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Medium Writers Newsletter: Showing up — learning, writing, and taking action

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Illustration: Kawandeep Virdee June Writers Newsletter Hi there, There is solidarity in writing. Now is a time of pain, anxiety, and anger caused by anti-Black racism and police brutality. We are witnessing a growing movement striving toward racial justice. Across Medium, writers are sharing stories of their experiences, of allyship, and how to move forward toward a better reality for Black Americans.  Ramesh A Nagarajah shares his experiences in "Reflections from a Token Black Friend:" "I was no older than 12 or 13, and I already understood that the police would not be inclined to help me. It was only funny to my friends because they'd never had those sorts of conversations." Mike Muse describes the exhaustion and impact of microaggressions: "We don't have the privilege to be color-blind, to live in a utopian wo...

Launching today: Newsletters

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Welcome to Newsletters, a new way to grow and reach your readers Today, we're excited to introduce Newsletters, a new update to our email feature that makes reaching your readers easier. Newsletters let you create branded emails from your publication, send them to your subscribers' inboxes, and get replies from your readers. Get started with Newsletters: On desktop or mobile web, click your publication's avatar, then Newsletters Give your newsletter a name and description Share your ideas with your readers After setting up your newsletter, grow your audience by promoting it on your publication's stories and sharing it anywhere with its signup link. Your readers can then both subscribe to your email newsletter and follow your publication to see your stories on Medium. We can't wait to see what you'll create with Newsletters. For more he...