The Voting Rights Act 47 Years Later
Several state governments have enacted a range of laws that suppress voting, and there have been more challenges to the Voting Rights Act since 2011 than the previous 45 years combined.
View ArticleTexas Redistricting—A Gift that Keeps On Giving
Once again, the state of Texas has been rebuked in a court of law for its treatment of minority voters in the redistricting process.
View ArticleDAAD-OSI Program
This program offers scholarships for graduate students in the Balkans and the Transcaucasian and Central Asian countries of the former Soviet Union.
View ArticleIt’s the Demography, Stupid
Voters from racial and ethnic minority communities continue to flex their political muscles.
View ArticleA Head Start on Election Protection
There was an all-out assault on the right to vote, but Open Society Foundations’ grantee partners rose to meet these challenges.
View ArticleMake Voting Fair and Easy
Voting is a central tenet of our nation and while we admire those who waited hours in line to fulfill their civic duty, this should and cannot be the norm.
View ArticleOpen Society Foundations/University of Essex Scholarships in Human Rights
This scholarship provides outstanding students from Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lebanon, Nepal, Palestine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan an opportunity to study at the...
View ArticleDo This at Home: A Texas How-to Guide on Protecting the Vote
The Texas League of Young Voters stood together with other voting rights advocates to relentlessly advocate for minority voters.
View ArticleOpen Society Foundations/Durham University Afghan Women PhD Scholarships
The Open Society Foundations and Durham University are offering outstanding female students from Afghanistan an opportunity to study at Durham University (UK).
View ArticleGlobal Supplementary Grant
The Global Supplementary Grant Program offers support to doctoral students from select countries in Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle East/North Africa, and South Asia.
View ArticleVoting Rights Are an American Entitlement
Who gets to decide when the problem of racial discrimination in voting is solved? Learn more in this breakdown of yesterday's Supreme Court heard arguments on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
View ArticleVoting Rights at Stake
There’s much at stake in the Voting Rights Act case, including the fundamental question of whether Congress has the power to ensure equal opportunity to participate in our democracy.
View ArticleThe Most Powerful Tool to Defend Minority Voting Rights Is Gone
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision leaves millions of minority voters vulnerable in ways we haven’t witnessed in almost 50 years.
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