EditorialBarbara Lamb holds mail that was received at her home address by people who presumably attempted to defraud the California Employment Development Department, in Oakland, Calif., Sept. 10, 2020. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople wait in line outside of an unemployment office in Fayetteville, Ark., Thursday, April 9, 2020. (September Dawn Bottoms/The New York Times)
EditorialJenna Henderson, a singer balancing a musical career with three jobs, all of which have dried up in the coronavirus pandemic, at home in Washington, March 18, 2020. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)
EditorialLorena Gonzalez a state assemblywoman from San Diego and author of California's new law governing freelancers, at a ride-sharing pickup spot at San Diego International Airport in California, Sept. 7, 2019. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times)