U.S. Programs

OSI-Supported National Religious Campaign Seeks Torture Ban
September 10, 2008
The National Religious Campaign Against Torture is encouraging American congregations to display a banner calling for the president to issue an executive order banning torture. more

About U.S. Programs
OSI's U.S. Programs aims to address core threats to open society, including increasingly punitive national security policies, decreasing government transparency, entrenched structural racism, and growing incarceration rates. more

OSI Fellow's Book Documents Continued Impact of Hurricane Katrina August 15, 2008 Still Here: Stories After Katrina by photographer Joseph Rodríguez documents the ongoing expressions of hope, perseverance, and suffering in communities affected by Hurricane Katrina. more		OSI Forum: Black Male Achievement—What Needs to Be Done OSI-New York July 24, 2008 AUDIO The OSI Campaign for Black Male Achievement hosted a discussion to shine a light on the organizations and leaders focusing on solutions to the crisis in America facing black men and boys. more
Call for Applications: Soros Justice Fellowships July 23, 2008 OSI seeks outstanding individuals—including lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, activist academics, journalists, and filmmakers—with innovative projects that address the criminal justice priorities of OSI's U.S. Programs. more		OSI Forum: My Guantánamo Diary—The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me OSI-New York July 17, 2008 AUDIO The Open Society Institute hosted a discussion of a new book that tells the hidden stories of Guantánamo detainees and probes the injustices committed in the name of the "war on terror." more
NPR Interview about OSI's Campaign for Black Male Achievement June 17, 2008 AUDIO Shawn Dove, manager of the Open Society Institute's new Campaign for Black Male Achievement, spoke with National Public Radio's Farai Chideya about the campaign and the importance of addressing the plight of African American men and boys in the United States. more		Open Society Institute Launches Campaign to Promote Black Men and Boys' Achievement Press Release June 12, 2008 OSI announces a new campaign to address the exclusion of African American men and boys from the economic and political mainstream in the United States. more