Lorca Lechuga-Haeseler, of Asheville, dumpster dives for bags of vegetables behind a grocery store while working for Food Not Bombs on Sun., May 17, 2009. The group prepares food gathered through donations and dumpster diving to feed impoverished people and the community.
After flagging down Durham police officers, a woman weeps after telling the officers that a thief had stolen the money she obtained and intended to use to purchase crack cocaine in Durham, N.C.
Miami Central High School Rocket dancers perform for the crowd during a celebration parade on Sat., Jan. 19, 2011 in north Miami. The parade was held to celebrate the school’s FHSAA 6A State Football Championship team.
In April 2009, Marylynn Graham was arrested for drug possession in Durham, N.C. After beginning a new relationship with Ray Zapata, Marylynn has cleaned up and reunited with her 7-year-old son, J’Mari. In December, 2009, Marylynn gave birth to their daughter, Alisha. “She’s a blessing from the skies,” Marylynn said. “I don’t know where I’d be if she didn’t come. I’d probably be in something heavy right now. But she came along and changed my life.”
From left, Gilbert Gutierrez, Eddie Eltin-Tanand, and other Mexico soccer supporters celebrate while watching the World Cup match against France on Thurs., June 17, 2010, at Restaurante Guelaguetza in Plaza Mexico in Lyndon, Calif. Mexico defeated France 2-0.
People watch Orange County Fire Authority helicopters fight a wildfire burning in the hills close to Anaheim, Calif. from Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, Calif., on Sun., July 4, 2010.
Ray Zapata watches as his son Nicholas, 17, shares a moment with the family dog in their backyard on Sat., Feb. 27, 2010, in Hillsborough, N.C. Nicholas has a form of Down syndrome and lives with his mother in a trailer next door. Zapata said a doctor offered him the chance to give Nicholas up after he was born. “I told him God gave me this baby and I’m going to take care of him,” Zapata said.
Migrant worker Ricky Hernandez, 33, inspects a fire in one of Gary Brame’s tobacco-curing barns near Mayfield, Ky. For six months every year, Ricky Hernandez, 33, of Santiago, Mexico, travels to Murray, Ky., to work on a tobacco farm with the hopes of providing for his wife and two sons in Mexico. During his time at the farm, Hernandez usually works 12-hour-days, seven-days-a-week, constantly thinking of his family.
Independent rapper Donald “DJ Duck” Harris smokes marijuana while riding the Muni bus in San Francisco as friend and fellow rapper Donald “Papa Don” watches on Thursday afternoon. Papa Don and DJ Duck record and produce their own music, paying their way by “hustling” their records on the streets and on the Internet. “I don’t care about nothing else, as long as I can do shows and get paid,” Papa Don said.
Officer Sexton of the Durham Police Department apprehends two teenage suspects on April 30, 2008, in Durham, N.C. The suspects were allegedly using drugs behind a house.
