Founded in 1922 to engage Chicagoans in public discussions on world affairs at a time of increasing American isolationism, the Council’s mission has evolved as its reach has expanded in the digital era.

Roger Thurow examines the question of how to conquer global hunger and malnutrition while also saving the planet from the strain on our environment, biodiversity, and health.

With countries locking down and opening up and locking down again, it has become especially hard to anticipate if and how we can move—now and in the future.

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COVID-19 PANDEMIC UNCERTAINTIES On March 10, 2020, the World Health Organization ... declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, and on March 13, 2020, the President ... See discussion of the COVID- 19 pandemic in Note 18.

COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic the U.S. faces, and we will continue ... The emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is already exposing ... detection and discovery of zoonotic pathogens with pandemic potential such as COVID

these disparities, which tend to fall along racial lines, amplified during the COVID ... The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Chicago’s Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, shut down ... Chicago’s beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The COVID-19 pandemic dented the growth of Pittsburgh’s burgeoning technology ... experts exchanged ideas on what “quality of life” means in the wake of the COVID

This flexibility was allowed during the COVID-19 public health emergency and ... The food supply chain was tested during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than ... Many lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.