EditorialAn empty space remains after the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed from the Capitol in Washington on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Ecuadorean-born mural artist Layqa Nuna Yawar in his studio at Project for Empty Space in Newark, N.J., in June 2020. (Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times)