EditorialPositions stocking shelves at Target, ringing up groceries at Trader Joe’s, and loading boxes at Amazon warehouses can now pay more than work in child-care programs in many parts of the country. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialStaff members of Doc's Beach House fill sandbags outside the restaurant in Bonita Springs, Fla., in preparation for Hurricane Ian, on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)
EditorialSharon McCown, a Target asset protection employee, stands for a portrait on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 in Louisville, Ky. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)
EditorialStaff prepare to turn Edwin Garcia prone to help him breathe in the COVID medical Intensive Care Unit at Houston Methodist Hospital, July 15, 2020. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialStaff prepare to turn Edwin Garcia prone to help him breathe in the COVID medical Intensive Care Unit at Houston Methodist Hospital, July 15, 2020. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialFrancisco Ramirez hands out free food from a fridge, recently painted by the graffiti artist Hugo Gyrl, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, June 16, 2020. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialDummies and cardboard cutouts replace fans during a game between the Rakuten Monkeys and the CTBC Brothers at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium in Taiwan on Saturday, May 2, 2020. (Ashley Pon/The New York Times)