EditorialA soundboard features mute buttons at Belmont University’s Curb Event Center hall in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, where a presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, is scheduled to take place on Thursday. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAlessandro Vespignani, director of the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University, with a risk map simulating the potential spread of the coronavirus from China to other parts of the world, in Boston, March 4, 2020. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)