Democracy Local

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
SAN DIEGO
COLUMN: Voter ID Is a Waste of Time
Voter Identification Rules Don't Stop Fraud. Or Suppress the Vote.
STANFORD
NOEMA: A New Governing Ecosystem Is Evolving
Institutions of citizen deliberation are a counterweight to partisan electoral politics.
PLANET EARTH
NOEMA: Inside the Push to Rebuild Society Around Ecosystems
An Old Green Dream Is Returning—With New Tools and Technologies.
ZURICH
SWI: Why Calls to Tax the Rich Are Loud, Popular—and Rarely Successful
Why Do Wealth Taxes Fail—Even When Citizens Can Vote Directly on Them
ADDIS ABABA
NEWSLETTER: The Planetocracy Is Coming, So Wear Your White Hats
Also: Impact Investing Against Democracy; Sub-Saharan Local Covenant; Cat-Mayor-Martyr
COPENHAGEN
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO? Copenhagen
At a Local Election That Captured the Public Imagination
BANGKOK
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Our Era of 'Performative' Democracy
Asia Democracy Network Finds 'Democracies' Suppress Dissent, Erode Accountability, Consolidate Elite Power
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN: The Write-In Candidate Is an Insurance Policy
A Top Two System and a Strange Governor's Race Create Peril
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN: How America Became Too Crazy for Califonia
The U.S. Is No Good at Being Nuts. Best to Leave That to the Golden State
LOS ANGELES
PLEASE DONATE: A Historic Democracy Opportunity for LA
A Plan to Have a Sortition-Lottery Based Assembly of Everyday Angelenos Rewrite the City Charter Lacks the...