EditorialArtist Julian Gaines, who grew up in Chicagoland, at his studio, located on a weed farm in Forest Grove, Ore., Nov. 8, 2021. (Amanda Lucier/The New York Times)
EditorialEmployees of New Life Centers of Chicagoland receive deliveries from the Greater Chicago Food Depository at 5 a.m., in Chicago on March 18, 2021. (Lucy Hewett/The New York Times)
EditorialEmployees of New Life Centers of Chicagoland receive deliveries from the Greater Chicago Food Depository at 5 a.m., in Chicago on March 18, 2021. (Lucy Hewett/The New York Times)