EditorialBrooklyn Campbell, 15, and Nu Crooks, 16, who are cousins and high school students, during a protest at the Cobb County School District headquarters in Marietta, Ga. on Aug. 12, 2021. Campbell and Crooks were vaccinated just before the masking protest. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)
EditorialPeter Naughton, who is an epileptic and gave up an apartment last year that he could not afford on his Walmart wage, heads for work from his parents? home in Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 10, 2021. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
EditorialPeter Naughton, who is an epileptic and gave up an apartment last year that he could not afford on his Walmart wage, heads for work from his parents? home in Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 10, 2021. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
EditorialJaqueline Vasquez, 8, right, and her friend Jade Rosa, 9, outside Lamar Elementary School in San Antonio, Tx. on Thursday, August 12, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialThe investigation and cleanup in downtown Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, following a powerful explosion in downtown on Christmas morning. One building collapsed from the damage, and some residents were displaced by the blast and had to stay in hotels or with friends. (William DeShazer/The New York Times)