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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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Make Your Council Bigger

Better cities have bigger city parliaments.

Photo courtesy of Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality Publishes Final Report press release, December 2022. Creative Commons License 2.0. Via Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/oireachtas/

The Meaning of Irish Defeat

A Roundup from Barcelona to Nelson Mandela Bay

CC 4.0 license. Demonstration in Hong Kong north coast against pseudo-universal suffrage., 2015

Make Voting Rights Universal

Truly universal suffrage doesn't exist. Let's change that.

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Waiting in Pain

In Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, Indigenous people tell Asia Democracy Chronicles that they are at...

Lead photo by Anders Henrikson, 2014 (Creative Commons license)

Please Don't Save Democracy

It's not a penalty shot. Or a dollar in the bank.

Illustration Courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles

The Hong Kong Diaspora's Power

How Hong Kongers continue to fight for democracy from abroad.

Seoul of Seoul photo by Bruno Kaufmann

March to Democracy Events

A busy March for democracy.

시장의 죽음 이후

자살과 스캔들 이후 한국의 지방 민주주의는 새로운 삶을 찾았습니다

Українські міста були лідерами демократії

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The City-State's 1% Illusion

Singapore tax increase leads to demands for tax relief.