Snail Mail Is Getting People Through This Time

Brianca Hadnot’s high school students in Houston started writing letters the day after George Floyd was killed. “They felt unheard,” Ms. Hadnot, 30, said. “They can’t vote.” As protests gained momentum around the country, she worried about them attending and possibly being tear gassed or shot with rubber bullets. Writing, she said, was another way…

CrossFit Gyms Sold to New Owner

Greg Glassman, the embattled owner of CrossFit who was the subject of a recent article in The New York Times detailing routine sexual harassment of female employees, intends to sell the fitness brand to Eric Roza, according to a message sent to affiliate gym owners by the company’s chief executive, Dave Castro. Mr. Roza is…

This Is One Cool Cucumber Soup

When it’s too hot to cook, there’s a long, vast tradition of chilled soups to save the day. Be they gazpacho, borscht, shav or a creamy, yogurt-based cucumber soup seasoned with garlic and herbs, there are few summer lunches as cooling and satisfying. To make enough cucumber-yogurt soup for three or four, cut a pound…

How to Raise an Anti-Racist Kid

When kids on the gaming site Roblox were darkening the skin color of their avatars to support Black Lives Matter, 12-year-old Garvey Mortley decided to speak up. She created a video explaining the offensive history of blackface, and offered viewers more appropriate ways they could show support. “Changing your skin tone to a darker skin…