The Open Society Justice Initiative hosts a comparative discussion on documenting and challenging racial profiling in France and the United States. Speakers: Rachel Neild, Rene Levy, Reginald T. Shuford. (Recorded: October 14, 2009)
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg discusses transitional justice in Liberia and the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Speakers: Jonny Steinberg, Stephen Hubbell. (Recorded: September 28, 2009)
In light of the arrest of two bloggers in Baku, speakers at this OSI forum explore the state of independent speech and free assembly in Azerbaijan. Speakers: Mehman Aliyev, Shahin Abbasov, Khadija Ismayilova, Michael Hall. (Recorded: September 22, 2009)
This Open Society Institute roundtable discussion features R. Dwayne Betts, author of A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison. Speakers: R. Dwayne Betts, Michael Corriero, Nancy Ginsburg, Chino Hardin, Kyung Ji Kate Rhee, Liz Ryan, Leonard Noisette, Terrance Pitts. (Recorded: September 25, 2009)
Cosponsored by the Open Society Institute and the American Civil Liberties Union, this forum discusses The Least of These, the acclaimed documentary about the T. Don Hutto immigrant family detention center in Texas. Speakers: Vanita Gupta, Barbara Hines, Michelle Brane, Marcy Garriott, Maria Teresa Rojas. (Recorded: September 23, 2009)
The Open Society Institute held a screening of The Reckoning, followed by a discussion with the film’s director and producer. Speakers: Pamela Yates, Paco de Onis, James Goldston. (Recorded: August 3, 2009)
Open Society Fellow Juanita Leon discusses her efforts to launch Colombia’s first website devoted to investigative journalism. Speakers: Juanita Leon, Stephen Hubbell. (Recorded: July 23, 2009)
Open Society Fellow Mark Hertsgaard and others discuss the implications of climate change for food production and global hunger. Speakers: Mark Hertsgaard, Sara Scherr, Ross Gelbspan. (Recorded: July 22, 2009)
This Open Society Institute panel looks at how philanthropy can encourage more accurate, nuanced media portrayals of black men and boys. Speakers: Jordan Coleman, Jessica Disu, Erik Eckholm, Loren Harris, Byron Hurt, Robert Pérez, Rashad Robinson, Curtis Stephen, Deja K. Taylor, Sharon D. Toomer, Alfonso Wyatt, Shawn Dove. (Recorded: July 9, 2009)
Afghan and international experts discuss human rights, media, and political perspectives on the 2009 elections at this panel cohosted by the Open Society Institute and Asia Society. Speakers: Craig Jenness, Jahid Mohseni, Nader Nadery, Jamie Metzl. (Recorded: June 29, 2009)
Steven C. Pitts of UC Berkeley discusses the job crisis facing the black community, with an emphasis on relations between black men and Latino immigrants in the workplace. (Recorded: June 25, 2009)
Namibian lawyer and human rights activist Michaela Clayton speaks on HIV/AIDS and human rights issues in Southern Africa. (Recorded: June 15, 2009)
Journalist Gwen Ifill and law professor Sherrilyn A. Ifill discuss this pivotal moment in American history and its potential for advancing equity and social justice. (Recorded: June 4, 2009)
Panelists discuss the photographs of detainee torture, and the role that photography plays in providing accountability for abuses and depicting the human stories behind them. (Recorded: June 3, 2009)
The Open Society Institute, together with The Nation magazine, hosted a conversation on the politics of South Africa following that country’s presidential elections. (Recorded: May 27, 2009)
The Open Society Institute hosted a screening and discussion of the documentary Bring Your "A" Game, which seeks to reverse the trend of poor educational outcomes for black men and boys. (Recorded: May 18, 2009)
Tracey Meares discussed her efforts in Chicago's violence-ridden West Side, which helped slash homicide and recidivism rates by about a third while avoiding police–community antagonism. (Recorded: May 18, 2009)
Open Society Fellow Mark Hertsgaard discussed the need to adapt to the consequences of global warming, even as we strive to minimize those consequences. (Recorded: May 11, 2009)
This panel looked at Kyrgyzstan's social and political landscape, which appears to be heating up in a series of high-profile developments that many observers relate to the upcoming presidential elections. (Recorded: May 6, 2009)
Veteran organizers Zack Exley, Ai-jen Poo, and Zephyr Teachout examined the perils and the promise of mass civic participation. (Recorded: May 7, 2009)
Open Society Fellow Richard Horsey discussed the International Labor Organization’s successful efforts to persuade the government of Burma to amend some of its harsh labor policies. (Recorded: May 4, 2009)
Open Society Fellow Evgeny Morozov focused on threats to open society posed by the Internet and discussed ways in which authoritarian governments and extremists are using the web to their own advantage. (Recorded: April 30, 2009)
This panel event explored the issue of accountability for former heads of state who committed human rights violations and other abuses while in power. (Recorded: April 23, 2009)
This panel discussion looked at the severe impact of the global economic crisis on the lives of labor migrants in Russia and Tajikistan. (Recorded: April 22, 2009)
Influential blogger Marc Lynch discussed how new media technologies have reshaped political communications throughout the Middle East. (Recorded: April 21, 2009)
Experts from Physicians for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch assessed the health crisis in Zimbabwe, at this Open Society Institute panel discussion. (Recorded: January 21, 2009)
Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief Tina Susman discussed the texture of ordinary life in Iraq as well as the overall state of the surge. (Recorded: April 7, 2009)
The Open Society Institute hosted a forum on changing U.S. policy in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and author of Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East. (Recorded: April 15, 2009)
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg and Herb Sturz spoke about the controversial police practice of "stop-and-search" and broader lessons for criminal justice reforms in emerging democracies. (Recorded: April 13, 2009)
This round-robin invitational debate was sponsored in part by the Open Society Institute and organized by the International Debate Education Association and Hobart & William Smith Colleges. (Recorded: April 8, 2009)
