Articles by Jordan Garcia

There are only two things in Steuben, Wisconsin and they are both bars owned and operated by women. Deep in Trump country, this is a rarity, like children and black people. Steuben is named after Friedrich von Steuben, a long-dead Frenchman who was recruited by Benjamin Franklin to lend his brilliance in military organization and […]

People have been talking politics over breakfast for years at Mr. Perkin’s Restaurant but opinions have been especially strong since this election. Jordan Garcia talks with diners one winter morning.

Aside from the gas station and a packed corner diner that has a sign up insisting it’s closed, the only business open on a Sunday in Spring Grove, Minnesota is a combination antique store and laundromat called LJ’s Ye Old Wash and Play House. Situated in a long, skinny two-story brick building, it’s the first […]