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Major SSI Overhaul Could Reshape Benefits For 7.4 Million Americans
A sweeping proposal in Congress could bring the most significant changes in decades to Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a federal program that supports low-income seniors and people with disabilities.
By Matt De Levia day ago in Writers
Why?
Do you ever ask why? Why did this happen? Why me? Why did someone hurt me? What did I do to deserve this? I often wondered these very questions. I am a product of abandonment. My mother abandoned us, my dad, sister and me, when I was a year and a half. It left wreckage. I lived a lifetime, in fear of more abandonment. That shaped the way I behaved around people. It made me more permissive than I should have been. You tend to let people walk all over you, when you fear them leaving. That was difficult enough, but there was more.
By Alexandra Granta day ago in Writers
Into The Apriverse - A Mikeydred April Dollar Prompt For All Vocal Creators
Introduction Every month, we set prompts in the Vocal Social Society. We offer a dollar tip to five random creators who take part and ask them to share their stories in the comments and on the thread in the group.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred a day ago in Writers
Elsie
Elsie, a large, imposing matriarchal seamstress, is seated at her sewing machine. Her thick brown lisle stockings rolled down above the plaid slippered feet that waited on the treadle. Her grey hair was pulled back into a bun. A few escaped wisps fall over her eyes. The Woodbine inserted in her heavy jowl left to burn down like a joss stick. Her breath rasping as the ash grows into a gravity-defying curve and the smoke turns the wisps yellow.
By Keith Butler2 days ago in Writers
How Celebrities Really Build Wealth: Lessons Anyone Can Apply to Their Own Net Worth
It’s easy to assume that celebrities are wealthy simply because they earn large amounts of money. While high income certainly plays a role, it’s not the full picture. Many people—both famous and not—earn impressive incomes and still struggle financially. Others, with far more modest earnings, steadily build long-term wealth.
By Abbasi Publisher2 days ago in Writers
New April 2026 Social Security Payment Dates Revealed — Find Yours in Seconds
April is already on your mind if you rely on Social Security. Millions of retirees and families are watching their calendars across the United States waiting for those payments to arrive.
By Matt De Levi2 days ago in Writers
Nothing to see here
No story. Some of my fellow creators and I have extended conversations in comment threads, and when there are a lot of comments, and it’s a long and/or media-heavy story, it’s a lot of scrolling. Any conversation you’re having with me can be continued here with minimal scrolling. Cheers!
By Harper Lewis2 days ago in Writers
Paul and John's 47-Words Short Story Unofficial Challenge. Top Story - March 2026.
UPDATE - Republished to update the list of entries, with the 40 we've had so far. Completely smashed last unofficial challenge which recieved 31 entries. And there is still time. If you have yet to enter and fancy winning a bit of money or just challenging yourself or both or just making two old geezers job harder - please enter!
By Paul Stewart3 days ago in Writers
Financial Markets as Early Predictors of War
Whitman Drake Before wars are announced, before headlines are written, and often before governments publicly acknowledge rising tensions, financial markets have already begun to move. Prices shift, capital reallocates, volatility increases, and certain assets begin behaving in ways that suggest something deeper is unfolding beneath the surface. While mainstream media tends to document events as they happen, financial markets often respond earlier, sometimes because they are acting on signals that are not yet visible to the public, and sometimes because large participants are interpreting risk in ways that have not yet entered the broader conversation.
By Whitman Drake3 days ago in Writers
