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Nick Keppler is a Pittsburgh-based freelance journalist whose work has been published by AlterNet, Reuters, Mental Floss, Gizmodo, Slate, and Vice.

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These Therapists Want to Help You Trip on Ecstasy

MAGICAL MYSTERY MIND

With the growing popularity of psychedelics, therapists are popping up to guide patients on their inner trips—they just can’t help score the drugs. (Yet.)

Nick Keppler | Published Aug 13, 2022

MAGA Holdouts Rage as Democrats Party Over Biden Victory

Brunch Can Wait

Trump supporters from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Lansing, Michigan, and Salem, Oregon, turned out to try and counter pro-Biden celebrations.

Kelly Weill, Will Sommer, Nick Keppler, Tom Perkins, Sara Sheridan | Published Nov 07, 2020

In Pa. MAGA Bubble, Trump Is a Beacon of ‘Positivity’

‘IT’S GOING TO BE A SWEEP!’

Trump’s staunchest supporters are convinced of a landslide victory. And to them, anything else is proof of a nefarious scheme against a leader they believe will save the country.

Nick Keppler | Published Oct 31, 2020

Trapped on Navy Ship for Months. Then He Died by Suicide.

GANGWAY UP

These mariners are supposed to be on board a ship for 120 days at a stretch, with time for shore leave. But the pandemic changed all that—with disastrous consequences.

Nick Keppler | Published Oct 19, 2020

Horse Tranquilizer Keeps Showing Up in Human Drug Overdoses

Fentanyl But Worse?

“If you only have $5 and want to stay high, it’s the best bang for your buck.”

Nick Keppler | Published Mar 02, 2020

Biden’s Baby Boomers Tell Radical Young Dems to Pipe Down

SMITTEN

They were more taken by his character and background than any policy proposals or issues. And they are convinced he can—and must—beat Donald Trump.

Nick Keppler | Published Apr 29, 2019

Tree of Life Congegants Gather One Week After Bloodshed

#SHOWUPFORSHABBAT

During the service, Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers took time to defend meeting Donald Trump and shared the conversation he had with the president and his family.

Nick Keppler | Published Nov 03, 2018

‘I Could Hear the Gunshots’: Doctor Rushed to Synagogue

FIRST RESPONDERS

Leonard Weiss lives so close he was woke up by the firefight. Ronald Roth was bar mitzvahed at the temple. Together they managed the chaos.

Nick Keppler | Published Oct 31, 2018

Protests Follow Trump in Pittsburgh, as Officials Stay Away

SHIVA

‘I think it’s a really important time to show respect and love to everyone,’ said one protester, ‘and that’s not what he does.’

Nick Keppler | Published Oct 30, 2018

Tree of Life Worshippers Tell Trump to Denounce Nationalism

STOP THE HATE

Congregants of the synagogue where 11 Jews were allegedly murdered by a right-wing gunman say the president has to do more than pay his respects to the dead.

Nick Keppler | Published Oct 30, 2018

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