Lee: north-carolina

Vendor wishes: “We want to get our daughter back”

Amy and Dewayne sell Speak Up in North Carolina. They hope in the new year to get a home or camper, so they can get their daughter back and be happy.

Charlotte protests: street paper vendor’s view from epicentre of unrest

Edward Smalls sells Speak Up magazine every weekday in uptown Charlotte. This put him in the middle of the heated protests that exploded in the aftermath of the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott.