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It Could Be the Next Blockbuster Drug. There's Just One Part No One Wants to Talk About. She Thought She'd Had a Miraculous Recovery Thanks to MDMA. Then She Learned the Truth. They're the Hottest Drugs Around. Their Supposed Powers Might Just Be the Placebo Effect. It Could Be the Next Blockbuster Drug. The Truth About Why It Works Could Be Stranger Than Anyone Imagined. Her Fiancé Died in an Avalanche. She Found a Miraculous Cure for Her Grief. Then She Learned the Truth. document.getElementById('cml0w6m4k001xh3kk1k2y1q4z@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 5)].hidden = false - She Thought She'd Had a Miraculous Recovery Thanks to MDMA. Then She Learned the Truth. Jane C. Hu

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Channing Tatum's New Movie Has Him Getting the Best Reviews of His Career, and You Can Stream It Now From Home -- Sam Adams

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It Was Mocked as Cringe Resistance Liberalism. A New Generation of Activists Has Embraced It as an Anti-ICE Symbol. -- Kate Lindsay

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One of 2025's Biggest Books Came Out of Nowhere. After Reading It, I Think I Understand Why. -- Rebecca Onion

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Trump's Continued Obsession With 2020 Is a Joke. His Raid on a Georgia Election Site Is Not. -- Richard L. Hasen

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Immigration Agents Are Killing and Abusing People. So Civilians Are Turning to a Controversial Tool to Find Justice. -- Indy Scholtens

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The Inspiring New Movie About Standing Up To an Immigration Raid -- Sam Adams

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It's Perhaps the Most Special Kind of Bond Between Human Beings. Well, Not if ICE Has Its Way. -- Nancy Burke

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What Happened to Bridgerton? Rebecca Onion

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Slate Crossword: Program With Merch Often Worn Ironically by Stoners (Four Letters) -- Chandi Deitmer

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Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 30, 2026 -- Kiran Pandey

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A High-Society Lawyer and a Hedge Funder Got Divorced. The Result Is the Best Memoir I've Read in Some Time. -- Scaachi Koul

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One of RFK Jr.'s Weirdest Obsessions Is Based on a Funny Misunderstanding—and You Might've Fallen for It, Too -- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

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Trump's Goon Squads Will Kill Again -- Jack Crosbie

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Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary -- I'm Boycotting My Mother's 90th Birthday Dinner. The Entire Family Has Turned Against Me.

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Logan Sachon -- Everyone Is Pressuring Me to Make the "Obvious" Choice When It Comes to Childcare. I Don't Want to.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- Everyone Thinks Cheating on Your Spouse Is the Highest Form of Betrayal. But There's One Lie That's Worse.

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Rich Juzwiak -- Very Hot Women Keep Telling Me I'm a "DILF." My Wife Is Holding Me Back.

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Logan Sachon -- We Have a Baby on the Way. It's Time to Put an End to My In-Laws' Favorite Pastime.

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Elizabeth Spiers, Athena Valentine, and Lillian Karabaic -- My Partner and I Are Young, Happy, and in Love. But That's Not Why We're Considering Getting Married.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Asked My Former Boss to Be a Reference. It May Have Cost Me the Job.

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One Generation Is Showing More Longevity on the Charts Than Any Other. It's Not the Boomers. -- Chris Molanphy -- Don't even mention Gen X.

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Are We Just Recycling Old Stories, Ideas, and Styles? -- Decoder Ring

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I Study Male Caregivers. I Recognized Something in Alex Pretti. -- Haley Swenson -- And his fellow nurses did, too.

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Slate Crossword: Get Too Old for This S—, Perhaps? (Six Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 29, 2026 -- Nijah Morris

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true - Barron Trump Got Involved in a Bizarre Criminal Case. His Calls to Police Are Telling. Heather Schwedel

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true - What It Takes to Defend Democracy From Autocracy Is Suddenly Crystal Clear - Dahlia Lithwick - What it takes to defend democracy from autocracy is suddenly crystal clear.

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When the Guns Went Off, They Were the Starter Pistol for Lying -- Political Gabfest

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What Does the GPT in ChatGPT Stand For? -- Ray Hamel

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