Democracy Local

COLUMN The Mayor From Jaws Can Save Our City

Larry Vaughn Is Perfect for a City Determined to Ignore Serious Threats

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Across Asia, Youth Demand for Reform

Asia Democracy Network's 2026 Democracy Overview Tackles, Youth and Power Across Asia

COLUMN Indonesia's Interim Plot Against Local Democracy

Decentralisation made Indonesia democratic. Now the national government uses military and intelligence...

You and Me (and Local Democracy) Against the World

Also: Bogota and Mumbai advances, beyond-human experiments and a democracy capital switch.

The Hague Mayor Jan van Zenen attending a rainbow flag raising ceremony at the U.S Embassy The Hague.

COLUMN A Local Coalition to Tear the Fascists Down?

No province or city can beat the far-right alone.

ZÓCALO: Can We Move Climate-Challenged Cities?

Ancient Examples Show It’s Possible to Transplant Metropolises—But Costs Are Steep

READINGS Cairo Call for Action, on Local Housing

Local democracy has failed to produce sufficient housing everywhere. A Cairo gathering suggests ways forward

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: A Jirga for Justice

A Pashtun civil rights group holds a huge deliberative gathering to tackle community problems from land grabs...

LETTER A New Golden Age of Local Democracy?

The takeover of elections by the rich offers an opening.

Elon Musk Picked on the Wrong Local Agency

Voter-created commission to protect California's coast could be a planetary model.

Why Trumpism Had Already Won

Protecting democracy requires futuristic vision, not co-opting authoritarian ideas.

FUTURE OF WHERE The Exurban Metropolis

Cities and suburbs have evolved to be sustainable. Can exurbs do the same?