Self

power 7:00 a.m.

Who Will Protect Us When No One Is Looking? Why Nolan Xavier Wells’s death has unnerved so many Black parents — including me.

By Ashley Stoney

parasites 1:40 p.m.

Will This Salad Give Me Diarrhea? Everything to know about cyclosporiasis, the intestinal illness that’s extra prominent this summer.

By Olivia Craighead

astrology 5:00 a.m.

Your Daily Horoscope by Madame Clairevoyant: July 20, 2026 Jupiter brings an optimistic — if potentially competitive — energy to the day.

By Claire Comstock-Gay

astrology 7/19/2026

Your Weekly Horoscopes by Madame Clairevoyant: July 19–25 As Leo season kicks off, you’ll feel pushed to take a more active role in your life. Plus, Mercury is finally out of retrograde.

By Claire Comstock-Gay

astrology 7/18/2026

You Better Take Advantage of This Once-in-a-Lifetime Astrological Event Barbault’s Basket is a chance to invite change, growth, and positivity into your life.

parenting 7/18/2026

What’s the Best Way to Teach Good Habits to Little Kids? It feels increasingly challenging to build and insist on maintaining a family routine. So how else should we reinforce positive behavior?

By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

sex diaries 7/17/2026

The Man Who Pees on His Date In this week’s story, a graduate student fulfills a partner’s kinky fantasy.

As told to Alyssa Shelasky

music 7/17/2026

Paul Mescal Is a Sad-Girl Songwriter Now The Oscar-nominated actor and noted indie-music fan co-wrote a new song on his girlfriend Gracie Abrams’s new album.

Role Model Wants to Be a Girl Dad The singer has come up with a whole scenario in which he raises a daughter by himself.

By Olivia Craighead

chapters 7/17/2026

Emerging From the Fog of Grief When my 22-month-old son died, I had to find a way to make the unimaginable my new — and inescapable — reality.

By Matthew Schnipper