EditorialAzaria Terrell, who balked at being forced to enroll in her high school’s JROTC, but ended up embracing the program, in her dorm at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich., Oct. 12, 2022. (Emily Elconin/The New York Times)
EditorialKaty Mattingly, an executive secretary who lives alone in the home she bought three year ago, at her place in Ypsilanti, Mich., Nov. 12, 2022. (Sarah Rice/The New York Times)