EditorialAndrea Jones, who had a nest egg and good benefits to cushion her early retirement from a 28-year career at United Airlines to protect her husband from COVID-19, at Newark Liberty International, in Newark, N.J., Aug. 6, 2021. (Gili Benita/The New York Times)
EditorialErnest and Margaret Rossi outside their 100-year-old gift shop in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan on July 16, 2020. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialErnest and Margaret Rossi outside their 100-year-old gift shop in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan on July 16, 2020. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialMatthew Henderson, 21, a college senior who has no job prospects and $24,000 in student loans, outside his parents' home in South Bend, Ind., on May 17, 2020. (Chris Walker/The New York Times)