case will be argued on April 29th.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I keep wondering when he will win the Nobel Peace Prize/ www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...
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At the Legacy Museum, facing America's racist past is a path, not a punishment
"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Springfield march to support family whose father was taken by ICE
Springfield residents came together for a peace walk Saturday to help support a family whose father was detained by ICE. Juan Arriaga Reyes went to a yearly check in with immigration authorities on…
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
These are my people❤️ Lucky me💙 The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield. - The 19th News
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
‘I Just Want to Get Out of Here’: ICE Is Detaining Hundreds of Children www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u... Horrifying.
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‘I Just Want to Get Out of Here’: ICE Is Detaining Hundreds of Children
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/13/t...
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TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. • Ohio Capital Journal
TikTok creators converged on Springfield, Ohio last week. Finding none of the ICE mayhem they expected to see, they began concocting and spreading conspiracy theories about the city and the charities ...
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. 19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org
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TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began.
The conspiracy theories have triggered chaos in the Ohio city, where Haitian immigrant families and the groups working with them are already on edge.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Crazy photo of me, but I stand by what I said. Thank you for coming to Springfield, Michelle Goldberg. Thank you for the truth://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/ohio-resistance-trump-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JlA.SauA.VyZweSlydP6S
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Opinion | In Ohio, I Caught a Glimpse of the New Resistance
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Haitians in America worry they’re Trump’s next target www.vox.com/politics/478...
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Haitians in America worry they’re Trump’s next target
The president falsely accused Haitians in Ohio of eating pets. Now he’s trying to deport them.
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Source: Charleston City Paper
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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...
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The World Comes to New York for a Very Different Climate Week
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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/growing...
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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.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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.
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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.
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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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.
Of the two boys with smallpox, the one who had been vaccinated has very few pox while the other is horribly disfigured.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/09/2025
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.
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