Articles by Ana Martinez-Ortiz

The people of Steuben, Wisconsin feel disenchanted with the media – angry enough that it drove many of them to flip from Barack Obama to Donald Trump. They do like some media though: Their local journalist, whom they greeted with a beer when he walked into Lou’s R&R, one of two bars in the entire […]

Spring Grove, Minnesota for all intents and purposes is an unassuming small town in the Midwest. This is a town that is built on community and tradition, a fact made obvious by the amount of residents gathered in the gazebo to set up their annual Christmas decorations. The people here are welcoming and willing to […]