EditorialMany U.S. politicians and technologists believe that America would be better off if the government put more financial support into computer chips, which are like the brains or memory in everything from fighter jets to refrigerators. (Nicole Ruggiero/The New York Times)
EditorialSolar panels used by residents in Khasham Zana, a Bedouin village in the Negev desert, in Israel on June 6, 2021. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialDesiree Joy Frias cooks a 19-gallon batch of ham and potato soup to stock a mutual aid group's community refrigerators, at her home in the Bronx, Jan. 11, 2021. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)
EditorialDesiree Joy Frias cooks a 19-gallon batch of ham and potato soup to stock a mutual aid group's community refrigerators, at her home in the Bronx, Jan. 11, 2021. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)
EditorialDoris Vincent with her freezer, which stands in addition to her three refrigerators, in Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 16, 2021. (Swikar Patel/The New York Times)
EditorialPlastic bags are used to keep a cool area near refrigerators during power fluctuations at a grocery store in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 16, 2021. (Nitashia Johnson/The New York Times)
EditorialDelivery workers prepare their CoCos, mobile refrigerators, to deliver products to their clients in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 3, 2020. (Woohae Cho/The New York Times)
EditorialFrancisco Ramirez hands out free food from a fridge, recently painted by the graffiti artist Hugo Gyrl, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, June 16, 2020. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialAn employee sanitizes refrigerators at a Whole Foods store in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, March 15, 2020. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)