EditorialValarie Spiegel, the managing editor of video games at Heritage Auctions, holds a Pokémon card at the company’s offices in Dallas, Texas on Jan. 26, 2023. (Zerb Mellish/The New York Times)
EditorialValarie Spiegel, the managing editor of video games at Heritage Auctions, holds a Pokémon card at the company’s offices in Dallas, Texas on Jan. 26, 2023. (Zerb Mellish/The New York Times)
EditorialLeanna Cartier, a retired accountant who was offered a full-time substitute teacher position despite never having worked in that school before, in Arlington, Texas, Nov. 5, 2021. (Zerb Mellish/The New York Times)
EditorialJason Helms and his wife, Meaghan, hold their daughters on one of their last days together in Fort Worth, Texas, on Aug. 23, 2021. (Zerb Mellish/The New York Times)