81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

Probably the most common reason we decline a story is that it falls flat or fizzles out at the end. A good ending matters.

No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5

"Prosecuting a former president or prime minister is a normal and healthy thing for advanced democracies to do." foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...

When ICE is raiding daycare centers and dragging out teachers in front of of crying, terrified children, it’s not to keep America safe, but an attempt to turn Americans to violence.

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Jokes on you my impatient neighbor, I drive slower than I ride my bike.

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This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

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We read every story that is submitted. yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/p/submission...

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Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

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I'm just exhausted by the overwhelming numbers of authors who submit stories in which every single (short) sentence is treated as a separate paragraph. www.grammarly.com/blog/writing...

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A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her. She spoke out and was kicked out of the country. It’s retaliation & it’s wrong

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Missing the days when, if a scary masked man approached us on the street, WE pepper sprayed HIM, not the other way around.

You story needs an ending. At the very least, the reader should understand that you stopped writing on purpose, that you didn't just fall into a coma mid-paragraph.

The decline isn’t subtle anymore.

🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡 I have an even worse feeling about THIS:

Our Duotrope interview is live. duotrope.com/interview/ed...

Many of us were taught to call older relatives or even unrelated adults "Aunt" as a respectful form of address.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Make sure your story really is a story. Does it have conflict, or a problem to be solved? Does something change? Is a truth revealed? Does someone learn something?

So Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout from our tax dollars but devastated small towns here at home — nothing.

By the way, there is no need to include a synopsis of your story when you submit it. Stories this short speak for themselves. yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/p/submission...