Check out the week's top stories in food, agriculture, and global development.

We share our top picks for books to read in the weeks ahead that delve into what sort of world might emerge when the pandemic has passed.

Amid a divisive election cycle, surveys show the US public is worried about the implications of political polarization and eroding democratic infrastructure.

Dina Smeltz discusses European opinion of the US post-Trump.

The current polarization in Nicaragua between the government supporters and the opposition coalition of students, farmers, civil society groups, and business leaders makes compromise a challenge.

Big data can be an asset in the fight against hunger, but it needs a public digital architecture.

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