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"Telling a little girl born into the bleakest poverty that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else in America is a lie." @IWorryAboutYou writes:http://read.medium.com/y1TDetA 

"When we legislate against abortion access, we are condemning women to die. This is an evidence-based fact." —JT Nakagawahttp://read.medium.com/Tdqtuxp 

"In America, a baby who needs medicine is a customer." @IWorryAboutYou writes:http://read.medium.com/RBQf80a 

A widespread increase in back pain has to do with the changing nature of work, @Detroitchiro writes.http://read.medium.com/0ke8wji 

“People that knew Lloyd were like, ‘How did Lloyd turn into a gangster?’” @Golianopoulous chronicles ‘Boyz N the Hood’ star Lloyd Avery II’s journey from Hollywood to prison.http://read.medium.com/oVLhGem 

Below are some editing tricks from @sarahstankorb. Writers, feel free to add your own go-to editing checklist items in the replies. http://read.medium.com/bpjj3C4 

“Tell your New Adult in no uncertain terms that there is a website to answer every question they might have about move-in and residential life. Because guess what? You’re not their personal Googler anymore.” Revisit this piece by @lesliezacks from 2019:http://read.medium.com/ZTy38wm 

"What I tell myself during these little panics is that for every relative-by-marriage or former co-worker who calls your work disgusting or not their cup of tea, there’s someone else out there who totally and completely freaking loves it." —@duncanbirmhttp://read.medium.com/Mc4jMBl 

In a world where it’s easy to hire a ghostwriter, to self-promote and make yourself matter to everyone else, you’ll be better off doing it for yourself, writes @HerbertLui.http://read.medium.com/1umdAih 

Therapist Kathleen Smith explains how to be present with an anxious person without trying to calm them down: Ask questions that help them think Offer your own thinking only when asked Relax your own body Simply be presenthttp://read.medium.com/P1jB2xP 

Writing haiku can help with emotional self-regulation.http://read.medium.com/cxpcfG0 

"How do we get the tools of capitalism—modern, 21-century, data-driven, digital capitalism—in the hands of the average shop owner? An SBA loan and a Squarespace website are just not enough." @juliovincent writes:http://read.medium.com/eu7AnFh 

"Art that is liked by everyone is loved by no one." —@duncanbirmhttp://read.medium.com/AKWXcYe 

.@sarahmccoll tells "the story of an artist ahead of her time with whom time catches up, a story of singing, long quiet, and [how,] years later, her voice changed into something louder and more certain."http://read.medium.com/MMNRXcj 

While glamping seems an ideal way to experience the outdoors with all of the conveniences of a Marriott, it bypasses the rewards of roughing it, @Michael_Easter writes.http://read.medium.com/ML2JxsH 

.@dariusforoux shares the path he took from being an unknown writer with zero readers to reaching millions of readers on Medium.http://read.medium.com/AbcoCRT 

Space tourism is a pastime exclusively for the 1%, @LanceUlanoff writes.http://read.medium.com/SnEri4k 

"Children with parents who earn near or above $112,000 are born winners, which makes it morally discomfiting when they (as adults) attribute their success to sheer gumption and grit." —@IWorryAboutYouhttp://read.medium.com/zcdrBLD 

A growing body of psychological research shows that people are happier when they act to benefit others than when they act to benefit themselves.http://read.medium.com/qMwK8gz