Justice or safety? It’s a false choice. They reinforce each other.

In his quest for personal power, he’s rejected Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform path and turned the Communist Party into an assemblage of yes-men.

I am a proud supporter of Best For Britain, a group that wants Britain to remain a member of the European Union. I consider Brexit a tragic mistake, writes GEORGE SOROS.

President Trump claims his anti-immigrant policies will make the country safer. But the result has been an alarming increase in hate crimes.

His enemies paint him as all-powerful, but the billionaire philanthropist believes that his political legacy has never been in greater jeopardy.

The social media company is going to get Trump re-elected — because it’s good for business.

Harsh policies have disproportionately hurt minorities for 50 years. Drug use and addiction are public health issues and should be treated that way.

George Soros calls attention to the growing challenges posed by AI, climate change, and the war in Ukraine.

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Life in Afghanistan under renewed Taliban rule 20 years after the militants ousted from power will be different, Taliban officials insist, although advocates say there is still cause for concern

George Soros says the two countries' veto of the EU budget directly threatens the rule of law – and thus the bloc's future.

I have witnessed Ukraine transform from a collapsing part of the Soviet Union to a liberal democracy and an open society. It has faced countless acts of Russian aggression, but has persisted. Brave...

A vicious conflict in the Cameroon region has included the secret detention and disappearance of 47 opposition supporters who were sent back by Nigeria, in breach of international law.

For a new generation of nationalists, the investor has become the perfect villain

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision reverses nearly 50 years of precedent, explicitly ending federal Constitutional protections for abortion, diminishing the rights of women, and threatening their...

The war on drugs is really a war on people. It’s time that we stopped the needless and unjust destruction by changing how we think—and talk—about people who use drugs.

I am a proud supporter of Best For Britain, a group that wants Britain to remain a member of the European Union. I consider Brexit a tragic mistake, writes GEORGE SOROS.

Imagine the progress that can happen—in health, science, education—when scholarly research is made freely available among scientists, patients, inventors, and others.

George Soros & Gregor Peter Schmitz about the pandemic's threat to the rule of law.

George Soros sees more reason to be pessimistic about climate change, and more reason to be optimistic about Ukraine.

The Open Society Foundations announced that Patrick Gaspard will step down as president at the end of the year.

George Soros has been honored with the prestigious Joseph A. Schumpeter Award for his “commitment to freedom and to the promotion of knowledge.”

The Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan was established in 1993, soon after Kyrgyzstan emerged as an independent state from the collapse of the Soviet Union.

George Soros lauds the country's proposal for financing the EU's economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

The Venice Commission, Europe’s leading body of legal experts on democracy and the rule of law, has called on Hungary to repeal a 25 percent tax on NGOs working on migration issues.

It is good to be here. Thank you. I think this is the right place to discuss how to save Europe. The European Union is in an existential crisis. Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. First I...

Despite the country’s increasingly diverse and multicultural populace, the U.S. foreign policy establishment still looks like the cast of Mad Men. Here’s why—and how—that needs to change.

The leader’s crackdown on private enterprise shows he does not understand the market economy

Philanthropist and investor Soros puts forwards some radical economic proposals.

Recently, the National Congress of Chile passed a law to guarantee the right of transgender people to change their name and gender in their official records.

Investor George Soros writes that he plans to invest $100 million in startups, established companies, social-impact initiatives and businesses founded by migrants and refugees.

The outspoken, beloved Brazilian politician may have been violently taken from our world. But if those who opposed her vision of a more equal, more just Brazil think they’ve defeated the causes...

A group of wealthy Americans, some with inheritances and some with self-made fortunes, are calling for a tax on the net worth of people like them.

He is at the forefront of pushing back against totalitarianism and authoritarianism. Where’s the United States?

George Soros fears that the radicalization of the US Supreme Court is part of a larger plan to create a repressive regime.

The European Court of Human Rights has, for the first time, ruled in favor of a Muslim woman’s right to wear a headscarf. Here’s why the ramifications of this decision could be sweeping.

Using the methods and tools of civil society, a new political movement in the former Soviet Union is trying to restrict the rights of minorities, weaken democracy, and roll back human progress.

Pouring billions into the country now is a bad investment and imperils U.S. national security.

Despite its enshrinement in the nation’s Consitution, the right to peacefully protest in South Africa is often violated—by governments, as well as the powerful economic interests who try to use the...

Saying the Trump campaign awakened “dark forces,” Mr. Soros, the billionaire Democratic donor, will fund grants to community and civil rights groups and efforts to track attacks.

Magyar | Deutsche | Español | Français On October 9, 2017, the Hungarian government mailed a national consultation to all eight million eligible Hungarian voters purporting to solicit their opinions...

Now that the Supreme Court of India has ruled to decriminalize homosexuality, it’s time to not only celebrate but to draw lessons from this landmark achievement for the forces of equality, justice,...

Three global trends require us to look more closely at how tax havens are distorting the the world’s economy and fueling growing economic inequalities.

Emerging-market economies must be allowed to defer all payments to international creditors — official and private — for at least one year.

We are running out of time. If this downward spiral continues, it will be extremely difficult to climb out for a long time.

War crimes cases are notoriously difficult to prosecute. But the mountain of evidence, video and witness testimony emerging in Ukraine offer hope that Russia can be held accountable for the slaughter...

Magyar | Deutsche | Español | Français On October 9, 2017, the Hungarian government mailed a national consultation to all eight million eligible Hungarian voters purporting to solicit their opinions...

Patrick Gaspard warns that there is no better time than a pandemic for illiberal autocrats to seize and consolidate power.

For a decade, Open Society’s Global Drug Policy Program has supported reformers all over the world as they try to reverse the failed, destructive “war on drugs.” Here’s a look at what’s been accomp...

What use is a booming economy if you cannot find a place to live? A little-known EU charter can help re-establish housing as a human right and rein in influence of property investors on government’s...

In response to the Trump Administration’s increasingly brazen attacks on the rights of transgender people, civil society must stand strong in defense of the progress made in recent years—and keep...

George Soros calls for global regulation of a growing menace to the public and the future of democracy.

The peace prize goes to Ales Bialiatsky, Russia's Memorial and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties.

Thanks to some crucial recent rulings from the Mexico Supreme Court, as well as the hard work of reformers and civil society groups throughout the country, Mexico is finally rethinking how it...