Deep snow and unfettered rivers. Hopefully.

Ali Wade and Chase Edgerton, from Carbondale Colorado, on board the very spectacular California Zephyr

Obama for president (again)

Carlos Gutierrez, one of the "grip men" on the trams in San Francisco

The second depression

Robert Kenji, San Francisco

Election 2012, Occupy and Oakland

Jean Quan is the mayor of Oakland, the California city that has seen one of the biggest Occupy protests in the country. The camp in front of city hall was removed earlier this week, but the group is planning a mass day of action on Saturday

Quite possibly the most optimistic man in America

Nacer Abrouk, statistician from Palo Alto, California

Failure on immigration reform

C.J Alvarez, a fellow at the Centre for International Security and Co-operation at Stanford. In Palo Alto, California

Colonies. Says the man building in the sand

Dan Stipkovich, Los Angeles

Occupy, and learning Chinese, Los Angeles

Disaster and then reconciliation

Christopher Dazé, Silver Lake, Los Angeles

A cocktail sign, a camper van, and a hope for a new president

Brett Moody, an unemployed union electrician, in San Diego, California

"I don't know", Mike, Arizona

Mike Lockhart, Yuma, Arizona

The view from the casino

Araceli Garcia, Yuma, Arizona

Thoughts from Arizona

Juanita Molina, the director of Humane Borders, a charity that does water drops to save the lives of migrants who are crossing into the US through the Arizona desert

Peace and back to the old ways, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Teddi and Bob Peters

Emilio Gutierrez, a journalist from New Mexico

Currently seeking asylum in the US, and living in Las Cruces

David Taylor, professor & border photographer, New Mexico

...Currently documenting the monuments that line the 2,000 mile border with Mexico and the work of the border patrol. An exhibition of his work is on display at the El Paso Museum of Art

Russ Smith, from the food stall in Las Cruces

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Jeff Anderson, not in fact the sheriff but a gardener. Dressed up for Halloween

El Paso, Texas

The lighting is not deliberate. I haven't figured that one out yet.
This is Josiah Heyman from the University of Texas at El Paso