Editorial“Plantoir,” a scultpure by Claes Oldenburg and his second wife, Coosje van Bruggen, outside the headquarters of the Meredith Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 27, 2018. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialSomeone looks over a display of revolvers during the National Rifle Association annual meeting in St. Louis, Mo., on April 15, 2012. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialThe stage following a campaign event for then Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) during her presidential primary run, in Ames Iowa, Oct. 6, 2019. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees listen during a presidential debate watch party hosted by the Mclean County Republican Party at Corn Crib Stadium in Normal, Ill., on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialPlastic panels hang between worker stations on the production floor at the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa on May 5, 2020. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a Democratic candidate for president, speaks at a campaign event in North Liberty, Ill. on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialAshford University in Clinton, Iowa, on Dec. 8, 2011; Bridgepoint Education, its owner since 2005, turned it into an online institution and later closed this campus. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Tyson Foods pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa, on May 6, 2020, which recently reopened after a coronavirus outbreak. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialPlastic panels separate work stations on the production floor of a Tyson Foods meatpacking plant in Waterloo, Iowa, May 5, 2020. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Kapon, chairman of wine merchant Acker Merrall & Condit, a 200-year-old shop for fine and rare wines, leads a tasting via teleconference with the app Zoom from his home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 15, 2020. (José Jiménez-Tirado/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), then a Democratic candidate for president, campaigns in North Liberty, Iowa, on Jan. 9, 2020. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) peeks through a doorway as she is introduced for a presidential primary campaign appearance at a junior high school in North Liberty, Iowa, Dec. 21, 2019. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Laursen, the president of a United Automobile Workers local in Ottumwa, Iowa, says most of his members support either President Donald Trump or Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a Democratic candidate for president, holds Steve Sonnier and Christina Cerrato's newborn Bruce Sonnier, in North Liberty, Iowa, Dec. 21, 2019. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialPete Buttigieg, then-mayor of South Bend, Ind., a Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during a town hall event in Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. 29, 2019. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a Democratic candidate for president, speaks at a campaign event in North Liberty, Ill. on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialMayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., a Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during a town hall event in West Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 28, 2019.(Daniel Acker/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a Democratic presidential candidate, at a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 28, 2019. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)