EditorialJustine Negoce, a cashier at Leroy Merlin, France’s largest home-improvement chain, with her daughters at their home in Livry-Gargan, a suburb of Paris, on Dec. 5, 2021. (Andrea Mantovani/The New York Times)
EditorialEthan Uhlir works as a cashier at Tom's Family Foods, a job he's had since he was 14, in Verdigre, Neb., Oct. 4, 2021. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)
EditorialPeter Naughton, who is an epileptic and gave up an apartment last year that he could not afford on his Walmart wage, heads for work from his parents? home in Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 10, 2021. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
EditorialPeter Naughton, who is an epileptic and gave up an apartment last year that he could not afford on his Walmart wage, heads for work from his parents? home in Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 10, 2021. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
EditorialA television inside Cup Foods store shows witness Christopher Martin as he testifies at the trial of Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Aaron Nesheim/The New York Times)
EditorialCecilia Nibbs, who has worked as a cashier at City Fresh Market in Brooklyn for nearly 30 years, checks out a customer at the store on April 28, 2020. (Juan Arredondo/The New York Times)