Commentary and Analysis

Across Chicago, murals and other public artworks depict the city’s immigrant communities and our connections to cultures around the globe.

In today's media landscape, you’d be quicker to identify the Bears’ backup left tackle than the world's fastest man right now.

The Paris Games may be the biggest global sporting event of the summer, but for a few Chicago bars, international athletics are an everyday affair.

Ride along with University of Chicago professor Paul Poast as he walks us through the Chicago sites that shaped global affairs.

If, as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, "music is the universal language of mankind," then the Old Town School of Folk Music is a great place to become fluent.

Raising Chicago introduces players to an underexplored part of Chicago's early history. The game's transatlantic journey reflects global shifts in the booming board gaming market.

At The Hatchery, many of the entrepreneurs are recent immigrants building businesses based on family recipes, which comes with a unique set of challenges—but plenty of opportunity.

A U.S. Holocaust Museum fundraiser in Glencoe tells the story of the Holocaust lost and found through food.

Thanks to all who were part of our community in 2023! Enjoy this highlight reel of the past year of connections and convenings.

A June congressional report revealed the two companies are taking advantage of a U.S. shipping provision that allows them to avoid paying tariffs on orders and to “circumvent” a U.S. law that aims to protect Uyghurs in China from being forced to produce cotton products.