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| By Richard C. Longworth

Journalism on the Front Lines

​The beheadings by ISIS of two American journalists can be called many things – medieval savagery, unconscionable cruelty, the pointless murders of two brave men. But one thing they are not is an attack on the United States that demands retaliation by the American government.
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| By Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura

Americans Support Use of Force Against Terrorism

As President Obama prepares to address the nation regarding the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Chicago Council Survey results from May 2014 show Americans remain concerned about the threat of international terrorism, though less intensely now than in the past.

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Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations

Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance sustainable and nutritious food security globally.

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New Technologies in Agriculture: Promises and Pitfalls

As a bioinformaticist, I like to think that biology acts in entirely predictable ways: our only limitations rest on access to information, efficient retrieval, and clever biological insight.