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Democracy Resilience Doesn't Exist; Your AI 'Civic Assistant': Write Us a Letter From World War 3

Also: Crypto in a Kenyan slum, intro of the Planetary Panchayat, West Sahara boomtown

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

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COLUMN Ugly Dogs & Lotttery Democracy

A citizens assembly in Northern California.

Can 'Activated Citizenship' Fix 'Voice Insecurity'?

Marjan Ehsassi's new book, Activated Citizenship: The Transformational Power of Citizens Assemblies, delivers...

COLUMN Stop the Democracy In-Fighting

We need democracy ecosystems, not democracy waves.

COLUMN A Hole in the Capital Ground

An office building for state will take local parkland and cost $1.2 billion

COLUMN How Ukraine's Cities Led in Democracy

Before the war, award-winning localities.

Local Democracy Is Rebellion

it grows strong in hard ground

How 2 Lake Cities Fixed Homelessness

Deliberation and consensus solve local challenges.

This Small Farm Town Puts Kids First

The Gonzales Way of Democracy

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Democracy Local: An Introduction

Welcome to a new planetary publication, about local democracy, and of, by and for everyday people governing...