December 9, 2022 Check out our roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

May 9, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Bernat Armangue / AP, Download Report (PDF), To address the Red Sea attacks, Americans would rather use economic sanctions to force the Houthis (and Iran) to concede the waters., On May 6, US President Donald Trump announ...

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Issues around object provenance have hit the museum industry hard. Here’s a list of Illinois institutions that have dealt with controversies in this arena.

January 3, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Phillip Meng, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?, Key Findings, American views of Russia and China have hit r...

November 11, 2022 Check out our special edition of Global Food for Thought for Cynthia Rosenzweig's inside scoop on COP27.

Vying for international expansion, NASCAR's Grant Park race—akin to iconic global events like Monaco GP—bolsters Chicago's economy with a $109M impact.

December 24, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Dina Smeltz, Simon Foot, Download Report (PDF), A survey shows more Americans now oppose expanding the US-Mexico border wall since last asked in 2016., Introduction, The federal government remains in a partial shutdown, the lon...

December 17, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, US Army, Download Report (PDF), Overall, Americans prefer to maintain defense spending. But Democrats, younger people, and those with a college education prefer cuts, while Republicans prefer expansion., On December 8, the House v...

August 2, 2017, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Dina Smeltz and Lily Wojtowicz, Pedro Szekely, Download Report (PDF), New Chicago Council Survey results show a majority of Americans support maintaining or increasing sanctions against Russia and views the nation as a greater threat than in previous years...