EditorialPeople wait in line to shop at a local convenience store that is only allowing customers two at a time after recent looting events, in Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 26, 2022. (Brendan Bannon/The New York Times)
EditorialPaula Collins, a lawyer who represents smoke shop and convenience store owners who sell cannabis, in New York, on Nov. 17, 2022. (Evelyn Freja/The New York Times)
EditorialDoshary Abreu, who has worked her whole life at a subway station convenience store that her parents own and who said that riders “should feel safe in their own neighborhood, in their own station,” in New York, Oct. 28, 2022. (Thalia Juarez/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Henry Ramirez, who is on death row, in the visitation area of the Allan B. Polunsky Unit prison in Livingston, Texas, Aug. 25, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialA line of oil field workers during the afternoon rush at the only convenience store in Mentone, Texas, June 22, 2022. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/The New York Times)
EditorialOne of America’s first roadside franchise operations, Stuckey’s was the prototype for today’s convenience stops. (Kristen Zeis/The New York Times)
EditorialOne of America’s first roadside franchise operations, Stuckey’s was the prototype for today’s convenience stops. (Kristen Zeis/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Big Rowdy boneless chicken sandwich at the Rowdy Rooster fast-casual restaurant in New York, May 3, 2022. (Jenny Huang/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Texas death row inmate John Henry Ramirez, who was convicted in 2008 for the murder of a convenience store worker and whose religious freedom case gained national attention, at a prison in Livingston, Aug. 25, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Henry Ramirez, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a convenience store worker in 2004, in a visitation room at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit, a prison in Livingston, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialOnline retailers have an incentive to shift the lens away from prices, dangling other carrots like convenience and ease of use. At the same time, shoppers are increasingly overwhelmed by the complexity of product options, frequently changing prices, discounts and payment plans. (David Williams/The New York Times)
EditorialDrinkhall, a convenience store in Berlin, Germany on Feb. 3, 2022, which often serve as casual gathering spots. (Andrew White/The New York Times)
EditorialTexas Department of Public Safety officers wait for a call in the parking lot of a convenience store in Brackettville on Nov. 16, 2021. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
EditorialThe "Stop the Steal" rally outside the White House in Washington, hours before a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. (Mark Peterson/The New York Times)
EditorialTexas Department of Public Safety officers gather outside a convenience store in Bracketville until they receive a call on Nov. 16, 2021. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Henry Ramirez, who was sentenced to death for the 2004 murder of a convenience store worker and is now on death row, in the visitation area of the Allan B. Polunsky Unit prison in Livingston, Texas, Aug. 25, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialNot so long ago, harnessing 1.21 gigawatts meant a trip Back to the Future. Today, its a little less fraught and a lot more practical, being contained within a rapidly expanding network of chargers readily available to the Porsche Taycan.