EditorialRamona Choyce, 44, wades through the water just outside the Wood Street encampment in Oakland, Calif., sorting recyclables that she planned to sell so that she could buy propane, Jan. 9, 2023. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman checks a trash can for recyclables as pedestrians pass by outside Penn Station in New York, Nov. 26, 2022. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)