Open Society Institute

If Skip Gates Lived in China and Other Stories of Racial Profiling Around the World

Phillip Martin | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


Phillip Martin

In many parts of China, without the protection of an American passport, Ivy League credentials, diplomatic status or fame, dark skinned people find themselves branded as a drug dealers or worse.

Somalia Focus: Q&A On Pirates, Politics, and Poverty

Susan Ryan | Posted 08.23.2009 | World


Susan Ryan

A gang takes people hostage and hopes it will make them millionaires because the government of those hostages will step in and pay the ransom. Governments have created a market.

Delivering Social Good via Technology as Economy Collapses

Jim Luce | Posted 05.07.2009 | World


Jim Luce

As the economy continues to spiral downward, the need for that long-cherished legal concept of pro bono assistance to those with growing legal problems has skyrocketed.

From Guantanamo to Accountability and Beyond

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics


Arlene M. Roberts

President-elect Obama made known his intention to close the Guantanamo detention facility. The projected closure raises a plethora of issues.