EditorialMartha Lou Gadsden brings food to guests at her restaurant, Martha Lou's Kitchen, in Charleston, S.C., Feb. 1, 2011. (Peter Frank Edwards/The New York Times)
EditorialVeneshia Givens, whose husband Robert, a longshoreman, died earlier this year, she believes from the coronavirus, in New Orleans, Dec. 8, 2020. (William Widmer/The New York Times)