EditorialRichard Gonzalez rests his head on his fiancé’s lap, with his brother-in-law, Nelson Mercado, sitting near by in Perth Amboy, N.J., on May 8, 2021. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialKevin Flores, Springdale’s first Latino City Council member, playing with his nephews in Springdale, Ark. on June 13, 2021. (Terra Fondriest/The New York Times)
EditorialBrandon Tenney and Dylan Tenney, Romaine Tenney's great-nephews, watch the removal of the last remaining tree from the historical Romaine Tenney Farm in the early morning in Weathersfield, Vt., March 17, 2021. (Kelly Burgess/The New York Times)
EditorialMario Sanchez, a high school football player, with his nephews following the funeral of his grandfather, who died due to complications with COVID-19, in Olathe, Kan., Aug. 28, 2020. (Christopher Smith/The New York Times)
EditorialMario Sanchez, a high school football player, with his nephews following the funeral of his grandfather, who died due to complications with COVID-19, in Olathe, Kan., Aug. 28, 2020. (Christopher Smith/The New York Times)