Democracy Local

LONG BEACH
The Ballad of Ricardo Gonzalez
A Song for a City Worker, and the Community That Saved Him
MOSI
COLUMN The Local Assembly Beautiful Enough to Run a Nation
The Kgotla Mixes Democracy, Culture, and Technocracy to Govern Botswana
Photo by Joe Mathews
BARCELONA
NEWSLETTER 'City as Mesh.' Global Municipal Bank. Can Locals...
ALSO: History in LA; Silence Beats Monuments; Synthetic Democracy
BRUSSELS
EVENT What If Citizens Could Shape Climate Policy?
In Brussels, March 2-3
compiled by Joe Mathews with Google Gemini
WATCHING
COLUMN One Local Place After Another
A Prize-Winning Film Gets Local Geography Wrong—And Grabs Tax Credits
by Joe Mathews, using Google Gemini
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN Plutarch, Newsom, and The Nature of Horse Races
The Ancient Struggle for Democratic Leadership Is Internal
DENVER
MAP: New and Improved Healthy Democracy Ecosystem
National Civic League's US map of democracy orgs gets an updating
TRINCOMALEE (SRI LANKA)
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES When Faith and Politics Mix
A Land Dispute on Sri Lanka's East Coast Involves Buddhist Monks, Raises Tensions, Pressures President
Illustration by Andi Lanuza
TORONTO
READINGS Why Millions Can Deliberate
It Just Requires an Economy That Supports Mass Participation
LOS ANGELES
LA CHARTER ASSEMBLY: Supporting Documents
For Use of the Los Angeles City Charter Assembly on Council Size
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN Why Democracy Needs Bureaucracy
Why Deliberative Processes Must Get Dirty
Credit Chad Davis, https://chaddavis.photography/sets/ice-in-minneapolis/ and CC 4.0
MINNEAPOLIS
ZÓCALO When Spectacular Cruelty Meets Authentic Community
Historian of Democracy Shows How His City’s Organizing Empowered Its Response to ICE