EditorialMaker: John Coney, American, 16551722, Monteith, ca.?1705, Silver, 8 5/8 in., 110.23 lb. (21.9 cm, 50 oz.), John Coney was the leading silversmith in Boston in the period from about 1700 until his death in 1721, a time when the town was the major cente...
EditorialA property, known by supporters as “the Red House,” in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, where for months, protesters have camped outside to oppose the eviction of a family from its longtime home. (Mason Trinca/The New York Times)