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“Do you know the United States is the only country in the world that sends children to adult prisons to die?”

Heights make me nervous. Even a slow ride up an escalator sends my heart racing. My perspiring right palm grips the dirty rail to help me to steady myself. Dropping my eyes, I try not to hold my breath, slowly approaching the top landing. Friends are baffled by the contradiction of my calm demeanor when I board airline flights. Maybe it’s the freedom to sleep, read or move about the aircraft cabin on longer flights that keeps me composed. I...

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