EditorialEncore High School senior Jaired Mason gets help from fellow senior Caroline Esquivel and her mother with his bowtie before prom, near Upland, Calif., June 3, 2021. (Maggie Shannon/The New York Times)
EditorialEncore High School senior Jaired Mason gets help from fellow senior Caroline Esquivel and her mother with his bowtie before prom, near Upland, Calif., June 3, 2021. (Maggie Shannon/The New York Times)
EditorialTara Hodges, left, orders food from Grayson Lowenthal, a manager at BowTie Barbecue, whose food truck was parked in the driveway of Dawn Brown, in Savannah, Ga., on Sunday, April 26, 2020. (Dylan Wilson/The New York Times)