EditorialBrett Cross, uncle and guardian of Uziyah Garcia, 10, who was killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School, sleeps on a cot outside of the Uvalde school district administration office as part of a protest calling for the district’s resource officers to be suspended on Oct. 2, 2022. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialBrett Cross, uncle and guardian of Uziyah Garcia, 10, who was killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School, sleeps on a cot outside of the Uvalde school district administration office as part of a protest calling for the district’s resource officers to be suspended on Oct. 2, 2022. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialRafaela Rendon sits on a cot in the library at the Rim of the World High School, where Rendon has been staying at a shelter for residents impacted by the snow storms, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., March 9, 2023. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)
EditorialRafaela Rendon sits on a cot in the library at the Rim of the World High School, where Rendon has been staying at a shelter for residents impacted by the snow storms, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., March 9, 2023. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)
EditorialRafaela Rendon sits on a cot in the library at the Rim of the World High School, where Rendon has been staying at a shelter for residents impacted by the snow storms, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., March 9, 2023. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)
EditorialDesirea Campbell, 14, right, and Abby Burnett, 12, share a cot and watch TikTok videos on their phones at Gospel Light Baptist Church, which was being used as a shelter for people displaced by flooding, in Hazard, Ky., Sunday, July 31, 2022. (Austin Anthony/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Paul Vasquez rests on a cot at an emergency cold weather shelter during a winter storm Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. (Jeffrey McWhorter/The New York Times)