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Making Laws Work for Patients

May 16, 2013 | by Tamar Ezer

Open Space and Open Society in Haiti

May 15, 2013 | by Cécile Marotte

Open Society Voices

Grantee Spotlight

Balancing Bad and Good Science in Broadcast News

March 7, 2013 | by Kristina Krohn
When reporting on health, does the need to be a part of a growing and popular conversation outweigh the risk of giving air time to bad science?
Grantee Spotlight

Canaries in the Mine

March 6, 2013 | by Josh Stroman
A key strategy to ensure the effective continuation of our work to positively transform life outcomes for black men and boys in America.
Grantee Spotlight

Legal Help for Sex Workers—from Sex Workers

March 5, 2013 | by David Scamell
In South Africa, current and former sex workers work as paralegals—bringing legal tools to the sex workers of Cape Town and helping them recognize that they have rights.

Is the INCB Dangerous to Your Health? 5 Ways the UN’s Drug Watchdog Fails on Health and Human Rights

March 5, 2013 | by Daniel Wolfe
The INCB describes itself as a “quasi-judicial” group of experts monitoring compliance with international drug control treaties, but the annual report’s drug war bias and omissions make us wonder who’s judging the judges.

Black Male Re-Imagined II

March 5, 2013 | by Rashid Shabazz
A blog about CBMA's strategic communications efforts

News Digest: White House Moves to Make Federally Funded Research Open to the Public

March 5, 2013 | by Becky Hogge
Weekly news digest produced by the Information Program. This week’s top story announces the Obama administration’s move to mandate federally funded research agencies make their research freely available to the public.

Zero Dark Thirty’s Torture Problem

March 4, 2013 | by Stephen Rickard
The movie Zero Dark Thirty doesn't just accept the CIA's view on torture, it accepts its views on everything.

Hurt by Bad Policy: Why the Most Vulnerable Are Needed for Better Drug Policies

March 4, 2013 | by Adri Bruckner
Farmers, health care providers, and drug-dependent individuals must be included in the policy formation process because the issue is much more complex than the “war on drugs” would imply.
Grantee Spotlight

So You Think You Know Muslim Women? Campaigning Against Stereotypes in the Netherlands

March 4, 2013 | by Nadja Groot
Anti-Muslim sentiment has in the past run high in the Netherlands. Al Nisa, a Dutch Muslim women’s organization works to challenge stereotypes through innovative campaigns.

Top UN Expert on Torture Demands an End to Abuses in Health Care

March 4, 2013 | by Lydia Guterman
In a groundbreaking report, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture finds that torture and ill-treatment can take place in a range of health care settings.

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