Barometer in Context: Strengthening the Human Rights System
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)—the foundation of treaties, laws, institutions, and movements around the world pursuing justice, equality,…
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Open Society Scholarship Programs Evaluation Report
The leadership of Open Society’s Scholarship Programs commissioned an external evaluation examining the impact of over 30 years of grant…
Open Society Barometer: Can Democracy Deliver?
Between May and July of 2023, the Open Society Foundations commissioned a poll of more than 36,000 respondents from 30…
The Human Costs of a Failing Global Debt System
After the economic shocks of the Covid pandemic, and higher global interest rates, the number of countries that have suspended…
The Power of Peer Support
Online abuse stifles freedom of expression, undermines equity and inclusion, and threatens livelihoods. In the United States and around the…
The Florida Effect
Under Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida has faced the country’s most intensive rollback of Americans’ right to freely express themselves. Recent…
The California Effect
In a March 2023 interview, California Governor Gavin Newsom outlined his intention for the Golden State to serve as a…
America’s Censored Classrooms 2023
Over the past three years, state legislators have launched an onslaught of educational gag orders—state legislative and policy efforts to…
Taming Culture in Georgia
For many years, Georgians and the international community had high hopes that Georgia would be the democratic and rights–respecting foothold…
Reading Between the Bars
Carceral censorship is the most pervasive form of censorship in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and…