http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms 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. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/mu6NtHahezo/cjra_20091109 Introduced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Adam Schiff, the act authorizes the U.S. attorney general to make grants that incentivize state and local governments to reduce and better manage prison spending. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:43:36 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/news/cjra_20091109 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/news/cjra_20091109 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/yZJ3sUF215E/wisconsin_20091112 The Open Society Institute today announced a $470,000 grant to groups in Wisconsin to monitor federal stimulus spending, encourage public participation in state-level decisions, and advocate for an equitable distribution of recovery funds. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:12:46 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/special/news/wisconsin_20091112 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/special/news/wisconsin_20091112 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/NXPHR4wVFgY/stimulusgrants_20091112 The Open Society Institute announced grants to nonprofits in six states to monitor stimulus spending, encourage public participation in state-level decisions, and advocate for an equitable distribution of recovery funds. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:47:45 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/special/news/stimulusgrants_20091112 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/special/news/stimulusgrants_20091112 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/NXPHR4wVFgY/stimulusgrants_20091112 The Open Society Institute announced grants to nonprofits in six states to monitor stimulus spending, encourage public participation in state-level decisions, and advocate for an equitable distribution of recovery funds. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:47:45 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/special/news/stimulusgrants_20091112 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/special/news/stimulusgrants_20091112 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/m42z1cByF4o/hutto_20090828 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. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:42:47 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/equality/events/hutto_20090828 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/equality/events/hutto_20090828 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/5k1t9XhiQu8/justice_20090901 This OSI-supported report seeks to redefine the debate over drug enforcement policy in the United States by challenging the fundamental criminal justice lens through which drug-related issues are evaluated. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:05:44 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/articles_publications/publications/justice_20090901 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/articles_publications/publications/justice_20090901 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/xRJ60ctH1wM/newsletter_20090723 OSI has provided support to a range of national groups this year to ensure that federal stimulus spending is transparent and that dollars flow equitably to communities most in need, writes U.S. Programs director Ann Beeson. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:33:28 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/articles_publications/articles/newsletter_20090723 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/articles_publications/articles/newsletter_20090723 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/Ru3dUebF63s/labor_20090625 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. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:18:39 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/cbma/events/labor_20090625 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/cbma/events/labor_20090625 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/Z76Qf79_B0c/released_20090422 The Released provides a rare look at the lives of people suffering from mental illness as they struggle to stay out of prison and find a place in society. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:19:54 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/multimedia/released_20090422 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/multimedia/released_20090422 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/AGlefCjz4PI/cotton_20090302 A new book by Open Society Institute fellows involves an improbable friendship forged between a woman and the man she misidentified as her rapist and sent to prison for 11 years. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:20:38 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/multimedia/cotton_20090302 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/multimedia/cotton_20090302 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/VIoRu_mlRCA/about 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. 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