changing the picture
Q&A: Revolutionizing Roma Representation
With fearless and bold photography, Open Society Foundations Community Youth Fellow Joci Marton is challenging how LGBTI Roma are perceived—by outsiders, but also by themselves.
Truth Matters
A Hopeful Story About a Sad Little Fact
Do facts matter in a world where powerful people lie with regularity? A new animated short takes a look at this fundamental question from an unexpected angle.
A Global Movement
Q&A: Organizing for Climate Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa
Too often, media depictions of the climate movement ignore activists from outside the West. Here’s how a group of Senegalese activists is raising awareness, providing training, and envisioning a brighter future.
Remembering 1989
In Depth
After the Wall Came Down
It’s been 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell, inspiring a democratic awakening throughout Central and Eastern Europe. What lessons does the Cold War’s end offer for the next generation of reformers?
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Latest Voices
changing the picture
Q&A: Revolutionizing Roma Representation
With fearless and bold photography, Open Society Foundations Community Youth Fellow Joci Marton is challenging how LGBTI Roma are perceived—by outsiders, but also by themselves.
Protecting Civil Society
Defending Frontline Activists in South Africa
Increasingly, people willing to stand up for environmental and social justice in South Africa are being met with violence. A new Open Society fund will support these brave and vulnerable advocates for change.
Event Recap
A Shameful History of Weaponizing Citizenship
While the revocation of citizenship is not unprecedented in the United States, its history—and its implications for the future—raise profound questions about the nature of citizenship, Americanness, and democracy itself.
A Global Movement
Q&A: Organizing for Climate Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa
Too often, media depictions of the climate movement ignore activists from outside the West. Here’s how a group of Senegalese activists is raising awareness, providing training, and envisioning a brighter future.
Beyond Sectarianism
An Iraq for All Iraqis
Protests in Iraq over corruption and joblessness are about more than the current’s failures. They are the expression of a rising generation’s desire to move beyond a spoils system based on ethnicity and sect.
Justice Delayed
An Overdue Reckoning with U.S. Torture
A new Hollywood film about the “torture report” offers a disturbing but necessary reminder to U.S. voters that justice still has not been done.
Truth Matters
A Hopeful Story About a Sad Little Fact
Do facts matter in a world where powerful people lie with regularity? A new animated short takes a look at this fundamental question from an unexpected angle.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Busting Silos and Building Solidarity
Too often, communities under threat struggle in isolation. The Solidarity Summits were created to give diverse racial justice advocates a shared history and a common cause.
revitalizing communities
Q&A: Using Stories to Build Community
In Rome, a group called Ecomuseo is mixing art, history, and organizing to revitalize a forgotten neighborhood and offer a model for the rest of Italy.
Challenging Big Tech
Facebook’s Monopoly Power Threatens Democracy Itself
Facebooks monopoly power turns something as simple as logging on into a risk. It is time to reform social media platforms and lay the foundations for a true tech democracy.