Michele Breeze's blog As the host of Deep Dish, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ foreign policy podcast, I talk to experts around the world about what’s happening in the news and how to understand the issues driving the headlines. We cover a l ...
The American dream has always been rooted in ideals of prosperity, opportunity, and the freedom to build a better life. But in 2020, the most vulnerable in the US economy have experienced nothing but consistent shocks. From the ongoing threat of COVID-19, ...
Executive Summary The impact of global challenges such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic manifests most acutely in urban settings, rendering cities essential players on the global stage. In the 2018 report Toward City Diplomacy, the Chicago Coun ...
Molly Meyer's blog hp-dd-japan-post-abe-870x580.jpg This week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with new Japanese Premier Yoshihide Suga, signaling both Japan’s importance to the United States and both sides’ fear of a rising China, analysts argue. ...
https://www.rifkinradio.com/podcast/ep-384-the-empty-throne-grows-dusty-as-ameri... October 8, 2020 America Trends Podcast2020 US Presidential Election, Policy & Politics, North America2020 US Presidential Election, Policy & PoliticsNorth America ...
Less than five years after the landmark US Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that declared same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, two conservative justices have again made it clear they disagree with the high court's 2015 d ...
COVID-19 has been a wake-up call for western democracies, argues Bloomberg's John Micklethwait and The Economist's Adrian Wooldridge. Unbalanced economies, social uprisings, and politicized media narratives have aligned with the pandemic to expo ...
As the US presidential election rapidly approaches, an important question is the prospects for (renewed) transatlantic cooperation, especially in the areas of green recovery to the economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, tackling climate change, and ad ...
Peggy Yih is the managing director of the Global Food and Agriculture Program at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She joined the Council in 2020. Previously, she served in various capacities at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and M ...
The American Midwest constitutes 12 states and more than 70 million people, making up about 20 percent of the United States’ population. While the region is often overlooked in favor of attention to the coasts, the Midwest’s history, economy, industries, ...
