Commentary and Analysis

"With the focus on war this past year, it is all too easy to overlook that starvation and food insecurity are on the rise," Paul Poast writes.

"The next year will be marked by a profound debate within the US about America’s future global role," says Ivo Daalder.

The agreement has loopholes providing nations with “wiggle room” on their climate actions, Paul Poast writes, perhaps enough for them to fully wiggle out.

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Carla Anne Robbins, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

The Kyrgyz community in Chicagoland is small, but its economic footprint is expanding. New Kyrgyz businesses in the service industry, logistics, and shipping are bridging Illinois and Central Asia.

"In many respects, both Ukraine and Israel are offering quintessential examples of a combatant winning the battle, but losing the war," Paul Poast writes.

Deborah Amos, Jamil Anderlini, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Over the past 12 months, our pollsters tracked public attitudes on everything from the war in Ukraine to conflict in the Middle East.

Americans fleeing climate-change driven droughts, fires and floods will exceed the Great Migration. Better policies will produce a stronger and healthier city.

How would you explain Chicago’s business culture to folks who have never been to the U.S.? Here’s how one expert does it.