EditorialLinda Barnes Popham, left, who has been the pastor of Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., for 30 years, comforts a young woman from her church, who began to cry when a man said that Barnes Popham was leading her astray, at the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans, June 12, 2023. (Christiana Botic/The New York Times)
Editorial The site of a proposed Dollar General store, across the street from the current Ebony General, which is much-loved by local residents, in Ebony, Va. on Feb. 4, 2023. (Andrea Bruce/The New York Times)
Editorial The site of a proposed Dollar General store, across the street from the current Ebony General, which is much-loved by local residents, in Ebony, Va. on Feb. 4, 2023. (Andrea Bruce/The New York Times)
Editorial The site of a proposed Dollar General store, across the street from the current Ebony General, which is much-loved by local residents, in Ebony, Va. on Feb. 4, 2023. (Andrea Bruce/The New York Times)