Commentary

More people need humanitarian assistance as some of the world’s biggest donors scale back. Mercy Corps CEO Tjada McKenna explains why “the gap is not being plugged” and what could come next.

As the virus spreads, the United States is turning inward. Can the international community contain the outbreak without Washington?

“This moment calls for us to reimagine the possibilities,” Dr. Olufunmilayo I. Olopade tells the Council.

The Council will honor The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Tanya and Michael Polsky; and Regina Cross, a Council Emerging Leaders alumna, at its annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner on October 29.

We spoke with Council Emerging Leaders Program alum Yamilé Molina about engaging with the power of every patient.

"Rather than changing the global order, COVID-19 was more a reflection and product of that order," Paul Poast writes.

Distinguished Fellow Catherine Bertini joins Chicago Tonight to discuss the impacts of the USAID freeze, particularly on global hunger and health.

Paul Poast unpacks the implications of the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization.

The Healthy Illinois Campaign unveiled a new data review by UIC that lays out the benefits that ripple out from providing health insurance to the uninsured.

As Chicago and other global cities increasingly grapple with poor air quality, solutions to the problem vary by location.