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Regenerative agriculture helps build just food economies, protecting Indigenous ways of knowing despite outside pressure to conform to globalized agricultural practices.

Queer farmers are challenging discriminatory legacies in agriculture, and envisioning an agricultural system that uplifts and celebrates LBGTQIA+ people.

Council staff share how travel has shaped their worldview.

Two case studies from Bogotá and Chicago demonstrate how cities embraced participatory governance frameworks in their COVID-19 pandemic responses.

A paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the Global Economy.

Global Cities intern Paula Pelletier examines what cities should do with programs formed in response to COVID-19.

Fundamental issues in food assistance programs exclude the disability community and people requiring culturally relevant foods.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs considers whether agricultural research initiatives cause solutions to be imposed from the top down.

Advancing the group's pillars of prosperity and development will be at the very heart of competition with China in the coming decade.

On some of the most significant issues of the day, including how the United States should respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Americans across party lines are in agreement, albeit often for different reasons.

The Midwest has a unique economic, social, and cultural history and development story line.

Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Karl Friedhoff, Brendan Helm, and Alexander Hitch document the ups and downs of the public mood, sharing highlights of their 2020 research.

A paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs by Rudolph G. Penner that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the global economy.

Samuel Kling, Florita Gunasekara, and Steven Bosacker examine the role of cities in generating and strengthening democratic practices as authoritarianism rises across much of the world.

We’re sharing Moments of Impact, stories of members of our community being inspired to think differently or act boldly to improve the world.

A "sustainable food seal" empowers consumers and farmers to support a more sustainable food supply chain.

This paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs argues that educating girls has the power to break the cycle of poverty and transform societies.

This joint report examines the public opinion of changes taking place in the Asia-Pacific, including mutual concerns and competing visions, in order to make better-informed policy decisions.

How can residents of the world’s richest country be hungry? The coronavirus exposed America’s secret of hunger amid abundance.

This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas.