Melissa Ditmore
@melissaditmore.bsky.social
Researcher and author of Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Trafficking in the American Economy http://beacon.org/Unbroken-Chains-P1926.aspx
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My book Unbroken Chains on the current MacDowell Fellows shelf at the marvelous Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough, NH
My book Unbroken Chains on the current MacDowell Fellows shelf at the marvelous Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough, NH
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My book Unbroken Chains on the current MacDowell Fellows shelf at the marvelous Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough, NH
Toadstool Books in Peterborough, NH is a great store, with another branch in Keene, NH toadbooks.com
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December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Toadstool Books in Peterborough, NH is a great store, with another branch in Keene, NH toadbooks.com
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Anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreak
Anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreak
Children’s Health Defense using familiar playbook to defend health secretary as it downplays dangers of disease and exaggerate risks of vaccines, public health experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreak
I'm at @macdowell1907.bsky.social reading by the fire and listening to Rodeo in my studio, which was once occupied by Aaron Copland. Almost as good as finding books by my friends in the library!
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I'm at @macdowell1907.bsky.social reading by the fire and listening to Rodeo in my studio, which was once occupied by Aaron Copland. Almost as good as finding books by my friends in the library!
The last day to register to vote is this Saturday, October 25! NYC voter registration: vote.nyc/page/registe...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The last day to register to vote is this Saturday, October 25! NYC voter registration: vote.nyc/page/registe...
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Florida sheriff's department used ICE to round up sex workers under pretense of fighting human trafficking and child exploitation.
Instead, they arrested 111 sex workers, none of whom was underage and none of which led to a human trafficking arrest.
Instead, they arrested 111 sex workers, none of whom was underage and none of which led to a human trafficking arrest.
Grady Judd: ‘Operation Fool Around and Find Out Again’ human trafficking investigation nets 246 arrests
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says nearly 250 suspects face serious charges after a weeklong multi-agency undercover investigation targeting human trafficking and illegal immigration.
www.fox13news.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Florida sheriff's department used ICE to round up sex workers under pretense of fighting human trafficking and child exploitation.
Instead, they arrested 111 sex workers, none of whom was underage and none of which led to a human trafficking arrest.
Instead, they arrested 111 sex workers, none of whom was underage and none of which led to a human trafficking arrest.
I'll speak at the Westport (CT) Public Library this evening about human trafficking. Please come if you are in the neighborhood! I will bring some light to a dark topic in dark times. westportlibrary.org/event/unbrok...
Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Trafficking with Author Melissa Ditmore
In partnership with Everfree, an organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking, join us for an author talk and discussion with Dr. Melissa Ditmore, author of Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of...
westportlibrary.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I'll speak at the Westport (CT) Public Library this evening about human trafficking. Please come if you are in the neighborhood! I will bring some light to a dark topic in dark times. westportlibrary.org/event/unbrok...
My neighbors campaigning for Mamdani for mayor: www.instagram.com/reel/DOeEhjQ...
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September 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My neighbors campaigning for Mamdani for mayor: www.instagram.com/reel/DOeEhjQ...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wow, MO democrats are sitting in session this wee3kend to block gerrymandering, and it's not in the news www.kfvs12.com/2025/09/05/m...
September 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Wow, MO democrats are sitting in session this wee3kend to block gerrymandering, and it's not in the news www.kfvs12.com/2025/09/05/m...
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Defend Public Health has released a report here about the science:
Risk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorder: What We Already Know From Scientific Evidence | Defend Public Health
With Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promising to announce what he believes are the causes of autism this month, Defend Public Health is preemptively warning the public not t...
www.defendpublichealth.org
September 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Defend Public Health has released a report here about the science:
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a encruzilhada da Makumba é impressionante: alguém comentou num post meu informações sobre mulheres judias polonesas q migraram ao Brasil séculos atrás e aqui acabaram sendo vendidas para o mundo da prostituição. Mulheres judias estas q dps de desencarnadas aparecem em giras como POMBOGIRAS:
September 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
a encruzilhada da Makumba é impressionante: alguém comentou num post meu informações sobre mulheres judias polonesas q migraram ao Brasil séculos atrás e aqui acabaram sendo vendidas para o mundo da prostituição. Mulheres judias estas q dps de desencarnadas aparecem em giras como POMBOGIRAS:
US people: If you are want to get a covid vaccine this fall, consider writing to your representatives to ask if they will be available to us. It's not guaranteed, and is most urgent for older people and those with conditions that make illnesses particularly risky. actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?
It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...
actionnetwork.org
August 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
US people: If you are want to get a covid vaccine this fall, consider writing to your representatives to ask if they will be available to us. It's not guaranteed, and is most urgent for older people and those with conditions that make illnesses particularly risky. actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
I'll speak at the public library in Westport, CT, on September 17th - please come if you are in the area!
westportlibrary.org/event/unbrok...
westportlibrary.org/event/unbrok...
Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Trafficking with Author Melissa Ditmore
In partnership with Everfree, an organization fighting human trafficking, join us for an author talk and discussion with Dr. Melissa Ditmore, author of Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Traffi...
westportlibrary.org
August 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'll speak at the public library in Westport, CT, on September 17th - please come if you are in the area!
westportlibrary.org/event/unbrok...
westportlibrary.org/event/unbrok...
I spoke about PEPFAR funding's roller coaster on South Africa's Power FM radio this morning, highlighting the US grassroots movement of thousands of public health workers targeted advocacy focused on key republican senators.
July 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I spoke about PEPFAR funding's roller coaster on South Africa's Power FM radio this morning, highlighting the US grassroots movement of thousands of public health workers targeted advocacy focused on key republican senators.
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today in 1970 the Young Lords staged a 12-hr takeover of the Bronx's Lincoln Hospital—overcrowded, overrun by rats, called the "butcher shop" b/c medical residents trained on poor people of color
the takeover led to one of the first patients' bill of rights in history, and other wins @teenvogue.com
the takeover led to one of the first patients' bill of rights in history, and other wins @teenvogue.com
The Young Lords Brought the Revolution to Public Health
The group achieved victories for health care access in New York and beyond.
www.teenvogue.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
today in 1970 the Young Lords staged a 12-hr takeover of the Bronx's Lincoln Hospital—overcrowded, overrun by rats, called the "butcher shop" b/c medical residents trained on poor people of color
the takeover led to one of the first patients' bill of rights in history, and other wins @teenvogue.com
the takeover led to one of the first patients' bill of rights in history, and other wins @teenvogue.com
If you can't afford to take a helicopter to your private doctor, here is a video about how your healthcare may be affected by the Republican administration's big brutal bill: www.youtube.com/live/l8zSFiu...
Is Your Health Care About to Get Better or Worse? #CareTalk
YouTube video by Laura Packard
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July 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you can't afford to take a helicopter to your private doctor, here is a video about how your healthcare may be affected by the Republican administration's big brutal bill: www.youtube.com/live/l8zSFiu...
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JUST RELEASED: In collaboration with @rightscon.org @getdweb.net @strangehorizons.bsky.social @dragoncon.org & @compost.bsky.social: a new resource has emerged for storytellers to clap back at encroaching fascism: stopcopaganda.compost.digital
COMPOST Special Issue: Stop Surveillance Copaganda
Anti-surveillance stories, reactions, analysis, and incitement built by privacy activists and human rights experts, in collaboration with Strange Horizons as well as the DWeb Camp, DragonCon, and Righ...
stopcopaganda.compost.digital
July 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
JUST RELEASED: In collaboration with @rightscon.org @getdweb.net @strangehorizons.bsky.social @dragoncon.org & @compost.bsky.social: a new resource has emerged for storytellers to clap back at encroaching fascism: stopcopaganda.compost.digital
Murkowski voted for the ugly move workers' money to billionaires bill, and so it passed. How many people will lose health care in your state? 40k in AK, 1M in NY where I live
July 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Murkowski voted for the ugly move workers' money to billionaires bill, and so it passed. How many people will lose health care in your state? 40k in AK, 1M in NY where I live
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Incredibly important read. This is exactly what LAPD did to me and two other legal observers standing on a quiet street corner this past weekend—except with rubber bullets, not pepperballs, and aimed at our heads, not our feet.
…oh, and the officer waved tauntingly right before shooting at us.
…oh, and the officer waved tauntingly right before shooting at us.
June 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Incredibly important read. This is exactly what LAPD did to me and two other legal observers standing on a quiet street corner this past weekend—except with rubber bullets, not pepperballs, and aimed at our heads, not our feet.
…oh, and the officer waved tauntingly right before shooting at us.
…oh, and the officer waved tauntingly right before shooting at us.
NYC update: ICE has detained NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander, so people are protesting at Foley Square.
June 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NYC update: ICE has detained NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander, so people are protesting at Foley Square.
US citizens caught up in anti-trafficking raids have been deported, and now we are seeing a much larger scale round up of citizens, people with legal status, and people without status. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...
‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
US citizens caught up in anti-trafficking raids have been deported, and now we are seeing a much larger scale round up of citizens, people with legal status, and people without status. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...
NYC people, if you are not registered to vote in the primary, you have all day! The deadline is tomorrow: e-register.vote.nyc
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June 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
NYC people, if you are not registered to vote in the primary, you have all day! The deadline is tomorrow: e-register.vote.nyc
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This is real. This person knows what she is talking about.
Tell local NJ reporters who can get to the facility and
NJ-based advocates and
Sympathetic politicians
Tell local NJ reporters who can get to the facility and
NJ-based advocates and
Sympathetic politicians
Reports of an uprising inside Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark NJ. I was here with people trying to visit family when we all started choking due to tear gas used inside.
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is real. This person knows what she is talking about.
Tell local NJ reporters who can get to the facility and
NJ-based advocates and
Sympathetic politicians
Tell local NJ reporters who can get to the facility and
NJ-based advocates and
Sympathetic politicians
The creative industries contribute $2 trillion to our economy and employ 11+ million people. Let's protect this vital sector from unlicensed AI training. #copyright #AI
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Your Voice Matters, It's Time to Take Action! Below you’ll find the campaigns that the Copyright Alliance is facilitating. We encourage all creators and friends of the creative...
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June 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The creative industries contribute $2 trillion to our economy and employ 11+ million people. Let's protect this vital sector from unlicensed AI training. #copyright #AI
copyrightalliance.org/get-involved...
copyrightalliance.org/get-involved...