Democracy Local

MEMO We Govern the Way We Campaigned: Together

The Question of Your Transition, Mr. Mayor-Elect, Is How to Institutionalize the Democratic Energy That Brought You Here

The Technocrat and The Local Can Be Friends

Democracy Local's year-end poem is about the relationship at the heart of local governance

VIDEO: 'I Go to Gonzales' 55 Voices of Democracy

Democracy Local in Thomas Mann House's "55 Voices of Democracy" series

VIDEO 'Big Local' in Wolverhampton

A short film on the Big Local program, and how residents created Big Venture in one England community

SPECIAL REPORT: How to Achieve Local Autonomy

California is a case study of local governance and autonomy in the world's most powerful nation.

Iztapalapa's Utopias Take Top Prize for Participation

Disruptive, free developments in Mexico City's largest borough win the top prize in the 18th edition of the...

NEWSLETTER Stop Killing Local Democracy

Attacks on local officials are the most serious attacks on democracy. Global protection is needed.

NOTE Where Climate Meets Community

A model project combines citizens juries with a referendum

COLUMN A Local Measure for a New Political Era

Local politicians risk their power to create more colleagues

What is the Future of Where?

Bill Fulton, a brilliant thinker on place and local governance, debuts a new Substack, "The Future of Where."

ARCHIVE The Dangers of Unincorporated Communities

From the archive: a book looks at how a serial killer's location—a community that isn't a municipality—let...

COLUMN These Pandas Want to Participate

The San Diego Zoo's new giant pandas suggest that non-citizens and non-humans should have democratic rights.