the new poor

"The Great Recession might have officially ended in June 2009, but high unemployment continues to vex the economy ...   New statistics paint a grim picture... Forty-one million people are now on food stamps, up 45 percent since 2008.  And one in seven Americans is living in poverty — the highest in decades..."  (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/).


During the trips I made along  different states in U.S.A, I saw people trying to make a little money by selling , along the road, second-hand items: clothing, jewelry, trinkets, ...
 Here is, some people I met.

Larry Riddle in Damascus with his dog "Sally" (Virginia),  in 2008.
 Larry: "I am 47 years old... I have been in and out of prison in my younger years ...
About seven years ago my thinking began to change. I was running from the law and living on the Appalachian Trail. And it was out on that trail that I began to write. Shortly there after I had a profound spiritual experience and my thinking changed for ever".
 Visit, Larry Riddle: "The only wanderer". 

          Greenwoods Springs (Mississippi) Jimmy and Ray with my friend Mateo,  in 2009.

This video is  an intimate portrait of a husband  and wife in Portland, Oregon.  This couple built a life and a business, only to see their world quickly fall apart. At this time, the Crandalls are behind in rent and have received two eviction notices to leave their house.



http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/pitchroom/joblessness-in-america-share-your-stories/4068/