EditorialPatrons dine at Lillie Pearl, a downtown restaurant with a menu that includes a variety of Southern African American dishes, in Richmond, Va., Oct. 22, 2022. (Brian Palmer/The New York Times)
EditorialAndy Dudley, 45, and Lillie Walsh Dudley, 41, with their 5-year-old son in their rental apartment in Brooklyn, on Friday, March 11, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialClockwise from top left: Kimberly Brown, an emergency room doctor in Memphis, Tenn. (Andrea Morales/The New York Times); Pooja Pundhir, a hospitalist in Houston. (Michael Starghill Jr./The New York Times); Anna Maria Ruiz, an intensive care unit nurse in Austin, Texas. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times); Lillie Lodge, a cardiovascular nurse in Raleigh, N.C. (Veasey Conway/The New York Times); Zola Nlandu, an internal medicine doctor and infectious disease fellow in Tampa, Fla. (Eve Edelheit/The New York Times); Melhim Bou Alwan, a hospitalist in Atlanta. (Kevin D. Liles/The New York Times)