Community Kitchens
Neighbors Started Mutual Aid After the Beirut Port Explosion. Six Years On, They Haven’t Stopped.
Following the Beirut port explosion, residents of Geitawi neighborhood turned a gas station into a distribution point for crowd sourced aid. Six years and two wars later, Nation Station is still providing a lifeline for communities.
Safety and Resilience
In Nigeria’s ‘Food Basket,’ Communities Are Working to Break a Cycle of Violence
In Nigeria, the people of Benue State are building a new model of public safety that bring law enforcement together with local communities to find solutions based on mutual trust, partnership, and accountability.
Justice for Ukraine
To Stop Russia’s Next War, We Need Justice for This One
The international courts are pursuing Russian for its crimes in Ukraine, but not for the planning, preparation, and execution of the invasion itself. A new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine will hold Russia to account.
Countering Hate
The Attack on the San Diego Mosque Is Not an Isolated Incident
In the wake of an attack on a mosque in San Diego, Laleh Ispahani writes on why solidarity is critical to countering hate—and foundational to creating the democracy that we all deserve.
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Latest Voices
Food Security
This Store in Lebanon Sells Hope
According to the UN, nearly two million people in Lebanon face food insecurity. A local grocery shop is pioneering a new model of social assistance to help engage the community, feed the hungry, and make shopping more affordable and accessible for all.
Roma Rights
A New Roma-led Vision of Power
The new, independent, Roma Foundation for Europe is backed by a €100 million pledge that builds on Open Society’s over 30 years of support for Roma causes.
Yemen Peace Process
Breaking the Cycle: Towards a Victim-Centered Justice in Yemen
Advancing a just peace process in Yemen is only possible through including civil society and reflecting the demands of Yemeni victims.
Workers' Rights
How Resilience Workers Help Combat the Climate Crisis
After climate disasters hit, migrant workers play a key role in rebuilding U.S. cities. But in this multibillion-dollar industry, they face abuse and exploitation. Now, they're fighting to have their rights recognized.
Finding Hope in Diaspora
“Cry, Scream, But Be Strong”: Stories of Afghans in Exile
Afghan Voices of Hope has spent the two years since the Taliban retook control of Kabul capturing the rage, helplessness, and hope of those displaced and struggling to survive as refugees. These are their stories.
Inside Open Society
Reimagining American Democracy
Democracy is under severe strain from authoritarians and extremists. How Open Society-U.S. is working to reimagine our system of government—by empowering the people who can help the country become the vibrant multiracial democracy it can yet be.
A New Model
Open Society’s New Operating Model
President Mark Malloch-Brown on the Open Society Foundations’ new operating model.
Inside Open Society
Challenge and Opportunity in Africa
Growing up under a dictatorship drove her commitment to democracy and political freedoms. How Open Society–Africa’s L. Muthoni Wanyeki confronts the continent’s problems and finds hope in movements as the agents of change.
Power and Public Memory
Q&A: Why Monuments Must Change
We tend to think of monuments as being immutable, permanent structures. But the nonprofit group Monument Lab is on a mission to change the way the U.S. thinks about monuments and their relationship with power and public memory.
Multiracial Democracy
Q&A: Tackling Authoritarianism Head-On
Scot Nakagawa has spent much of his career battling the erosion of democracy. Now he's bringing anti-authoritarian forces together, to learn from one another and help America live up to its ideals.