The International Rescue Committee deemed today's hunger crisis “the least reported but most important issue of our time.” The Council's Roger Thurow, author of The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children—and the World, outrages and inspires as he explains the injustices of stunting and tells inspirational stories of overcoming hunger on this week’s episode of Deep Dish.
Deep Dish: 1,000 Days of Immeasurable Cost and Irreparable Damage
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Wait Just a Minute: Roger Thurow on Food Security
Council senior fellow Roger Thurow takes a minute to discuss how COVID-19 has affected food security and brought attention to hunger amid the abundance in the United States.
How the Council is Responding to the Shutdown
For an organization devoted to advancing the connections between Chicago and the world, the arrival of pandemic coronavirus has been as jarring as it is surreal. But the Chicago Council is adjusting to a new way of working.
Deep Dish Special Edition: COVID-19 Lessons from New Zealand
As New Zealand prepares to emerge from a national lockdown on April 27, Axios’ Rebecca Falconer joins Deep Dish from Auckland.
Deep Dish: The 2020s and the Rebuilding of America
Geopolitical forecaster George Friedman joins Deep Dish to examine the institutional and socioeconomic cycles of upheaval that have rebuilt and reinvented American life in the past and explains why he’s still optimistic about the future.
Deep Dish Special Edition: COVID-19 Lessons from Japan
Nikkei’s Kiyoshi Ando, reporting from Tokyo, joins Deep Dish a few days after the start of a national state of emergency to explain why Japan is currently seeing a spike in COVID-19 infections.
Deep Dish: Will the Biggest Oil Deal in History Work
Charlotte Howard, The Economist’s New York bureau chief and energy and commodities editor, joins Deep Dish to explain the economic and political implications of the new OPEC+ agreement and how it could affect the future of oil.
Deep Dish Special Edition: COVID-19 Lessons from Europe
The New York Times’ Steven Erlanger, reporting from Brussels, joins Deep Dish to examine how European nations are learning from the COVID-19 devastation in Italy and Spain — and what the pandemic might mean for European solidarity in the long-term.
Deep Dish: The Demise of Democracy in Hungary
Princeton University’s Kim Scheppele joins Deep Dish to explain why the failure of one democracy should matter to every democracy and examine whether Hungary could have ripple effects on other political systems in Europe and beyond.
Deep Dish: Mervyn King on Managing the COVID-19 Economic Crisis
Former Bank of London governor Lord Mervyn King draws from lessons he learned during the 2008 financial crisis to discuss how to manage the current economic uncertainty.
Nine Books to Prepare for the World After COVID-19
A look ahead to winter and spring 2020 nonfiction books that might shed some light on the world after COVID-19.
Deep Dish Special Edition: COVID-19 Lessons from South Korea
The Wall Street Journal’s Dasl Yoon, reporting from Seoul, joins us to explain what other countries can learn from South Korea’s innovative approaches to successfully flatten the curve of new infections – without shutting down the economy.
Deep Dish: What the US Can Learn from the Global Responses to COVID-19
POLITICO’s Ryan Heath joins Deep Dish to explain the lessons the United States can learn from countries that are further ahead in the COVID-19 infection timeline.
A Future for the European Union After the Pandemic?
With borders now closed and countries like Italy in an increasingly restrictive nation-wide lockdown under the threat of the novel coronavirus, Europe is facing a crisis likely unparalleled since the end of World War II. This compounds an already disruptive year, following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and increasingly calls into question the continued relevance of the political and economic bloc.
What We Can Learn From COVID-19 about Pandemics and Resilient Cities
As COVID-19 spreads around the world, non-resident senior fellow on global cities Robert Muggah shares his insights into the spread and impact of pandemics, why they are becoming more common, and how cities can help minimize threats now and into the future.
Midwestern Voters Aren't Ready for Revolution
The Midwest is caught in the painful shift from one economy to another, and its divided fortunes show this. It is a split between winners and losers, between well-educated city dwellers and the left behind, angry denizens of the old economy. All this has big impacts that are economic and social – and political.