EditorialRylee Hinds, a high school senior, does coursework while a crew installs broadband internet in her family’s home in Mantachie, Miss., on Feb. 8, 2021. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialLoay Alem, an engineering student from Saudi Arabia who is attending University of California Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, July 7, 2020. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)