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Privacy, PRISM, and the Future of Surveillance

June 18, 2013 | by Wendy M. Grossman, Becky Hogge

A Fresh Start for U.S. Policy in Central Africa

June 18, 2013 | by Sarah Pray

Open Society Voices

Q&A

Rethinking Visual Media in the Digital Age: An Interview with Fred Ritchin

May 31, 2013 | by Annick Shen, Fred Ritchin
Fred Ritchin discusses his new book, Bending the Frame, about transformation in photojournalism and documentary photography, and how to use visual data in the digital age.

8 Questions about the UN High Level Panel Report on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

May 30, 2013 | by Jonathan Birchall
Read a primer on the just-released United Nations report on the future shape of the world’s development strategy after 2015.

Case Watch: UN Upholds Rights of Independent Election Monitors

May 30, 2013 | by Natalija Bitiukova, Marion Isobel
A case from Belarus helps broaden the interpretation of the right of every citizen to take part in the conduct of public affairs.

Delinking Immigration and National Security

May 30, 2013 | by Dimple Abichandani
The current debate on immigration reform is a moment for us to delink the issues of national security and immigration.
Grantee Spotlight

A Clinic Offers Afghan Women Legal Aid—and Hope

May 30, 2013 | by Jonathan E. Kaplan
A visit to a pro-bono legal clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan, reveals a legal system that often turns those trying to protect themselves into criminals.  
Grantee Spotlight

Pursuing Justice for Rape Victims with Intellectual Disabilities

May 30, 2013 | by Dianah Msipa
Rape victims who have intellectual disabilities are frequently victimized twice: once during the commission of a crime, and again when their cases go to trial.

Designing for Essential Medicine

May 29, 2013 | by Jen Matsumoto
A partnership between Open Society Foundations and Parsons The New School for Design challenges graphic design students to apply their skills to advocacy for public health.

Case Watch: British Judges Raise Standards for Investigating Wartime Abuses

May 29, 2013 | by Jonathan Horowitz, Steve Kostas
The High Court in London has ordered the UK government to overhaul the way it investigates hundreds of allegations of unlawful killings and detainee abuse by British soldiers in Iraq.
Q&A

Justice 2015: Redefining the World’s Development Agenda

May 29, 2013 | by Jonathan Birchall
The countries of the world are drawing up development priorities for the next decade and beyond. A brief introduction to the process.

News Digest: New Yorker Releases Strongbox Platform for Safer News Leaking

May 29, 2013 | by Becky Hogge
Weekly roundup of news and analysis compiled by the Information Program. This week’s top story concerns a new tool for anonymous communication between journalists and sources launched by the New Yorker.

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