EditorialAlbert Fausel shows his ring which is made of pieces of gold that he has found in the local creeks and streams in Coloma, Calif. on April 11, 2023. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialAlbert Fausel shows his ring which is made of pieces of gold that he has found in the local creeks and streams in Coloma, Calif. on April 11, 2023. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialRob Kempton, a guard who curated an exhibit, “Guarding the Art,” observes “Interior, ‘The Creeks’” by Grace Hartigan, at the Baltimore Museum of Art, on March 18, 2022. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)
EditorialLegislators and store owners across the United States have struggled with how to prevent shopping carts from being stolen, left in handicapped parking spots, discarded on sidewalks, abandoned at bus stops or tipped into creeks. (Photo illustration by Shirley Yu/The New York Times)