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fresh from their graduation ceremonies, Lindhurst graduates Soua Her, 17, and Ana Xiong 18, right, pull against the weight of the bungee cord during a game at their grad night festivities at the Yuba-Sutter Fair grounds. Both are leaving their home…

While his father Tong Xiong remains in a trance, Choua Xiong burns ceremonial paper, a kind of spiritual currency, during the final stages of the traditional shaman ritual. The younger Xiong helps his Father even as he questions the relevancy of…

while her father and grandmother are occupied, a child leaps from a chair in an act of precociousness hardly noticed by her busy siblings. It is not uncommon for several generations to share a sparsely furnished home.

The Kistner family is joined by Archie Brown, right as they butcher a hog in the Kistner garage. Watching from the driveway is Donald Harbaugh, Clair Kistner's uncle, and seated outside at right is Joe Ritenour, who drove his pickup truck to the…

Lennette Kistner, left, worries about the headaches suffered by her husband Clair, who's resting on the couch before their children return from school. Clair, an alcoholic, convinced a judge that he's 'nuts' and therefore he qualifies for Social…

after his mother is arrested on drug charges, this boy was taken Into protective custody by police and later placed with a relative.

The inmates don't have full bathroom facilities and must use buckets to shower. Albert get help from his mother while using the bathroom.

Like a knife through heart, this mistletoe symbolizes the history of this motel family. The Dad is in prison for repeated brutal attacks of the mother and their three children.

Three-year-old Nancy Vasquez spends her morning waiting for her mother, who is off in the men's ward selling her body to afford certain essentials for her and Nancy.

The Surry school system, propelled by priorities set by the local assembly, has revolutionized itself. Whites have poured back into the once all black school system. Rayshaun Palmer arrives in a tuxedo for his middle school graduation.