EditorialAn official White House Photo by Pete Souza shows activist Lois Curtis presenting one of her paintings to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, in 2011. (Pete Souza/The White House via The New York Times)
EditorialJohn James, who was recruited to run for the House in 2022, during his 2020 Senate campaign in Clarkston, Mich., July 1, 2020. (Sylvia Jarrus/The New York Times)
EditorialVolunteers set up signs for Tudor Dixon, Republican nominee for governor of Michigan, outside a town-hall event in Clarkston, Mich. on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (Emily Elconin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Brannon Hill condominium complex in Clarkston, Ga., the site of a mass shooting the month before, on June 29, 2022. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)
EditorialLydia Shakespeare-Edwards, a nurse, prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine for Aurelia Henderson at a vaccination event in Clarkston, Ga., on Aug. 4, 2021. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)
EditorialAurelia Henderson, a substitute teacher in Atlanta, receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a back-to-school event at Milam Park in Clarkston, Ga., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Long, who has landed in the hospital seven times after contracting Covid-19, in Clarkston, Mich., Nov. 24, 2020. (Emily Rose Bennett/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn James, a Republican Senate candidate in Clarkston, Mich., spoke to veterans and supporters on July 1, 2020. (Sylvia Jarrus/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn James, a Republican Senate candidate, outside a private event for veterans in Clarkston, Mich., July 1, 2020. (Sylvia Jarrus/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn James, a Republican Senate candidate, outside a private event for veterans in Clarkston, Mich., July 1, 2020. (Sylvia Jarrus/The New York Times)