Amy Wilentz
@amywilentz.bsky.social
I write about Haiti and have been writing about Haiti for a long time. I publish mostly in The Nation now. I live in LA. I’ve also written about the Middle East, California, & Trump’s family. I teach writing at UCI. Guggenheim fellow.
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#Haiti: More murderous attacks by the criminal gang led by Jimmy (Barbecue) Chérizier. Friends in Port-au-Prince are again fleeing for their lives. Are the foreign journalists who signal-boosted him ashamed yet? @amywilentz.bsky.social @melindayiti.bsky.social www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?art...
Nouvelle vague d’attaques des gangs armés en Haïti
www.alterpresse.org
March 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#Haiti: More murderous attacks by the criminal gang led by Jimmy (Barbecue) Chérizier. Friends in Port-au-Prince are again fleeing for their lives. Are the foreign journalists who signal-boosted him ashamed yet? @amywilentz.bsky.social @melindayiti.bsky.social www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?art...
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Kim Stanley Robinson event (dialogue with Jonathan Alexander) beginning at UCI, hosted by the Illuminations Program & The Forum for the Academy and the Public, event introduced by Daphne Lei & the speaker introduced by @amywilentz.bsky.social (people still coming in)
March 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Kim Stanley Robinson event (dialogue with Jonathan Alexander) beginning at UCI, hosted by the Illuminations Program & The Forum for the Academy and the Public, event introduced by Daphne Lei & the speaker introduced by @amywilentz.bsky.social (people still coming in)
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👇 Many notable participants aren't on Bluesky (yet), eg keynoter Dean Baquet & some on the response to his keynote panel (these will be live streamed), but among those on Bluesky are @katiestallard.bsky.social @amywilentz.bsky.social @angshah.bsky.social @davidakaye.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social
"Facts Under Fire: Reporting in Impossible Times," a UCI conference that will begin Friday afternoon and end Saturday afternoon will a feature a varied array of impressive people discussing urgent issues; free (even a free lunch) but please register ASAP to attend, sites.uci.edu/factsunderfi...
Forum for the Academy and the Public 2025
sites.uci.edu
February 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
👇 Many notable participants aren't on Bluesky (yet), eg keynoter Dean Baquet & some on the response to his keynote panel (these will be live streamed), but among those on Bluesky are @katiestallard.bsky.social @amywilentz.bsky.social @angshah.bsky.social @davidakaye.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social
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On January 27, the Trump administration issued death sentences to hundreds of thousands of people, most of them in Africa, who are surviving with HIV/AIDS thanks to the most successful foreign-aid program in US history. My article @thenation.com. #Pepfar www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Will Trump End the Most Successful Foreign-Aid Program in US History?
The President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief is in danger of shuttering. The decision could kill hundreds of thousands of people and kickstart an epidemic.
www.thenation.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
On January 27, the Trump administration issued death sentences to hundreds of thousands of people, most of them in Africa, who are surviving with HIV/AIDS thanks to the most successful foreign-aid program in US history. My article @thenation.com. #Pepfar www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Trump wants to distract you from the fact that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator last week.
Don’t let him.
Don’t let him.
January 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump wants to distract you from the fact that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator last week.
Don’t let him.
Don’t let him.
Annual conference, this time about facts under fire. Feb. 7 & 8 at the UCIrvine campus.
Reporting in Impossible Times: 2025 Forum for the Academy and the Public
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January 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Annual conference, this time about facts under fire. Feb. 7 & 8 at the UCIrvine campus.
Some thoughts about my city’s recent tragedy:
LA always expects disaster, but no one imagined this - The Boston Globe
To live in Los Angeles is to know the place is on borrowed time. And yet this month’s fires have been utterly shocking.
bostonglobe.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Some thoughts about my city’s recent tragedy:
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Coming up Feb 7-8, another robustly interdisciplinary discussion driven public facing conference at @ucirvine.bsky.social put on by The Forum for Academy & the Public that @amywilentz.bsky.social & I co-direct, this year’s theme “Facts Under Fire” sites.uci.edu/factsunderfi...
Forum for the Academy and the Public 2025 – @ The University of California, Irvine
@ The University of California, Irvine
sites.uci.edu
December 10, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Coming up Feb 7-8, another robustly interdisciplinary discussion driven public facing conference at @ucirvine.bsky.social put on by The Forum for Academy & the Public that @amywilentz.bsky.social & I co-direct, this year’s theme “Facts Under Fire” sites.uci.edu/factsunderfi...
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Tiffany Trump married a guy named Michael Boulos in 2022, and now each daughter has a father-in-law who Trump appointed to a high position in his new administration – @amywilentz.bsky.social comments in a new episode of "The Children's Hour" – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/41uZdgR
December 12, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Tiffany Trump married a guy named Michael Boulos in 2022, and now each daughter has a father-in-law who Trump appointed to a high position in his new administration – @amywilentz.bsky.social comments in a new episode of "The Children's Hour" – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/41uZdgR
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“The Children’s Hour,” stories about Ivanka, Don Jr., Eric, and little Tiffany. Boy, have those kids been busy – in this episode: “Lives of the In-Laws” – @amywilentz.bsky.social comments – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/41uZdgR
December 13, 2024 at 11:51 PM
“The Children’s Hour,” stories about Ivanka, Don Jr., Eric, and little Tiffany. Boy, have those kids been busy – in this episode: “Lives of the In-Laws” – @amywilentz.bsky.social comments – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/41uZdgR
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Trump Family Doings: @amywilentz.bsky.social reports on “Lives of the In-Laws”—the rise of Ivanka’s and Tiffany’s fathers-in-law, Eric’s wife Lara, and the latest schemes of Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/41uZdgR
December 13, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Trump Family Doings: @amywilentz.bsky.social reports on “Lives of the In-Laws”—the rise of Ivanka’s and Tiffany’s fathers-in-law, Eric’s wife Lara, and the latest schemes of Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/41uZdgR
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My article @thenation.com documented U.S. complicity in #Haiti's crisis, the angle that the #WashPost editorial writers completely missed. Does the Post editorial page ever do any reporting to back up their useless opinions on #Haiti? @amywilentz.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Haitians Don’t Need More “Dumbasses” From the US State Department Weighing In on the Crisis
The solutions offered by current and former American officials rarely, if ever, consider what Haitians actually want.
www.thenation.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM
My article @thenation.com documented U.S. complicity in #Haiti's crisis, the angle that the #WashPost editorial writers completely missed. Does the Post editorial page ever do any reporting to back up their useless opinions on #Haiti? @amywilentz.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Good piece, painful roundup: but can US really do something right for Haiti? There have been so many decent possibilities rejected by Biden and his people over the past few years, and the next US administration is of course unlikely to come up with innovative and humane solutions for Haiti.
Rescuing Haiti from Gang Rule
To save Haiti, the United States needs to lead from the front.
www.cfr.org
November 27, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Good piece, painful roundup: but can US really do something right for Haiti? There have been so many decent possibilities rejected by Biden and his people over the past few years, and the next US administration is of course unlikely to come up with innovative and humane solutions for Haiti.