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COLUMN Learning Journalistic Skepticism Through a Mother's Love

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

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Photo from the Future of Where

VIENNA AND HOUSTON

FUTURE OF WHERE From Dead Mall to Urban Hotel

Returning the mall to the original Austrian vision.

Photo by Dane Waters

HO CHI MINH CITY

LETTER: What Vietnam's Billboards Don't Say

Image generated by Gemini

THE DEMOCRACY COLUMN

COLUMN: An Obituary for the American Republic (1789-2025)

In lieu of flowers, design a new republic.

Photo by Joe Mathews

NEWSLETTER Against Broligarchy; Participation in Reverse; No Democracy Is...

News, Analysis, Events, and What's Worth Reading and Watching in Local Democracy

COLUMN A Local Sprint to Transit's Future

Riding across North County San Diego, squinting into the future.

Credit: Asia Democracy Chronicles

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Hong Kong Proposal Violates Workers Rights

Conforming Unions to Draconian Laws That Have Eroded Liberties in the Territory

THE DEMOCRACY COLUMN

COLUMN: Lessons of a Small, New Democracy Tool

I Advised The State As It Built 'Engaged California.' The Result Was a Pleasant Surprise.

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Refused Refuge in Delhi

Delhi Elections Create New Problems for Rohingya Refugees in City

EDITORIAL This Is Not Science Fiction

No Funds. No Democracy.

ISHIGAKI AND ARBOGA

Can The Western Pacific's Island of Peace Avoid War?

A journalist from Sweden's most militarized town visits Ishigaki, where people fight to avoid war.