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Pete Ricketts’s Wealth Puts Class at the Center of Nebraska’s Senate Race

In a year when the wealth of the rich soared while workers lost ground to inflation, class has become political, especially in the Nebraska Senate race.

© David Robert Elliott for The New York Times

A campaign sign for the Senate candidate Dan Osborn adorns a stretch of farmland in Nebraska.
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In San Francisco, a Family Earning $325,000 Qualifies for Government Aid

With the A.I. boom driving up prices, the city is subsidizing child care for households with high incomes. Even with the help, families say they are struggling.

© Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times

Natsumi Makiyama and John Marman, a married couple in San Francisco, together make just under $235,000, qualifying them for free child care under a city program.
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