This verdict, while welcome, cannot make up for the myriad cases of murders and assaults by police officers who for too long have operated with impunity that allows the worst officers to prey upon the most vulnerable among us.
Open Society will invest $20 million in advocacy organizations advancing reforms to strengthen U.S. democracy, address climate change and racial equity, provide a pathway to citizenship, and create millions of living-wage infrastructure jobs.
Foundations’ gift, one of the largest ever made to a higher education institution in the United States, reflects George Soros’s commitment to critical thinking, free speech, and expanding opportunity for underserved communities.
Open Society’s initial investment will support the removal of existing manufacturing bottlenecks in the production of COVID-19 vaccines.
Open Society calls on the military in Myanmar to immediately release OSM staff member and to drop its baseless claims against other staff.
Samantha Stokes-Baydur will take on Open Society’s newly created position of chief human resources officer.
Emphasizing justice, accountability, and the views of Yemenis themselves will be key to ending the country’s horrific cycles of violence, according to a new publication.
Open Society announces the 2020 recipients of the Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships, which support young Puerto Rican leaders working to elevate justice, promote human rights, and help underserved communities in Puerto Rico.
The 19 fellows, who hail from eight different states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., will receive a stipend for full-time projects to create a more just and equitable society.
The European Commission today launches the European Climate Pact, the nonlegislative, public-facing aspect of the European Green Deal
The Open Society Foundations announced that Patrick Gaspard will step down as president at the end of the year.
In a landmark advisory opinion, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights found that vagrancy laws on the books of at least 38 African countries discriminate against women, children, people with disabilities, and others.
The short, globally relevant document is intended to provide a menu that civil society groups can adapt to their local needs.
Although 97 percent of active publishing climate scientists agree that humans have caused recent global warming, a new report finds significant minorities—and, in some countries, majorities—are unaware of this consensus.
Soros Fund Management LLC did not recently purchase shares in Palantir Technologies Inc.
After one of the greatest tests of America’s democracy since its founding, the Open Society Foundations are redoubling our efforts to move the United States ever closer to its founding ideals.
After more than three years of unwarranted detention, it is time for Ankara to stop persecuting the respected businessman and philanthropist.
Through the Soros Economic Development Fund, its impact investing arm, Open Society is supporting efforts to reduce bias against businesses owned by women and people of color.
The Open Society Foundations respond to the accusations of Guatemalan media outlet Nómada.
The Foundations will devote an additional $70 million to support the hardest-hit communities.