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US-Russia Prisoner Swap, Israel Strikes Iran and Lebanon, Venezuela's Election Fallout

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, James Harding, and Carla Anne Robbins join guest host Deborah Amos to discuss the week's top news stories.

US-Russia Prisoner Swap
Alex Brandon / AP
Global Politics

More Americans Call Volume of Immigrants a 'Critical Threat,' Poll Finds

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Washington Post
Craig Kafura

Council polling finds support for Trump’s border wall and use of troops, but wide opposition to his mass-deportation proposal.

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Gregory Bull / AP
Public Opinion

US Global Leadership Is Losing Ground at Home

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World Politics Review
Candace Rondeaux

Candace Rondeaux uses Council-New America data to analyze what demographic shifts might mean for the future of US foreign policy.

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US Foreign Policy

How Chicago's street art connects the city to the world

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ChicagoGlobal by Hope O'Dell

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

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Kit Graham
Culture

Who's to blame for our waning interest in the Olympics?

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ChicagoGlobal by Dan McGrath

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

US Olympic athletes on a boat during the opening ceremony
Maddie Meyer / AP
Culture

Trump Has Nothing New to Say on Foreign Policy

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Trump's foreign policy platform is "essentially a rerun of the script he used the first time around," Paul Poast writes.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point Believers' Summit
Alex Brandon / AP
US Foreign Policy

How a software update crippled global IT — and what can be done about it

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ChicagoGlobal by H. Lee Murphy

A Chicago IT security exec discusses the worldwide outage and considers that maybe the global nature of data communications is less threatening than we thought.

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Kamala Harris's Nomination, Netanyahu's DC Visit, Blinken Heads to Asia

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Susan Glasser, Ken Moriyasu, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris
Darron Cummings / AP
Global Politics

How does Asian food delivery app Fantuan compete with Uber Eats and Grub Hub in Chicago?

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ChicagoGlobal by AJ Caughey

Fantuan, which specializes in Asian cuisine, started delivering in the city in 2020 and earlier this year bought out its Chicago-based rival.

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AJ Caughey
Tech and Science

Racial and Ethnic Differences on US Climate Policy

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Running Numbers by Devanshi Shah

Americans of color tend to be more supportive of efforts to address climate change than White Americans.

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Brittainy Newman / AP
Public Opinion