EditorialFederal pandemic relief provided a cushion for Menyuan Jordan, at her home near Atlanta with her husband and children. (Rita Harper/The New York Times)
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)
EditorialAbraham Sanchez, a Sacramento musician who put $1,200 of his stimulus money into his Robinhood trading account, at a park in Sacramento, Calif., March 19, 2021. (Salgu Wissmath/The New York Times)