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Over the last year and a half, Chicago has seen a significant increase in the number of migrants coming to the city. As of February 14th, 2024, there are more than 12,000 migrants in 24 shelters across the city.
Presented by Chicago Style and featuring Johannes Favi (Deputy Director for the[...]
The Future of Modi’s India
In a year in which half the world votes, India, the largest democracy, stands out. Ethnic tensions, nationalist rhetoric, and concerns about the influence of AI and other misinformation campaigns form a tense background for this spring's election. What is the historical context for such a[...]
Journalists On the Front Lines: A Year of War and Conflict
Join a panel of expert journalists from around the world as they discuss their coverage of the defining conflict of our time: the Israel-Hamas war. This panel will be moderated by New York Times opinion columnist and former foreign correspondent Lydia Polgreen.
This event kicks off the IOP’s[...]
Are Liberals Now Illiberal?
While Democrats and Republicans have been deeply divided for a century and the right has largely coalesced around Trumpism, the newest political rift has formed within the political left. The latest, and perhaps most politically consequential battle has formed around the war in the Middle East, but[...]
Does the Truth Still Matter: In Conversation with Chris Christie
No Republican politician illustrates the power and peril of Donald Trump and his takeover of the G.O.P. quite like New Jersey's two-term governor, Chris Christie. Christie, once the exemplar of Republican pugilism, went from competitor to wingman in Trump's successful rise to the presidency only to[...]