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The Price of the State
September 20, 2013 | How much does running a state cost its citizens? A new web tool is designed to answer that question for the country of Georgia.
An Intimate Look at Solitary Confinement and Police Interrogations
September 19, 2013 | At this year’s pop-up photography festival Photoville, the Open Society Documentary Photography Project supports two exhibits that provide an inside view of solitary confinement and police interrogation practices.
Envisioning a Better Future for Pretrial Detention in Africa
September 17, 2013 | A new African initiative takes aim at the excessive and arbitrary use of pretrial detention and its associated human and economic costs.
Does “Populism” Propose the Wrong Answers to the Right Questions?
September 12, 2013 | Policy researchers, activists, journalists, academics, and politicians discuss the rise of populism in Europe and its implications.
Case Watch: Court Ruling Keeps European Diplomacy behind Closed Doors
September 12, 2013 | A ruling from the European Court of Justice has underlined the need for reform of European law on public access to information.
In Italy, the Drug Debate Gets Animated
September 11, 2013 | Italy’s harsh drug laws aren’t fun. But this video is.
Grantee Spotlight
Torching the Myths of Expensive Medicines
September 10, 2013 | Less than four cents of every dollar made by pharmaceutical companies accounts for drug research and development. So why are lifesaving medicines so costly?
Roma in Political Life: Czech Republic—Dependency and Political Development
September 10, 2013 | How can the Czech Republic’s Roma ever acquire or wield political leverage if they remain dependent upon nongovernmental organizations run in many instances by people who are not Roma but who have come to speak for the Roma?
Roma in Political Life: Bulgaria—Political Manipulation and the Damage Done
September 10, 2013 | Corruption, coercion, and manipulation have stifled the political development of Bulgaria’s Roma community, estimated to be nearly three times higher than the last census in 2011.
Roma in Political Life: Macedonia—Pride and Prejudice
September 10, 2013 | On paper, Macedonia’s Roma fare better than their neighbors in other parts of Central and Eastern Europe, but yawning social and economic gaps remain between Roma and the rest of the country’s population.