Wednesday 28 September 2011

Sunday 25 September 2011

A South Carolina welcome

(it got better)

Asmorom George, taxi driver, Washington

'I like his plan, but Obama needs help'

Alan, Courier in Washington DC

When I first asked Alan 'what's next for America', he said: "The end?"
He didn't get much more optimistic once the camera was rolling

Ved Sharma, street vendor, Washington

Ved, a stall holder in Washington, selling umbrellas the day we meet, says prices are going up but the economy is getting worse. He wants to see a different president in 2012

Steve Timms, construction worker in Washington

Steve said he had lost his house after struggling to find work and is now renting a room from a friend. After a time out of work he is now working on a site in the city centre but he says that the construction industry is still struggling

Wednesday 21 September 2011

Roxana Olivas, director of the Office on Latino Affairs, Washington DC

...and co-founder of Latinas Unidas for Obama. Yesterday she was at a protest outside the department of US immigration and customs enforcement, protesting the impending deportation of four women
http://ola.dc.gov/DC/OLA/About+OLA/Who+We+Are/Director%27s+Biography/Roxana+Olivas

Sunday 18 September 2011

Dawit Fisseha, K Street, Washington

What's next for America? Washington DC

This trip will cover, by plane, train and a probably far too big automobile, 8,000 miles, 10 states, and perhaps a trip over the border to Mexico.
Along the way I am going to be asking a different person each day, 'what is next for America'. A deliberately vague question, the hope is that we hear some interesting voices, be they on the economy, the political system and who will win in 2012, or on America's place in the world.
At the end of week one I have seen Obama being (apparently) helicoptered into the White House, met the protester who has been camped outside since 1981, spoken to Washington's finest about immigration law, and eaten fried pickles. A good week. Not all of them are in the videos, but a few.
I will be in Washington DC for six days until the trip takes me to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and then down to some of the border states.