One of Joe Molnar's neighbors recently asked: how can he be proud of South Bend amid a recent spat of depressing shootings, a higher-than-average poverty rate, poor school performance, and hollowed-out neighborhoods?
Read MoreThe South Bend Tribune vacated its printing press in 2017, and since then, the building has sat—quiet and empty. Now, it might get a new, if unconventional, chance at life.
Read MoreAndrea Cramer is the founder of Neighbor to Neighbor, a friendship-based network cultivating mutual relationships among the South Bend area’s refugee, immigrant, and non-immigrant communities. Watch her talk at the inaugural Studebaker Talks, returning this fall to South Bend.
Read MoreAntonius Northern is a public servant in the truest sense—whether as an activist, artist, resident, or municipal employee, he has a record of bringing goodness into the city. Watch his’s talk at the inaugural Studebaker Talks, returning this fall to South Bend.
Read MoreMagistrate Judge Andre Gammage presides over a variety of civil and criminal matters in the St. Joseph County Circuit Court in South Bend. In 2020, he gathered judicial officers, community leaders, and clergy to develop a series of four expungement clinics called "Fresh Start Fridays," and over 400 people showed up at the first clinic. Watch his talk at the inaugural Studebaker Talks, returning this fall to South Bend.
Read MoreKathe Streeter is the district coordinator of restorative justice and restorative youth leadership at the South Bend Community School Corporation. Watch her talk at the inaugural Studebaker Talks, returning this fall to South Bend.
Read MoreJuan Constantino is the executive director of La Casa de Amistad in South Bend, Indiana. For the inaugural Studebaker Talks, he shared his personal story of immigrating to the United States and finding a sense of purpose here in South Bend.
Read MoreKathy Burnette is the owner of Brain Lair Books, a bookstore in South Bend focused on developing empathy and building community with inclusive books. Watch Kathy’s talk at the inaugural Studebaker Talks, returning this fall to South Bend.
Read MoreJoe Molnar is a local demographer and proud 4th generation son of South Bend. Watch his talk at the inaugural Studebaker Talks, returning this fall to South Bend.
Read MoreNot long ago, I was reading at a restaurant when I overheard a question at a nearby table: Do you think you will stay in South Bend?
Read MoreClose your eyes and you can almost see the future. It is 2031. You are in downtown South Bend. You walk to Michigan and Colfax and hop on the streetcar. Where do you want to go? Notre Dame for the football game? The Farmers’ Market for breakfast? Mishawaka for a bar where you can smoke cigarettes inside? Pick one. The tram will take you there.
Read MoreLife during a South Bend winter is life under the permacloud. As the city wakes up with signs of spring, we reflect on the tolls and strange blessings of this uniquely cold and lonely season.
Read MoreSouth Bend should control its own narrative. If we don’t tell a story, we are living in someone else’s. In Midwest Futures, author Phil Christman sketches a history of our region, its frontiers and utopias, in the hopes that we can settle the coming decades just a bit better.
Read MoreWelcome to the party Trader Joe’s, but let’s not pretend that you’re bringing the booze.
Read MoreIn a new episode of This Day in South Bend, we read a remarkable article in the April 23, 1927 evening edition of The Tribune in which a local attempts to sell South Bend to the people of America with a simple, yet profound, message: the people make the city.
Read MoreThe coronavirus crisis reveals a key strength of most heartland cities: they are much thicker societies than global cities on the coasts.
Read MoreDuring the Second World War, South Bend was a powerhouse of industrial production in service of the Allied Powers. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it’s time for us to imagine a new kind of wartime production that places us in service to each other.
Read MoreEight years ago, South Bend met Pete Buttigieg with the fanfare of a young boy holding a wooden sign on Mishawaka Avenue. Today, he is a candidate for President of the United States. On this final day of his mayoralty, we reflect on the moment.
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