EditorialAs a Latina, Dr. Naomi Fraga is a rarity in a field long dominated by white men, dating to the 1700s when European colonists traveled the world and built collections of exotic plant specimens. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialAs a Latina, Dr. Naomi Fraga is a rarity in a field long dominated by white men, dating to the 1700s when European colonists traveled the world and built collections of exotic plant specimens. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialAs a Latina, Dr. Naomi Fraga is a rarity in a field long dominated by white men, dating to the 1700s when European colonists traveled the world and built collections of exotic plant specimens. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialAs a Latina, Dr. Naomi Fraga is a rarity in a field long dominated by white men, dating to the 1700s when European colonists traveled the world and built collections of exotic plant specimens. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialThe ruins of Dion, a French coffee plantation that relied on slave labor during the 1700s, in Haiti, Sept. 18, 2021. (Federico Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialThe ruins of Dion, a French coffee plantation that relied on slave labor during the 1700s, in Haiti, Sept. 18, 2021. (Federico Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialArtifacts, including arrowheads and necklace ornaments, found with the remains of Native Americans buried at a Texas mission in the mid- to late 1700s, in San Antonio, Nov. 18, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialJordan Fainberg, in front of a home claimed by someone citing a peace treaty from the 1700s, in Bethesda, Ma. on Aug. 11, 2021. (Matt Roth/The New York Times)