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COLUMN I'm Now a Criminal Because of Where I Live

Making My Life in Los Angeles Means I'm a Dangerous Outlaw, Says My National Government

Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)

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COLUMN For Independence, Take Down Your National Flag

And Put Up a Local One! (Or Maybe the Earth Flag)

COLUMN I Went to a Riot and a Birthday Party Broke Out

Trump Says a Rebellion Started In 2 Small California Cities. I Looked, But Couldn't Find It

FIDE-NORTH AMERICA Citizens Assembly Insights from Yukon

The Importance of a Chair and an Insight Committee

SWI: How A Swiss Innovation Changes Democracy in Japanese Communities

And the Democratic Leadership of a Female Mayor in Tokyo

COLUMN: Every City Should Join the Santa Cruz Rebellion

A Small California City Passes the Right Tax in Defiance of Bad Law

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Creeping Militarization in Prabowo's...

Military Influence Grows Across Governments and Society

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Myanmar's Local Centers of Scam

Junta and Its Local Affiliates Keep Scam Centers Running, Despite War and Global Pressure

CORDÓBA Argentina

Top Prize in Participatory Democracy Goes to San Luis Potosi, Mexico

The Central Mexico City's "Building Citizenship" program of 284 citizen participation panels is now...

SALINAS CALIFORNIA

COLUMN Finding Health in a Cauliflower Field

Rolling back health benefits for undocumented migrants would betray success.

LOCAL SNAPSHOTS: Nobuto Hosaka, Mayor of Setagaya District, Tokyo

"In the future... we will replace a lot of elected representatives like myself"