EditorialReyna Frias, a mother of three sons who worked as a home health aide until the pandemic hit, at her home in Los Angeles County, Calif., on April 14, 2021. (Bethany Mollenkof/The New York Times)
EditorialDesiree Joy Frias cooks a 19-gallon batch of ham and potato soup to stock a mutual aid group's community refrigerators, at her home in the Bronx, Jan. 11, 2021. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)
EditorialDesiree Joy Frias cooks a 19-gallon batch of ham and potato soup to stock a mutual aid group's community refrigerators, at her home in the Bronx, Jan. 11, 2021. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)