October 17, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Sara McElmurry , Juliana Kerr , Theresa Cardinal Brown , and Lazaro Zamora, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The United States needs pragmatic, sensible approaches to immigration that will improve the nation’s security while balancing its role in other key na...

April 14, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Giovanni Peri , Gaetano Basso , and Sara McElmurry, Charles DeLoye, Download Report (PDF), 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 globa...

June 17, 2022, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Benjamin Allen , Jacqueline Ashby , John Coonrod , and Wawira Njiru, Catholic Relief Services/Will Baxter, Download Report (PDF), Amid shifts towards inclusive agricultural development, the Center for Global Food and Agriculture offers policy recommendation...

July 7, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ian Klaus , Hugo Decramer , Michele Acuto , Juliana Kerr , Sam Tabory , and Noah J. Toly, Download Report (PDF), 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 a...

As a year of conflict and crises draws to a close, how can we absorb the news without losing hope in 2023 and beyond?

Rob Paral discusses the state of Illinois and Greater Chicago area leading by example on immigrant inclusion and legal policies.

Where once there was one Midwest, rising and falling with the industrial era, there are now two Midwests, marching to different economic drummers.

There appears to be a dawning realization that the agriculture sector may be part of the solution to climate change, rather than a problem to be solved, by drawing down and storing carbon in farmland.

On March 12, the offices and conference center at the Council closed, and all in-person events were cancelled, for an indefinite period.