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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 MINDWith 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.)

MAGA Holdouts Rage as Democrats Party Over Biden Victory
Brunch Can WaitTrump supporters from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Lansing, Michigan, and Salem, Oregon, turned out to try and counter pro-Biden celebrations.

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.

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

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.”

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

Tree of Life Congegants Gather One Week After Bloodshed
#SHOWUPFORSHABBATDuring 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.

‘I Could Hear the Gunshots’: Doctor Rushed to Synagogue
FIRST RESPONDERSLeonard Weiss lives so close he was woke up by the firefight. Ronald Roth was bar mitzvahed at the temple. Together they managed the chaos.

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.’

Tree of Life Worshippers Tell Trump to Denounce Nationalism
STOP THE HATECongregants 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.
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