Marjory Wentworth
@marjory.bsky.social
Poet, children’s book author
Source: Charleston City Paper
October 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Source: Charleston City Paper
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...
The World Comes to New York for a Very Different Climate Week
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September 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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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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 contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
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.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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 contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
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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.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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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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.
September 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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.
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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.
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.
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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.
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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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?
September 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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.
Books about slavery could be removed from NPS museums, gift shops.
September 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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.
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?
"Springfield's residents had been exploited, terrorized, and shamed..."
Imagine if this was your community?
September 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Source: The Baffler
"Springfield's residents had been exploited, terrorized, and shamed..."
Imagine if this was your community?
"Springfield's residents had been exploited, terrorized, and shamed..."
Imagine if this was your community?
Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites
Thank you for including my picture book, Shackles.
Thank you for including my picture book, Shackles.
Opinion | Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trump Is Scrubbing Slavery From Our Historical Sites
Thank you for including my picture book, Shackles.
Thank you for including my picture book, Shackles.
Thank you Judge Chen!
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…
www.wdtn.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thank you Judge Chen!
Thanks for covering this important isssue,
Victoria Hansen.
Victoria Hansen.
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.
www.southcarolinapublicradio.org
September 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanks for covering this important isssue,
Victoria Hansen.
Victoria Hansen.
Source: Christianity Today
So proud that Nehemiah has supported our immigrant storytelling project- Journeys!
So proud that Nehemiah has supported our immigrant storytelling project- Journeys!
September 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Source: Christianity Today
So proud that Nehemiah has supported our immigrant storytelling project- Journeys!
So proud that Nehemiah has supported our immigrant storytelling project- Journeys!
A victory on the side of humanity: Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Temporarily Blocks Removal of Guatemalan Children www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Temporarily Blocks Removal of Guatemalan Children
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August 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
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August 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
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...
An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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...
Dylann Roof denied new trial as court finds insufficient evidence for judge recusal
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He’ll Deploy National Guard to Washington and Take Control of D.C. Police
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August 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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...
Now my first picture book has been flagged for review and potential removal from the National Park Service gift shops. I am shocked and saddened by this intrusive tactic to erase the truth.
Autobiographies and books on slavery at risk for removal from Charleston historical site gift shops
National Park Service staff marked 10 books sold at gift shops in the Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie and Charles Pinckney historic sites for content review.
www.postandcourier.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Now my first picture book has been flagged for review and potential removal from the National Park Service gift shops. I am shocked and saddened by this intrusive tactic to erase the truth.
Source: AP News
Thanks for spending the day with us, Obed🌟
Thanks for spending the day with us, Obed🌟
July 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Source: AP News
Thanks for spending the day with us, Obed🌟
Thanks for spending the day with us, Obed🌟