There are a lot of people in New York City. We have people here from almost every demographic, every race, ethnicity, and every stratum of mental stability. Pressed as we are into small spaces every day, we have made ignoring each other an art form. We walk down crowded sidewalks, hardly glancing up, without bumping into anyone. We have learned to spend hours in packed subways, ignoring eye contact and the conversations going on around us. More »

Words from Clyde: Clyde rode the bus from Texas to San Francisco, where part of his family lives. After jobs as a carpenter, store stocker, grocery clerk, janitor and landscaper, Clyde decided to give up working. Now he just hangs out…

“I just got fed up with work. I like what I’m doing now—doing my thang. Just being myself, having fun,” Clyde told me. “Sometimes you have your days when its rough, when you just don’t want to do nothing. Don’t get along with nobody or nothing. Its hard out here, believe me, it’s hard.” More »

When most people think of San Francisco they imagine the postcard-picture images of the Golden Gate Bridge. Most people come to SF to ride the cable cars and eat seafood at Fisherman’s Wharf. When TROUBL visits San Francisco, we bypass the latte-drinking-yuppie pastimes of the city. Instead, we explore the real issues that make it one of the most unique places on earth. Zoom in as TROUBL gives a human face to the city’s corner dwellers with cardboard signs. More »

It was the start of the second semester, during my senior year in high school that students began applying for college and trying figure out what they were going to do after graduation. There was the small collection of “brainiacs,” who were receiving academic scholarships and knew they were attending college. More »