ZAQS.ORG

It's the Part of Cigarettes That Keeps You Hooked. Some Say We've Been Looking at It All Wrong. It's Been Villainized for Years. Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson Are Telling a Different Story. The Truth Might Surprise You. Many Claim Nicotine Can Improve Your Health. There's a Grain of Truth—and an Uncomfortable Reality. Nicotine Has Been Villainized for Years. Now, It's Popping Up in Medicine and Wellness Routines. The Truth Will Surprise You. document.getElementById('cmw9wb3wo003ctim0ri6km1ji@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 4)].hidden = false - Many Claim Nicotine Can Improve Your Health. There's a Grain of Truth—and an Uncomfortable Reality. Andrew Zaleski

39 minutes ago

Might the Era of Liberal Trump Finally Be Upon Us? Let Me Present My Case. -- Luke Winkie

2 hours ago

The Biggest Loser on Election Day: Stephen Miller -- Shirin Ali

2 hours ago

There's a Reason Elon Musk's Cybertruck Never Took Off. Actually, There Are a Few. -- Matthew DeBord

14 hours ago

SNL Had a "First" This Weekend. It Says a Lot About the State of Hollywood. Nadira Goffe

1 hour ago

The Russell Brand Verdict Is Seismic in the U.K.—and a Sign of Things to Come -- Imogen West-Knights

15 hours ago

The Cornell Jane Doe Texts Prove Something Crucial About Sexual Assault -- Scaachi Koul

11 hours ago

Did Trump Learn Anything From the Blue Tsunami? We Already Have Our Answer. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

14 hours ago

[Whispers] The Democratic Party Is Good at Politics -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

1 day ago

Slate Mini Crossword for Nov. 10, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

2 hours ago

At 70, I Hired an Escort. I Knew It Would Be Controversial. I Didn't Know It Would Change My Life. -- Gail Rice

1 day ago

Elizabeth Smart Has Taken Perhaps the Last Job You'd Ever Expect -- Anna Sale

1 day ago

There's an Unsettling Path Toward Getting Our Kids to Love Reading. I Can't Say I'm Not Tempted. -- Rebecca Onion

16 hours ago

"No Kids" Was Supposed to Be for Weddings and Cruises. I Never Thought Baby Brands Would Go There, Too. -- Maggie Lange

1 day ago

One of the Biggest Books of the Year Has Proved Polarizing for an Unexpected Reason -- Rebecca Onion

2 days ago

true - pay dirt - We Sold Our House and Are Looking for Our Next Home. Our Adult Daughter Has a Very Strong Request.

2 days ago

care and feeding -- My Sister Says Her Family Has a Strict Policy. Well, I Have News About Her Son.

2 days ago

how to do it -- My Wife Has a Special Helper in the Bedroom. I Want to Surprise Her With an Upgrade.

2 days ago

good job - One of the Higher-Ups Keeps "Honoring My Hard Work." But The Way He Does It Is Making Me Uncomfortable.

2 days ago

Shannon Palus -- My Husband Wants to Participate in My Family's Thanksgiving. But He Doesn't Want to See One Particular Guest.

2 hours ago

Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I Need a Certain Kind of Sex a Few Times a Year. I'm Done Hiding This Part of Myself.

1 day ago

Ilyce Glink -- I'm Done Supporting My Adult Niece. But Cutting Her Off Is Going to Hurt Someone Else, Too.

1 day ago

Laura Helmuth -- My New Job Offer Comes With a Catch I've Never Seen Before. Is This Normal?

2 days ago

View all - Most Recent stories

7 years ago

1h ago - true - Nicole Cliffe and Carvell Wallace - My Adult Children Want to Litigate My Parenting Methods From 30 Years Ago. Let's Move On!

39 minutes ago

true - For Years, Sly Stallone Has Been Telling a Famous Story About the Making of Rocky. It's a Bunch of Baloney. Mike Sielski

7 hours ago

The Supreme Court Gave Trump Impunity. Congress Has the Chance to Do the Funniest Thing. Dahlia Lithwick

14 hours ago

View all -- Culture

6 years ago

There's Only One Man I Want to See Win Best Actor This Year -- Dana Stevens -- With Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh has finally given John Malkovich the role of his career.

1 hour ago

Livestreaming Killed The Cable News Star - ICYMI

3 days ago

Netflix's New Movie Is Being Compared to Parasite, but It Resembles Other Masterpieces Even More -- Sam Adams

3 days ago

View all -- Tech & Business

6 years ago

I Have Something To Say

2 years ago

View all -- Life

2 years ago

Slate SoundBites for November 10, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

2 hours ago

Ms. Pat Spent Years Hiding She Was Poor. Then She Got on Stage. -- Death, Sex & Money

3 hours ago

Slate Pears Game 452: Nov. 9, 2026

19 hours ago

View all -- News & Politics

2 years ago

true - There's No Road Map to Democrats' Success. But There's a Direct Route to Their Failure. Jim Newell - Plus: How do Democrats surf their giant blue wave without wiping out completely?

11 hours ago

Is the Blue Shift Permanent? -- What Next

2 hours ago

true - The CEO of Arguably the World's Most Important Company Had an Affair. Here's Why That's a Trump Scandal. Ian Prasad Philbrick

14 hours ago

Which Syllable Is Stressed in the Pronunciation of the Word Diaspora? -- Ray Hamel

14 hours ago

What Name Is Shared by a Member of the Addams Family and a Member of the Fantastic Four? Ray Hamel

2 hours ago