Health and Wellness
We Need to Talk About Secondary Infertility
We Need to Talk About Pregnancy and Weed
Culture
Shaboozey Has a 300-Page Romance Novel Drafted in His Phone
Chlöe Bailey Is in Her Healing Era
We’re About to Lose One of the Realest Black TV Grandmas and I’m Not Okay
Sports
Tara Davis-Woodhall Is Ready to Change Track and Field as We Know It
A’ja Wilson Knows She’s That Girl
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Home and Real Estate
‘I’ve never had to think about my own safety in this way before’: Shaken by summer looting in affluent neighborhoods, some Chicagoans are moving away.
Media coverage left some Black South Siders feeling misrepresented — again — after Englewood police shooting, underscoring yearslong feelings of distrust
Chicago mom who had been living in her car gets ‘extreme’ TV-style makeover for new apartment
‘It’s not always better than living on the street’: Couch surfing young adults part of a Chicago homeless population with unique struggles
Parenting
‘I’m mom slash playmate’: Parents of only children are making it through the pandemic with creativity and endurance
‘It kind of feels like a murder’: COVID-19 complicates Mother’s Day for Illinoisans who lost their moms to the virus
Travel plans while co-parenting during COVID-19 pandemic can present challenges. A divorce attorney offers tips.
Sex & Relationships
‘Coregasms’ are one way to practice sexual self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic
‘Masturbation will not spread COVID-19’: Solo sex is best option for pleasure during quarantine, especially if you live alone
“Dating while black: How to date when you’re a broke millennial”
Health
Sickle cell disease is complex on its own, but black men with the illness battle its stigmas and stereotypes too
‘My students are struggling’: Joint pain, migraines, vision impairment and mental health are impacting student wellness during remote learning.
Illinois is facing a ‘critically low’ blood supply shortage and needs donors, including Black donors, who are essential to sickle cell patients
Chicago-area pregnant women share concerns about coronavirus. Northwestern OB-GYN says issue is about contact.
Pets
Meet the Chicagoans raising monarch butterflies in their homes as experts debate what’s best for the species
Opinion & Personal Essay
Commentary: I can count on one hand how many of my basketball games my father attended. That’s why I loved watching Kobe Bryant be a ‘girl dad.’
Commentary: How the women in Nike’s new ad showed me that I could be both a baller and a girl
Commentary: Serena Williams’ catsuit ban another way to police a black woman’s body
Thank you, Kate Spade, for bringing the color to our lives
I love seeing other black women on the September covers — but here’s my conflict
Arts & Entertainment
“Tiffany Haddish’s memoir is juicy, hilarious, and jaw-dropping; would you expect anything less?”
“Blind Spot: ‘Boyz n the Hood'”
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“Hip Hop has a Heart”
“Bye, America”
“Jump-Start Your Weight Release” (Sidebar)
“Where Are All the Eligible Brothers?”
ESSENCE NETWORK: Randi Gloss Commemorates Black Lives in Style
ESSENCE NETWORK: WNBA Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie on Transitioning from the Basketball Court to the Boardroom
Christen A. Johnson 