EditorialSally Brodeur, 70, center, fills out her ballot during an election at the Orange County Central Recreation Center, in Hillsborough, N.C., on May 17, 2022. (Veasey Conway/The New York Times)
EditorialDolly Ramos, who struggled financially to make it through nursing school, at her apartment in Queens, June 24, 2023. (Mary Inhea Kang/The New York Times)