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In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog, we explain public opinion views on COVID-19 for the week of June 3, 2020.

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Jacqueline Hughes discusses the sustainability of food systems.

COVID-19 cases are on the decline worldwide and in some countries, people are feeling hopeful as they recover aspects of their pre-COVID lives. 

Deep Dish host Brian Hanson shares five recent episodes that help explain what’s happening in our world today and why these issues are so important.

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.

A plot to overthrow the German government highlights the risks—and reach—of unchecked conspiracy in an age of mistrust, writes Chris Morris.

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia each lose about 11 percent of GDP annually. In our global economy, a stunted child anywhere becomes a stunted child everywhere.

Populations around the world remain divided over how comfortable they are returning to normal life as the Delta variant spreads.

By combatting erosion and flooding along Lake Michigan’s shore, local governments have an opportunity to make their beaches more equitable.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura, Brendan Helm, Jack Benjamin, Eliza Posner explains Public Opinon on Coronavirus for the week of May 6.

In 2002, nine in 10 Americans saw international terrorism as a critical threat. About six in 10 do today, Council polling shows.

While Americans continue a culture war on the necessity and effectiveness of masks, one-quarter of the South Korean public is ready to wear them indefinitely.

The 2022 protests in China have led President Xi Jinping to lift COVID lockdowns. Students held white paper protests to ask for freedom and democracy.

Cities are now more connected than ever before on a global scale. Yet local governments are not just spectators of this networked age: they are actively forging links across borders, taking part in setting the international agenda, and shifting the

As President Biden heads to the UN Climate Change Conference, he will grapple with significant divides in domestic public opinion.

Although data shows South Koreans remain uncomfortable with homosexuality, recent trends show an increase in acceptance.

Long before the pandemic, evidence showed a persistent deficiency in food intake of women in India. A convergence of policies and programs across sectors can boost the nutrition security of women and their communities.

Survey data shows that Russians are more likely than Americans to say that their nation's government handled the coronavirus pandemic effectively.

Outbreaks continue to emerge even as vaccinations increase; some countries feel safe to engage in more normal activities while others introduce new restrictions.

This blog is about the disruption and impact COVID-19 has had on climate change and food systems around the world.