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MEXICO CITY
COLUMN All Human Rights Are Local
As Nations Trample Rights, Cities Enshrine New Ones
Image credit: Rewrite LA
LOS ANGELES
Everyday People Will Get Paid to Design Their Own City Council
Look for this Postcard in the Mail. Sortition Begins in Historic LA City Charter Assembly
Marchers from across Azad Jammu and Kashmir gather peacefully on AJK University grounds to offer prayers for protestors killed by Punjab Rangers.
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Democracy Local's Top 10 Stories of 2024
From Muzzaffarabad to a model law, these were among the most popular items we published this year.
Global
A Model Local Law for Calling & Funding Citizens Assemblies
Democracy Local produced a draft law. How would you change it?
Photo credit: by Joe Mathews
Spain
LOCAL SNAPSHOTS Oliver Peña Estevez
Democracy and Housing in Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia  
Photo credit: Bill Fulton, Future of Where
USA
FUTURE OF WHERE Local Attachments May Leave Behind Nations, States
Increasingly, our connection to people in other places shapes identity.
Photo credit: by Joe Mathews
Scotland
COLUMN Your Children Can't Be Stopped
A city museum conveys a global narrative of children's rising power.
Photo credit: City of Boulder via National Civic League
USA
10 (Mostly Local) Steps Towards Better Democracy
Strong neighborhood organizations, better meetings, direct democracy, citizens assemblies, and participation...
Switzerland
REVIEW: How a City and a Pandemic Birthed Direct Democracy
Former Swiss Politician Andreas Gross’ Book about Swiss Democracy's Origins Holds Global & Local Lessons
Photo credit: by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, via Wikimedia, AZCC BY-SA 2.0.
USA
COLUMN: To Challenge Your Nation, Find Local Unity First
To Fight Trump, California Must Stop Fighting Itself
Logo from Masajja Youth Council Facebook page.
Uganda
THIRD IN SERIES: Legislative Theatre in Masajja
The last of three excerpts from Greta Rios' lecture for International IDEA's "Stockholm Series" on Climate...
Mexico
FIRST IN SERIES: Participatory Budgeting in Santa Ana Tzacuala
First of three excerpts from International IDEA's Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and...