As more schools abandon plans for in-person classes, one that opened in Indiana this week had to quarantine students within hours.

A School Reopens, and the Coronavirus Creeps In

New York parents of means are seeking less congested classrooms near their second homes in the Hamptons and Hudson Valley. Not everyone is happy about this.

The Little Fraught Schoolhouse

Groups of fraternity brothers and sorority sisters are working to kick their organizations off campus.

The War on Frats

Germany has woken up to a problem of far-right extremism in its elite special forces. But the threat of neo-Nazi infiltration of state institutions is much broader.

Body Bags and Enemy Lists: How Far-Right Police Officers and Ex-Soldiers Planned for ‘Day X’

Despite their disparate backgrounds, the Illinois Democrat has carved out a public life most evocative of the man she could join on the presidential ticket.

Tammy Duckworth Is Nothing and Everything Like Joe Biden

Overcrowding, not density, has defined many coronavirus hot spots. Service workers’ quarters skirting Silicon Valley are no exception.

12 People in a 3-Bedroom House, Then the Virus Entered the Equation

The world’s largest vaccine producer, the Serum Institute, announced a plan to make hundreds of millions of doses of an unproven inoculation. It’s a gamble with a huge upside. And huge risks.

Indian Billionaires Bet Big on Head Start in Coronavirus Vaccine Race

States like Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin are riding a frustrating seesaw during the pandemic, with new coronavirus cases rising again after apparent progress.

After Plummeting, the Virus Soars Back in the Midwest

Many of his aides and close allies are veteran Washington hands who have profited from advising big corporations. The Sanders-Warren wing of the party is not happy.

Biden Faces Pressure From Left Over Influence Industry Ties

As August arrives, you can learn how an author conjured Elizabethan England and engage your children’s five senses in a mystery game.

Spend Time with Shakespeare’s Family and Try a Taste Test

New York issued guidelines for how residential buildings should safely operate — but there no consequences for failing to comply.

How Do I Get My Landlord to Follow Covid-19 Rules?

Quotation of the Day for Saturday, August 1, 2020.

Quotation of the Day: China Wields Its Security Law to Crush Hong Kong Dissent

Game publishers are digging through their vaults to remake or remaster popular titles in a bid to kindle players’ nostalgia.

Like Old Hollywood Movies, Video Games Get a Polish for New Audiences

Students at Minerva spend four years entirely online. Is this the future of higher education?

How to Go to College During a Pandemic

Slowly, scientists are learning how lianas quickly climb.

How Woody Vines Do the Twist

Stigmatized, out of work and facing dangers, migrant laborers are returning by the thousands — and may be fueling a growing outbreak in Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Workers Are Forced to Return Home, Some With Coronavirus

Bear with us. We know this sounds bonkers, but it really does work.

Make Pizza … On Your Grill

In skeleton, the headfirst Olympic sledding sport, the opportunity for unlimited training on the track can be a huge advantage. But Canadian Olympians who had such access believe it was bad for their brains.

This Sledding Team Trained Hard for Gold in 2010. Some Members Regret It.

Major advertisers on Facebook reduced their spending by millions of dollars in July, but not enough to significantly damage the platform’s revenue.

More Than 1,000 Companies Boycotted Facebook. Did It Work?

The soccer star and activist leads a discussion on HBO, and an Amazon docuseries looks back on the murder of a D.E.A. agent.

What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Seeing America With Megan Rapinoe’ and ‘The Last Narc’

The young British actress stars in “Hanna,” the action drama on Amazon.

Yasmin Monet Prince, a New Action Heroine

Federal agencies suggest caution in U.S. bat research to avoid transmitting the novel coronavirus to wildlife.

Can Humans Give Coronavirus to Bats, and Other Wildlife?

A fixture in Los Angeles clubs who stood 7-foot-2 in heels, she also co-hosted the L.G.B.T.Q. talk show “Hey Qween!”

Lady Red Couture, ‘Mother Hen’ of a Drag Scene, Dies at 43

The N.H.L. chose the small-market, hockey-mad city as one of two “hub cities” — along with Toronto — to host its playoffs.

Edmonton, ‘City of Champions,’ Readies for a Hockey Marathon

Readers discuss a series of articles about the impact of the Americans With Disabilities Act, passed 30 years ago.

August 1, 2020

Headlines from August 1, 2020

A School Reopens, and the Coronavirus Creeps In

The Little Fraught Schoolhouse

The War on Frats

Body Bags and Enemy Lists: How Far-Right Police Officers and Ex-Soldiers Planned for ‘Day X’

Tammy Duckworth Is Nothing and Everything Like Joe Biden

Billboard 200

Legends Never Die

Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon

Gaslighter

Hamilton: An American Musical

My Turn

Historical Context for August 1, 2020