Aliyya S. Sadberry embraces her 8-year-old daughter, Lily Mota-Sadberry, in the parking lot of her daughter's school in Randolph. Mota-Sadberry is autistic but her family has not been able to transition her into a BPS program because she needs in-person services.

Beck Booze, 2, looks out across his grandparent’s ranch while riding his horse in Miami, Texas on September 9, 2022. In 2016, the town of Miami found itself in an unexpected frenzy of media attention. Voters in Roberts County, of which Miami is the only incorporated community, voted for Donald Trump at a higher percentage than anywhere else in the country — 524 of 554 ballots cast.

James Taylor poses for a portrait outside of his home in the Berkshires. Taylor will be marking the 50th anniversary of his first Tanglewood appearance (1974) with a concert in the shed on July 3.

Liem Tran sits in his bedroom in Quincy, MA while his wife Trang and dog Kobe are nearby on July 22, 2021. In February of this year, Tran was assaulted and robbed outside the North Quincy T station while on his way to work. The suspects robbed two Asian Americans on the same day at that T stop, although police are not calling it a hate crime. Tran suffered a spinal cord injury and probably will never work again.

Asha Janay pose, left, and Tusneem Abuhasan pose for a portrait in the Isabelle Gardner Museum. Both women were children during 9/11 and are now adults living in the most anti-Muslim times since 9/11.

John Peterson poses with a watermelon he just chopped in half in Clarendon, Pa. 

Karen Allen, an American film and stage actress, poses for a portrait in her store, Karen Allen’s Fiber Arts, in Great Barrington. Best known for her roles in Animal House and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Allen now owns a clothing store in Western Mass.