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ALTADENA
COLUMN How Local Fire Victims Can Take Control of Recovery
A New Kind of Government, the Climate Resilience District, Can Bring Focus—and Money
Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)
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LOS ANGELES
EVENT Mini-Assembly #1 on Los Angeles Charter
A Lottery-Selected Group Considers Land Use in LA on December 13, 10a-5p
SAN DIEGO
COLUMN Voter ID Is a Waste of Time
Voter Identification Rules Don't Stop Fraud. Or Suppress Vote.
STANFORD
NOEMA: A New Governing Ecosystem Is Evolving
Institutions of citizen deliberation are a counterweight to partisan electoral politics.
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ZURICH
SWI Why Calls to Tax the Rich Are Loud, Popular—and Rarely Successful
Why Do Wealth Taxes Fail—Even When Citizens Can Vote Directly on Them
PLANET EARTH
NOEMA: Inside the Push to Rebuild Society Around Ecosystems
An Old Green Dream Is Returning—With New Tools and Technologies.
ADDIS ABABA
NEWSLETTER: The Planetocracy Is Coming, So Wear Your White Hats
Also: Impact Investing Against Democracy; Sub-Saharan Local Covenant; Cat-Mayor-Martyr
COPENHAGEN
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO? Copenhagen
At a Local Election That Captured the Public Imagination
BANGKOK
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Our Era of 'Performative' Democracy
Asia Democracy Network Finds 'Democracies' Suppress Dissent, Erode Accountability, Consolidate Elite Power
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN: The Write-In Candidate Is an Insurance Policy
A Top Two System and a Strange Governor's Race Create Peril
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN: How America Became Too Crazy for Califonia
The U.S. Is No Good at Being Nuts. Best to Leave That to the Golden State