which way is west

Pema Tamang, 26, has been living in the  Beldangi refugee camp in Southeastern Nepal since being exiled from his home in Bhutan 18 years ago.  He now prepares to move his family to the United States of America as part of a resettlement plan where he will again build a new life in a foreign place. “I’m scared it is too different there, but the most big change will be a opportunity,” Pema said.

paying to play

Coverage of the 2008 New Hampshire Primary

beside still waters

For seven years Florence Abel, 89, of Owensboro, Ky. has been slipping away from memory and mind. As the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease takes hold and she loses all that is familiar, she can still rely on one of the most consistent themes of her life, compassion.

mountain windows

Eastern Kentucky has been misunderstood. Beneath the social stigmas of poverty, abuse of the land and an uneducated population lies the actual reality- a tradition where pride, work ethic and community hold people together.

This Boy’s Life

Tucked away in the hills of Appalachia, Dalton Caudill spends his days in Dry Fork Hollow, Ky. like any other five-year-old would. He shares a two-bedroom house with seven family members spanning three generations. Money is scarce in the family but they are never left for want. Dalton is clothed. He is fed. And he is loved.

home and away… (singles)