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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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United States and the World
Citizens Assemblies: The Democracy Upgrade
imagine better democracy
San Miguel de Allende
National Election, Local Realities
Where 7 out of 8 mayoral candidates have a public security escort
Young Are Sick of Status Quo
Frustration and South Africa's election
'Local Democracy Is Freedom'
Assessing your own local democracy. 'Evil Does Not Exist' Outside Tokyo. A Caution from Bratislava. Bono for...
Taplejung District (Nepal)
How Nepal Camps Deliver Health
Health camps deliver care in rural Nepal. But do they undermine local democracy?
Austria
#OurDemocracyLocal Erwin Mayer
Our new feature asks about your local democracy story.
#OurDemocracyLocal Andreea Apostu and Paul Marc
Andreea Apostu and Paul Marc
#OurDemocracyLocal Kaelo Molefhe
The power of Kgotla.
Botswana
Radical Democrats in Desert
Diamonds and deliberation.
COLUMN: Bono for Mayor
Local democracy is weak. A rock-star Dublin mayor could change that.