EditorialBluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland, who was born blind and mostly deaf, at home in Clarksville, Ind. on Feb. 3, 2023. (Andrew Cenci/The New York Times)
EditorialPatrick McDonnell, an architect in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, on April 21, 2022, who said he was “ecstatic” that the mask mandate was lifted. (Gabby Jones/The New York Times)