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Growing Food for Growing Cities

RESEARCH
Report by Thomas Reardon

Feeding cities presents a major opportunity to improve the plight of millions of small-scale farmers and rural residents trapped in subsistence agriculture and joblessness.

A crowded food market in an Indian city, Food and Agriculture

Opportunity Lost: The Economic Benefit of Retaining Foreign-Born Students in Local Economies

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

This report examines the long-term effects of keeping foreign-born students in local workforces—particularly to critical STEM and innovation fields—in driving US global competitiveness.

A student wearing a graduation cap and gown
Charles DeLoye
Migration

When Hunger Strikes: How Food Security Abroad Matters for National Security at Home

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Cullen S. Hendrix

Efforts geared toward smallholder farmers have become more efficient and effective over the past several decades in helping to bringing millions out of poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and growing economies around the globe.

A shop inside Mercado de La Boqueria, in Barcelona with produce stands Food and Agriculture

Midwest Diagnosis: Immigration Reform and the Healthcare Sector

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Nicole Fisher

The recommended policy changes would not only address issues in the Midwest, but would help ensure an improvement in healthcare across the country.

An ambulance drives past a hospital; background is blurred
Camilo Jimenez
Migration

Slight Rise in US Public Concerns about Climate

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

In 2015, for the first time in Chicago Council Survey history, a majority of Democrats say that climate change requires immediate action and are three times more likely than Republicans to say climate change is a critical threat.

View of clouds on Earth from space.
NASA
Public Opinion

Growing Partisan Divides on Immigration

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Partisan divides on immigration issues are at their widest points. Democrats’ concerns have dropped dramatically, but Republicans continue to see it as a large threat.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services envelop and US flag
Reuters
Public Opinion

2015 Chicago Council Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

2015 Chicago Council Survey results demonstrate the American public remains committed to engagement in the world.

Handshake between President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro during the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama.
The White House
Public Opinion

Ready or Not? Gauging Midwest Preparations for Executive Action on Immigration

RESEARCH
Report by Rebecca S. Carson

A new report from the Council suggests Midwestern states are unprepared for President Obama's new immigration policies.

U.S. President Obama meets with a group of "dreamers" who have received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals at the White House.
Reuters
Migration

2014 Opinion Leaders Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Across party lines, the results of this survey reveal that the US public and leaders largely agree on US foreign policy.

2014 Opinion Leaders Survey Results cover Public Opinion

Latinos Resemble Other Americans in Preferences for US Foreign Policy

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

This report finds that US Latinos prioritize protecting jobs, favor strong leadership abroad, rank terrorism as a critical threat, and support US military superiority.

City crosswalk busy with pedestrians. Public Opinion