Publications

Roger Thurow- Outrage and Inspire- ONE's New Report: A Growing Opportunity

Ten years ago, Africa’s hunger season reached new levels of desperation. 

ONE's new report: a growing opportunity

Ten years ago, Africa’s hunger season reached new levels of desperation.

Splitting Atoms

Rather than abandoning our dated technology (à la Dr. Frankenstein), should we  "love our monsters," and modernize them for current conditions?

World Water Day: Embrace Technology to Get More Crop Per Drop

Extreme weather in 2012 demonstrated the impacts of climate disruption on global food systems.

Securing Women's Right to Land Ownership

Forty years after the green revolution dramatically increased agricultural output in much of the developing world a new revolution is taking place.

Ten Years On: American Public Opinion on the War in Iraq

The 2012 Chicago Council Survey found that the legacy of the war in Iraq (and Afghanistan) appears to be strongly shaping the American public’s views of international engagement.

Bringing the World to the Midwest

Chicago and the Midwest may be tired of being called the “flyover territory,” but it’s true.

What the Frack? Americans Don't Seem To Know Much about Hydraulic Fracturing

Today's post is Part II in our series on American attitudes toward various energy options.

Roger Thurow- Outrage and Inspire- GIVE PEAS A CHANCE

As the ballots were being counted in the recent Kenya election, I saw photos of people displaying the encouraging message: Give Peace a Chance.  So far, that sentiment seems to be holding.

Give peas a chance

As the ballots were being counted in the recent Kenya election, I saw photos of people displaying the encouraging message: Give Peace a Chance.  So far, that sentiment seems to be holding.