EditorialState Sen. Lindsey Port, the author of the bill, speaks ahead of a Minnesota Senate vote to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Minnesota at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., April 28, 2023. (Jenn Ackerman/The New York Times)
EditorialA section of Lake Mead with the “bathtub ring” visible after a decades-long megadrought outside Boulder City, Nev., on Feb. 2, 2023. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy greets customers after a tour of the dispensary on the first day of recreational marijuana sales at Zen Leaf dispensary in Elizabeth, N.J., April 21, 2022. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy greets customers after a tour of the dispensary on the first day of recreational marijuana sales at Zen Leaf dispensary in Elizabeth, N.J., April 21, 2022. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialBlack Men Run, a running group founded in 2013, warming up at Tempe Beach Park before their early morning run, in Phoenix, Ariz. on July 13, 2019. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialLola Star and her dog, Dazzle, who has gotten into joints left on the ground many times, at theeir home in Brooklyn on Feb. 4, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)